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...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and Addictionnicotinesmoking
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 31 2023marijuanapotsmoking
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 24 2023nicotinesmoking
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 24 2023marijuanapotsmokingweed
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...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023marijuanapotsmokingTraumaVaping
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 3 2023life expectancyMental Healthnicotinesmoking
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...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 27 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanapotsmoking
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionnicotinesmoking
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanapotRecoveryRehabsmoking
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...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanapotsmoking
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022depressionmarijuanapotsmoking
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionNov 29 2022Recoverysmoking
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...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuananicotineNov 22 2022Recoverysmokingweed
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...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionnicotineNov 15 2022Recoverysmoking
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaNov 1 2022potRecoverysmoking
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaOct 18 2022potsmoking
2.5 Million US Students Vape VIDEO – NO MATCHES NEEDED – Oct. 6, 2022 - About 2.55 million middle and high school students in the US currently use e-cigarettes, researchers say, based on responses to a survey conducted earlier this year.&n... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionjuulnicotineOct 18 2022RecoverysmokingVaping
Neanderthal DNA Linked to Smoking, Drinking Patterns in Modern Humans WHO DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? – Oct. 6, 2022 - An international team of scientists, led by researchers from the Estonian University of Tartu, analyzed Neanderthal DNA associations, tracing a wide range of human habi... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 11 2022smoking
Today’s Marijuana Can Lead to Addiction and Psychotic Episodes VIDEO – TOO HIGH! – Sept. 28, 2022 - “Whenever I was induced psychosis by cannabis, I had thoughts of other people wanting to hurt me,” Plant told CBN News. “Thoughts of the only way of being safe was to end my... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaOct 4 2022potRecoveryRehabsmoking
Medical Cannabis Could Replace Addictive Opioids AUDIO – AND RESURRECT CHEECH AND CHONG’S CAREER – Sept. 28, 2022 - Nearly 86% said it helped reduce pain, and 84% said their pain was not interfering with normal social activities as much as it was before they ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaOct 4 2022opioidspotRecoverysmoking
Which Red State is Jailing Pregnant Marijuana Users? IS TRUMP THE GOVERNOR? – Sept. 15, 2022 - She’s not the only one. Another woman, Hali Burns, was taken to the Etowah county jail just six days after giving birth to her son, with police saying that she had test... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanapotRecoverySept 20 2022smoking
Providers Face Multiple Challenges Working With Potheads BUT SO TALENTED – Sept. 11, 2022 - At the Cape Cod Symposium on Addictive Disorders, Tanya L. Gouveia, MS, MPA, LCDP-II, LADC-I, who runs Addiction Recovery Counseling and serves as an adjunct professor ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanapotRecoveryRehabSept 20 2022smoking
Juul to Pay $440 million to States in Vaping Probe THEY DON’T GIVE A PUFF – Sept 6, 2022 - “Juul’s cynically calculated advertising campaigns created a new generation of nicotine addicts,” Tong said in the statement. “They relentlessly marketed vaping pr... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionjuulSept 13 2022smokingVaping
High THC Marijuana Linked To Psychiatric Illness VIDEO – BLOW YOUR BRAIN TO HEAVEN – Aug. 30, 2022 - “I had to quit my job because the voices in my head were so distracting,” Ethan said, adding that the worst symptom was confusing dreams with re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanapotSept 6 2022smoking
Young Adults Using Weed and Hallucinogens At Highest Rates On Record GENERATION RAM DASS – Aug. 24, 2022 - Alcohol was the most popular substance in the study, though rates of daily drinking have decreased in the past 10 years. But binge drinking — which the orga... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanapotPsychedelicssmokingweed
Doja Cat Celebrates 70 Days Vape-Free: “I’m Going To Peel My Skin Off” VIDEO – PLEASE DON’T – Aug. 26, 2022 - While honoring her vape-free journey, Doja added, “I would love to have a smoke. In the name of love… I would love to have a f***ing smoke. Motherf****er. I’m going to pee... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinterventionjuulRecoveryRehabsmokingVaping
Cigarette Graphic Warning Rule Delayed…Again RED TAPE or BOTTOM LINE? – Aug. 24, 2022 - In its latest request for postponement, the plaintiffs made the same or similar arguments for postponement as in previous requests, which include: The rule w... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionnicotinesmoking
Dangerous Artificial Marijuana Used Less in States Where Weed is Legalized LEGALIZATION IS HARM REDUCTION – Aug. 9, 2022 - However, those numbers may now be declining in states in which the use of recreational marijuana is permitted, said Tracy Klein, assistant director f... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaRecoverysmokingweed
Marijuana Can Be Addictive—But It’s Not Like Other Drugs. Here’s why… PUFF THE MAGIC DRAG ON – Aug. 11, 2022 - “The word addiction means so many different things to so many people, and that makes it kind of a challenging question in that sense,” Dr. Aaron Norton, a mental ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanapotsmokingweed
Coolants in Puff Electronic Cigs Present Health Hazards SO STOP? – Aug. 2, 2022 - “Our data support the regulation of flavor chemicals and synthetic coolants in Puff ECs to limit their potentially harmful health effects,” said Esther Omaiye, a former graduate studen... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionjuulRecoverysmokingVaping