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Study Finds Car Crashes Are Up In States With Legal Pot

22OctoberStoriescannabis, car crashes, DUID, impaired driving, marijuana, research, study, traffic fatalities

Project SAM reports on a new study that shows legal marijuana is causing an increase in car crashes.

Why Legalization is Not a “States Rights Issue”

16OctoberStoriesmarijuana, states rights

Paul Larkin is a Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. He recently published a policy paper. His thesis is that it is a mistake to claim that marijuana legalization disputes should be left to the states to resolve because the states have the right to regulate the practice of medicine. For 80 years, even

Cannabis Use Disorder

31JulyHealthaddiction, cannabis use disorder, drug treatment, marijuana

Cannabis Use Disorder A common diagnosis, particularly in states with a commercial marijuana market, is cannabis use disorder. According to Wikipedia: “Marijuana use and abuse has symptoms that affect behavior, physical, cognitive, and psychosocial aspects of a person’s life. Symptoms include agitation, bloodshot eyes, challenges in problem solving, and paranoia. Cannabis use is associated with

Marijuana Industry Follows Big Tobacco Playbook

17JulyUncategorizedindustry, lies, marijuana, tobacco

How Can America Be So Naive? Big Tobacco and Big Marijuana employ the SAME tactics! America was once fooled by the tobacco industry living off addiction for PROFIT. The Marijuana Industry is targeting our most precious resources- our teens and young adults. STOP the industry! The playbook how to dupe the American public into believing 21st century

Mass Shooters and Marijuana

2JulyArticlesAnnapolis newspaper shooting, bullying, cannabis, drug abuse, marijuana, mass shootings, violence

Marijuana, the second “opioid crisis” We need more transparency on the harms of cannabis We must expose the dangers of cannabis. Just like with the opioid crisis where the DEA agents knew and were begging to get the public exposure on why so many people were dying!!! If you haven’t watched this 60 Mins segment

Reducing Future Rates of Adult Addiction Must Begin with Youth Prevention

20JuneArticlesaddiction, Dr. DuPont, drug abuse, drug prevention, drug use, illicit drugs, marijuana

Reducing Future Rates of Adult Addiction Must Begin with Youth Prevention The United States is confronting a public health crisis of rising adult drug addiction, most visibly documented by an unprecedented number of opioid overdose deaths.1Most of these overdose deaths are not from the use of a single substance – opioids – but rather are

Long-term Recreational Marijuana Use Often Leads to Psychosis

19JuneHealthcannabis, college, dangers, health policy, marijuana, mental health, psychosis, students

The cannabis-psychosis connection is revealed in a recent commentary in the Miami Herald, which tells a chilling story of the damage marijuana does to a young persons brain.

Is Marijuana the Solution to the Opioid Crisis?

5JuneArticles, Videoscannabis, marijuana, opiod, opioid epidemic, solution

Webinar: Marijuana is Not the Solution to the Opioid Crisis – video with Dr. Ken Finn Why Marijuana Will Not Fix the Opioid Epidemic “Is Marijuana Use for Pain Driving Negative Societal Effects?” The problem of increased marijuana use has origins in its reported use for pain, but the medical literature is

Notice of Liability Memo: To Canadian Parliamentarians, Canada Senators and The Marijuana Industry

30MayUncategorizedAffidavit, cannabis, liability, marijuana, public health

This Notice of Liability Memo and attached Affidavit of Harms give formal notification to all addressees that they are morally, if not legally liable in cases of harm caused by making toxic marijuana products legally available, or knowingly withholding accurate information about the multiple risks of hemp/marijuana products to the Canadian consumer. This memo further

Independent Survey of Canadians Shows Need for Marijuana Education

27MayStoriesCanada, cannabis, health risks, marijuana, public health, survey

The shocking ignorance about the health risks of cannabis, speaks to the need for education before Canada even considers legalization. Informed voters may vote against it, in fact.