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F.D.A. Authorizes E-Cigarettes for U.S. Market for First Time

NO BRIBES HERE! – Oct. 12, 2021 - The watershed decision could pave the way for authorization of some other electronic cigarettes, including from the once-dominant maker Juul, to stay on the market. For ... Read More...

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L.A. to Dismiss 60,000 Marijuana Convictions

IT’S ABOUT TIME – Sept. 27, 2021 - About 20,000 of the convictions expected to be expunged under Gascón’s Monday order were for felony possession or cultivation of marijuana, said Jean Guccione, a spokes... Read More...

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Evidence Exposes Harms of Smoking Ban in Drug Treatment

WHO FUNDED THE STUDY? – Sept. 27, 2021 - The study also found that 46 percent of participants reported that the smoking ban was impacting their decision about whether or not to seek inpatient addiction treatme... Read More...

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Chantix Causes Cancer But Don’t Stop Using It

DANGEROUS CHOICES – Sept. 18, 2021 - Chantix was approved by the FDA in May 2006 as a prescription medication to help adults aged 18 and over quit smoking and is typically used for 12 to 24 weeks. The re... Read More...

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Stores Have More Time to Submit Cigarette Warnings

COUGH UP A LUNG ON US? – Sept. 1, 2021 - Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers that create their own cigarette advertisements are required to file a plan with the FDA that includes the schedule for ro... Read More...

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Young Cannabis Users Twice as Likely to Have Heart Attacks

ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG – Sept. 7, 2021 - The study did not research how cannabis affects heart health, Ladha said, but he noted that previous research showed the drug can affect a user’s heart rate.&nbs... Read More...

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Philip Morris Wants to Sell Medicine To Treat Cigarette Caused Lung Disease

LISTEN – FROM SELLING DRUGS TO SELLING MEDICINE – Sept. 2, 2010 - All cigarette companies know the industry that established their fortunes is fading, as smoking rates decline worldwide. Most are investe... Read More...

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New NY Governor Makes Marijuana Industry High Priority

PROHIBITION ENDING – August 25, 2021 - A wholesale tax will be charged based on potency — a cent per milligram on edibles, eight-tenths of one cent on concentrated cannabis and a half-cent per milligram on flo... Read More...

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Nicotine addiction explained — and how medications can help

NOT TOO KOOL – July 27, 2021 - Addiction is now understood to be a chronic neurological disorder that, like other chronic diseases, responds to treatment. Ideally, management of nicotine addiction combines medi... Read More...

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Vaping During Pregnancy Could Raise Odds for ‘Preemie’ Babies

Little eJimmy, eBritany, eBobby, eJennifer – July 13, 2021 - “The take-home message is that it’s best to abstain from e-cigarettes while you’re pregnant, if you can,” said lead researcher Annette Regan, an assi... Read More...

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U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson out of event at Tokyo Olympics after failing drug test

RUNNING ON INDICA – July 2, 2021 - “I want to take responsibility for my actions,” Richardson told NBC on Friday. “I know what I did. I know what I’m supposed to do and am allowed not to do, and I still ... Read More...

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Years of Smoking Weed May Leave You Gasping…for Words

IF YOU CAN STILL EVEN SPEAK – June 21, 2021 - During the follow-up, participants were given standard cognitive tests that measured three things: processing speed (for example, solving simple math problem... Read More...

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Cannabis Use May Be Linked with Suicidal Thoughts, Plans, Attempts in Young Adults

DYING TO STOP – June 24, 2021 - Cannabis use has been associated with a higher likelihood of thinking about suicide in young adults, according to a study from the US National Institutes of Health publish... 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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Gen ‘Z’ depression rates double as alcohol use and smoking rates fall

KIDS NEED A DRINK? – April 28, 2021 - The study comparing millennials with Generation Z found rates of depression among adolescents had surged from fewer than one in ten (nine per cent) to more than one in sev... Read More...

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FDA’s Comic Attempt to Terrify Teen Vapers

SMOKE GETS IN THEIR EYES – April 7, 2021 - “No one noticed at first,” the comic reads in the beginning. “The changes were subtle.” So subtle, in fact, that a basketball player emanates billowing clouds of green... 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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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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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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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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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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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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Grad pens book on addiction struggles

GIVE HIM AN A+ – March 5, 2021 - He started writing that book in March 2020 and finished it in October; “Battling Addiction, Bondage and Temptation” was published in January. Cobb said he struggled with nicotin... Read More...

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Tobacco Giant Bets $1.4 Billion on Influencers to Boost Sales

BLOWING SMOKE – Feb. 20, 2021 - According to a wide-ranging report by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, it has also attracted younger adults, non-smokers and even reached the eyes of children. An emplo... Read More...

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FDA Can Save Lives if it Wanted to By Targeting Tobacco Addiction

SMOKESCREEN – Jan. 25, 2021 - The Biden administration has a chance to embrace this agenda after Trump’s FDA abandoned it. Ending Covid-19 is their top priority, and rightfully so. But the new administration wi... Read More...

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Kehlani Shares Her “personal ex-smoker experience” After 3 Years of Weed Abstinence

STILL EXHALING – Jan. 25, 2021 - On Sunday, the R&B singer revealed she gave up the green and the alcohol, in response to a fan who created a Twitter thread of images that show Kehlani smoking. “Wow, It’... 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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