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Minnesota to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

VIDEO – IS THERE ANY OTHER KIND? – May 20, 2023 - There are 12 different business licenses a person can apply for in the adult-use market, and there are additional licenses for medical cannabis.To be eligible to... Read More...

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Heavy Weed Smoking Linked to Schizophrenia in Young Men

VIDEO – TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING... –May 8, 2023 - “There could be changes to the overall neuroplasticity and neurocircuitry … changes to serotonin, changes to dopamine, histamine, all these things are responsible for e... Read More...

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Can Cannabis Assuage Anxiety?

MAYBE SOMETIMES PERHAPS NEVER ALWAYS –May 7, 2023 - For one, a person’s mental health state prior to consuming the drug can impact whether they feel anxious after taking it, as research shows cannabis can inte... Read More...

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Can Cannabis Aid Addiction Recovery?

GOD, GRANT ME THE IRONY... – May 4, 2023 - When I decided to quit drinking alcohol because it was spiraling my life out of control, weed was never something I had questioned to quit as well,” Katie shared, “Alc... Read More...

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Australia Cracks Down on Illegal Sales to Reduce Teen Vaping

PROTECT THE CHILDREN – May 2, 2023 - Vapes are only legal with a prescription in Australia, but Butler said an “unregulated essentially illegal” black market has flourished in convenience stores, tobacconists a... Read More...

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Loneliness is as Deadly as Smoking

YOU GOTTA HAVE FRIENDS –May 5, 2023 - “We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people experience. It’s like hunger or thirst. It’s a feeling the body sends us when something we need for survival is... Read More...

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Menthol Cigarettes Disproportionately Harms Black People and FDA Refuses a Ban?

ISN’T TOBACCO GROWN IN THE CONFEDERACY? –April 24, 2023 - African American adults have the highest percentage of menthol cigarette use compared with other racial and ethnic groups, according to the Centers for Disea... Read More...

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Americans Spend More on Weed Than Chocolate

HOW SWEET IT IS –4/20/23 - CNN Senior Data Reporter, Harry Enten, spends this April 20th looking at the amount of money Americans spent on legal marijuana in 2022. The number tops other recreational indulgenc... Read More...

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‘Her Brain Was Gone’: Parents Describe Daughter’s Marijuana-Induced Psychosis

BUT IT’S NATURAL ... INSANITY – April 10, 2023 - For six years, Trent and Jane Mayberry had a front-row seat to their daughter’s spiraling descent into psychosis — her inability to communicate, her increasingly... Read More...

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Juul to Pay $462 Million Over Youth Addiction Claims

HOOKING THE YOUNG AND INNOCENT –April 12, 2023 - Juul’s former largest investor, Marlboro cigarette maker Altria Group Inc, is also facing claims over its alleged role in marketing Juul’s e-cigarettes, and has not s... Read More...

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NBA To Banish Ban on Bud For This Season

LOTS MORE 3-POINT SHOTS, WHY NOT? –April 1, 2023 - The National Basketball Association will no longer test or penalize its players for marijuana use under its new and pending seven-year collective bargaining agreeme... Read More...

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Long-Term Cannabis Use Can Cause Dementia

ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? – March 8, 2023 - With this introduction, I want to turn attention to Madeline Meier’s important new article, “Long-term Cannabis Users Show Lower Cognitive Reserves and Smaller Hippocamp... Read More...

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Vaping Is an On-Ramp to Addiction

SO IS AFFECTION – Feb. 23, 2023 - The electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, was invented by Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik in 2003. Inspired by the death of his father (a smoker) from lung cancer, Lik wanted to cre... Read More...

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Vaped THC May Worsen Depression, Anxiety in Young Adults

LIKE IT AIN’T BAD ENOUGH ALREADY – Feb. 28, 2023 - “When better coping skills are developed, there may be fewer temptations to try to manage anxiety symptoms and similar mental health challenges through vaping,... Read More...

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Big Tobacco: Lighting the Law on Fire to Peddle Addiction

BUSINESS AS USUAL –Feb. 2, 2023 - It’s despicable, but it’s not enough to shake our fists. We must organize and fight back — and keep fighting because the industry doesn’t let up, as Californians have seen first-han... Read More...

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Pot Heads Should Disclose Usage Before Surgery

VIDEO – PROTECT THE BODY TEMPLE – Jan. 22, 2023 - These particular guidelines took almost two years to develop. Most of the available literature is basic science or animal science. The clinical data is unfortunately... Read More...

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Judge Invalidates FDA Graphic Cigarette Health Warnings

SMOKE GETS IN THEIR EYES – Jan. 9, 2023 - The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the freedom of speech. This freedom includes the ability to speak and the right to not speak at all. The U.... Read More...

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Moms Are Changing The Narrative Around Weed

GOING TO THE DRIVE THROUGH...AGAIN – Jan. 24, 2022 - It’s a typical Instagram reel: Overwhelming kids, raucous noise. It’s been a long day. A mom locks herself in the bathroom as The Spice Girls sing in ... Read More...

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Screen All Surgery Patients for Cannabis Use

BONG AT YOUR OUR RISK – Jan. 3, 2023 - Cannabis is the most commonly used recreational drug in the U.S. and the most commonly used psychoactive substance after alcohol, noted guideline co-author and ASRA Pain M... Read More...

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Middle-Aged Smokers May Suffer Neurological Damage

IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – Dec. 27, 2022 - Jenna Rajczyk, lead author of the study says that the findings support prior research that linked smoking with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of neurological ... Read More...

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Marijuana Advocates Stunned After McConnell Opposition

LEGALIZE BANKING – Dec. 21, 2022 - The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill unveiled Tuesday includes all kinds of expenditures, but it does not include the SAFE Banking Act, a bipartisan measure that would undo... Read More...

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Graphic Warnings on Cigarettes Blocked

SHALLOW BREATH – Dec. 8, 2022 - The FDA declined to comment. Lawyers for the companies - which include R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co, ITG Brands LLC and Liggett Group LLC - did not immediately respond to requests fo... Read More...

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Cannabis For Pain Relief? Review of 20 Studies Provides Sobering Results

YOU CAN’T INHALE A PLACEBO – Nov. 29, 2022 - This corroborates the results of a 2021 meta-analysis. In fact, this 2021 meta-analysis also found that higher-quality studies with better blinding procedures... Read More...

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Marijuana Use Soars Among Young Adults

THE WORLD HAS GONE TO POT – Nov. 28, 2022 - Other states, such as Florida and Pennsylvania, have legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes. The Gallup analysis buttresses a recent study by Templ... Read More...

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Neuroscientist Explains: Cannabis Users More Likely to Develop Chronic Major Depression

THE BUZZ THAT LASTS A LIFETIME – Nov. 24, 2022 - While cannabis is usually looked at as a drug that’s meant to chill you out, smoking it regularly can have the opposite effect.The Professor explained that t... Read More...

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Processed Foods ‘as Addictive’ as Tobacco

THE TASTE OF A SLOW DEATH – Nov. 25, 2022 - Highly processed foods meet the same criteria as tobacco for addiction, and labeling them as such might benefit public health, according to a new US study that propos... Read More...

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Marijuana More Deadly In Cigarette Smokers

LUNGS—YOU ONLY HAVE TWO – Nov. 17, 2022 - Over 3 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with the potentially deadly disease despite it being one of the most preventable respiratory illnesses, a... Read More...

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Big Tobacco Fighting a Healthier World

WALL STREET MAKES THE RULES – Nov. 6, 2022 - In Reynolds’s filing against the menthol ban, it wrote that, broadly, it “fully supports F.D.A.’s goal of reducing tobacco-related disease.” But, it contended, “ment... Read More...

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Skyrocketing Support for Legal Marijuana

BACKING IS HIGH – Oct. 24, 2022 - Measures to legalize recreational marijuana are on the ballot in five states in next month’s election, including four red ones. If they pass, it will mean nearly half of... Read More...

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Side Effects of Smoking “Too Much” Marijuana Say Doctors

BE CAREFUL BRAINS ARE FRAGILE – Oct. 10, 2022 - It is well-known that smoking marijuana can negatively affect the brain,” Dr. Mitchell emphasizes. For example, studies have shown that it can impair memor... Read More...

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