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Illicit drug sales moved online during lockdowns

AMAZON PRIME? – June 9, 2021 - European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said “the highly pure and potent substances” found in the surveyed countries were a cause of special concern. Illeg... Read More...

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Cannabis Addiction Has Drug Pushers (Big Pharma) Searching For a Quitting Pill

LISTEN – OR MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS FOR A DOLLAR – June 8, 2021 - They’re among a handful of companies seeking to address what they see as a growing problem, particularly with no drugs approved by the U.S. Food and... Read More...

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As THC potency grows, the seeds of destruction are planted for kids.

IF WEED ONLY KNOWN BETTER – May 13, 2021 - Children, she said, are coming into the E.R. with a condition known as cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) at increasingly alarming rates. This condition, which onc... Read More...

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Rapper, producer create music on addiction, recovery

MUSICAL EXPRESSION – May 7, 2021 - Lerner enrolled in the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami to study hip-hop. But college brought its own pressure, and Lerner began to self-medicate, turnin... Read More...

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Teenage Brains Especially Vulnerable to Marijuana

ACTUALLY A NO BRAINER – March 29, 2021 - The new study, published in JAMA Pediatrics and led by a team of scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, sought to gain a better understanding of how adolesc... Read More...

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Biden’s ‘blunt’ opposition to marijuana legalization

LOCK DEM UP? – April 16, 2021 - “I want to make my arguments to him, as many other advocates will,” Schumer said. “But at some point we’re going to move forward, period.” Schumer is likely worried, at least ... Read More...

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Virginia Has Legalized Marijuana

LISTEN – SLIMS OUT - BLUNTS IN – April 8, 2021 - Michael Wilson at United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 says prohibiting worker misclassification and union busting actually fits in nicely with the purpo... Read More...

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Gnarly Side Effects of Smoking Pot Every Day

STUCK IN THE WEEDS – April 17, 2021 - It’s important to note that smoking marijuana doesn’t come without risks, particularly if you do it every day. Here is what could possibly happen, so you can be aware of th... Read More...

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Teenage Brains Especially Vulnerable to Marijuana?

SHE’S NINETEEN – March 29, 2021 - Adolescents and teenagers who experiment with marijuana and prescription drugs are more likely to get hooked on them than young people who try these drugs for the first time wh... Read More...

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Teens more likely than adults to develop addiction to marijuana, drugs within 12 months

A YEAR IN THE LIFE – April 1, 2021 - The new report, published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA pediatrics, adds to mounting evidence showing adolescents are more vulnerable to substance use disorders t... Read More...

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New Mexico Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

ANOTHER STATE GOES TO POT – April 1, 2021 - New Mexico was set to become the 16th state to legalize recreational marijuana after the Legislature passed a bill on Wednesday, joining a national movement to rethink ant... Read More...

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New York State of Mind…Altering Substances

MORE THAN A SPIKE LEE JOINT – March 31, 2021 - Anyone with a previous marijuana conviction that would now be legal under the law will have the rap expunged or be re-sentenced. And New Yorkers will now be legall... Read More...

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Sober living home in Utah to use medical cannabis

WATCH – CALIFORNIA SOBER HITS UTAH – March 25, 2021 - Shane Ericksen, who owns Men’s Tribal House, says medical cannabis maintenance has proven to be a harm reduction tool to treat things like chronic pain and ... Read More...

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New York Reaches Marijuana Legalization Deal

CENTRAL PARK TO LEVITATE IN 2022 – March 25, 2021 - The legislation sets a goal of having 50 percent of marijuana business licenses for distribution and retail issued to social equity applicants, including people wi... Read More...

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Lighting Up Later in Life

SINSEMILLA FOR SENIORS - INDICA FOR ADULTS – March 21, 2021 - Last spring, an analysis based on the National Survey of Drug Use and Health found that marijuana use in the prior year among people over 65 had jum... Read More...

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Does Cannabis Cause Psychosis?

OPINIONS ARE SPLIFFED – March 11, 2021 - Mr Green’s case is (sadly) all too familiar for clinical practitioners in psychiatry. Substance use comorbidity in psychotic disorders has been described as the rule rat... Read More...

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Mexico Legalizes Marijuana

VIVA LA HIERBA! – March 10, 2021 - MEXICO CITY — Lawmakers in Mexico approved a bill Wednesday night to legalize recreational marijuana, a milestone for the country, which is in the throes of a drug war and cou... Read More...

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Cardiovascular Consequences of Drug Use

ONE FROM THE HEART – Feb. 26, 2021 - Cannabis, or marijuana, is increasingly used both recreationally and therapeutically worldwide. 7,8 Particularly, the major chemical compounds excreting these effects are D-... Read More...

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How Has Addiction Damaged The Finance Industry?

GREEDY BASTARDS – March 5, 2021 - There are numerous sources out today that have reported substance abuse problems in the financial services sector have seen a huge decline since the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s. Acco... Read More...

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Jon Bon Jovi’s daughter: no longer living on a prayer.

FATHER, DAUGHTER DANCE – Feb. 19, 2021 - She and her friend, Ian S Grant, were later arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and illegal possession of marijuana. The charges were... Read More...

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NFL Seeking Information on Cannabis as an Alternative to Opioids

WATCH – 4-20-51-50 HIIIGH-KE – Feb. 17, 2021 - The NFL finally loosened its cannabis testing policy last offseason, amid mounting public sentiment in favor of decriminalization and, in some states, full legalization... Read More...

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A Retired DEA Agent’s Plea: Time to Reschedule Marijuana

TIME TO FREE ALL POT DEALERS – Dec. 2020 - In the 1960s, I was the first federal drug agent to arrest a student on a college campus for sale of marijuana. In the 1970s and ‘80s, as head of the Drug Enforcement ... Read More...

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Marijuana Shops Report Brisk Business Despite Pandemic

WATCH – High profits – Jan. 9, 2021 - “Despite all the market challenges, everything from COVID to supply chains and beyond, Maine has done a really good job getting this market up and running,” said Thomas Wi... Read More...

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COVID Is Killing the Cocaine Market, So People Are Smoking More Weed

Rolling joints, not hundreds – Jan. 4, 2021 - Aware of earlier findings that social isolation triggered spikes in drug use, researchers at New York University’s Langone Health Center wanted to quantify what soc... Read More...

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Serious Side Effects of Smoking Pot Every Day

Gray matter matters – Jan. 2, 2021 - “Make no mistake about it, smoking marijuana daily carries with it very real potential for addiction. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that between 9% and 30%... Read More...

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To Protect ‘Children’ From E-Cigarettes, Congress Imposes New Restrictions

Where there’s smoke, there’s money – Dec. 23, 2020 - Feinstein’s bill amends the Jenkins Act of 1949, which requires that vendors who sell cigarettes to customers in other states register with the tax administr... Read More...

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Man Serving Life Without Parole for $20 of Weed Freed

The dark ages are ending... – Dec. 25, 2020 - For most of his sentence, Winslow’s chances of getting out were virtually nil. He is guilty of the crime he was convicted of, so there was no path to getting his c... Read More...

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UN Removes Cannabis From Strictest Drug Category

The whole world is toking – Dec. 2, 2020 - The drugs that are on Schedule IV are a subset of those on Schedule I of the convention, which already requires the highest levels of international control. The agency... Read More...

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Man caught with 20 Burmese pythons and marijuana in his home

Don’t bogart that snake my friend – Oct. 12, 2020 - A Holladay man has been arrested and is facing charges after animal-control officers found 20 Burmese pythons roaming around his residence. According to a probab... Read More...

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