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...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaMental HealthRecovery
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 19 2021marijuanaRecoverysmoking
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...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJan 12 2021marijuanaMental Healthrelapsesmokingweed
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 12 2021life expectancymarijuanaMental HealthsmokingteenagersTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 29 2020interventionjuulmarijuanaMental HealthNicorettenicotinesmokingVaping
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...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 29 2020Drug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancymarijuanaMental Health
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 8 2020Drug Abuse and Addictionmarijuana
Types of Teen Addictions parents should be on the lookout for LISTEN – Check their phones daily – Nov. 9, 2020 - Screen Addiction While almost every parent stresses over the amount of time their kids spend on electronic devices every day, you wouldn’t think t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phonedepressionfood addictionGaminginternetinterventionlife expectancylonelinessmarijuanaMental HealthNov 17 2020RecoveryRehabSexual AddictionSmartphone AddictionteenagersVapingvideo games
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...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaOctober 20 2020pot
Top 3 American Cities With Worst Drug Problems No Prize Winners Here – Oct. 17, 2020 - Chicago, Illinois Chicago is known as The Windy City, but it’s also becoming known as a place where the drug issues of those that live there is getting out of ha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionmarijuanamethOctober 20 2020Overdose
Is Marijuana Addictive? Does a bear hibernate in the woods? – July 8, 2019 - A brain-imaging study last year found the brain’s neural circuitry is alteredin young adults with cannabis dependence, especially for those who start in adol... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaSept 15 2020
Marijuana use is on the rise in older adults Act your age, not your THC level – August 31, 2020 - The researchers said one of the reasons they embarked on the study was a concern that the effects of cannabis in older adults might be different from what younger ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaSept 15 2020smoking
Marijuana vending machine launches in Colorado WATCH – Don’t bogart that knob my friend – August 19, 2020 - In a world of contactless online shopping and buying groceries, you’ll now be able to purchase cannabis contactless in Colorado. The pot vending machines h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAugust 25 2020marijuana
CA. Pot Tax Used to Boost Police Budgets Get High - Support Local Police – July 23, 2020 - The organizations Youth Forward and Getting It Right From the Start co-produced a report on 28 Californian cities that legalized recreational marijuana sales s... Read More...August 4 2020marijuana
Defendant Fell Asleep at In-N-Out Drive Thru – Marijuana, Heroin, and Meth Found in Car Forgot the OUT part – June 02, 2020 - He found a money bag in his car containing two larger bags of heroin, six small bags of meth, pills that were later identified as Suboxone and $315 in cash. His defense couns... Read More...Drug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionJune 9 2020marijuanameth
Children in the car? No curbside marijuana for you Time to stop having children? – June 4, 2020 - Curbside sales of marijuana and alcohol are newly allowed in Massachusetts under emergency state coronavirus regulations meant to prop up local businesses without exposi... Read More...CoronavirusJune 9 2020marijuana
This Former NBA Star Wants You to Buy His Weed and End the War on Drugs Weed Believe – May 3, 2020 - The 6-foot 9-inch forward was coming off surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee in 2012. It was his 14th season in what would ultimately prove to be a 16-year career, b... Read More...marijuanaMay 5 2020pot
Seth Rogen on smoking weed during quarantine Rehabs Get Ready for BONGERS – April 17, 2020 - Rogen turned 38 on April 15 and to celebrate the day, his wife Lauren Miller had some of Rogen’s pals drive by and wish happy birthday, which suited the “Superbad... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 21 2020CoronavirusmarijuanaMental Health
Any smoke inhalation is a COVID-19 risk Quitting Time? – April 10, 2020 -You’re already making your body fight off foreign particles before it even has to fight off the infection.” Dr. Mitchell Glass, a pulmonologist and spokesperson for the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020CoronavirusmarijuanaVaping
DEA to review dozens of requests to grow marijuana for research Anything Can Happen – Mar. 30, 2020 - Other countries, including Canada and Australia, have licensed growers for research cannabis without taking possession of the drug, Sisley says. “All of them have looked at the ... Read More...April 7 2020marijuana
Coronavirus Crisis Shows Marijuana Is ‘Essential’ And Mainstream America’s Medicine – March 23, 2020 - Advocacy groups have pushed governors and state officials to ensure that medical marijuana patients in particular can maintain access to the cannabis they need. But becaus... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCoronavirusMarch 31 2020marijuana
I’m a Marijuana Addict, and I’m Okay With It Self Medicating Depression? – March 3, 2020 - In my younger days, I never imagined I’d ever touch the stuff, though I grew up with marijuana at home. My father has suffered all his life from demons he can’t se... Read More...Addiction RecoveryMarch 17 2020marijuanapot
Nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles will be dismissed Free at last...thank God almighty – February 13, 2020 - “The dismissal of tens of thousands of old cannabis-related convictions in Los Angeles County will bring much-needed relief to communities of color that dispr... Read More...Feb 18 2020marijuana
Man lights joint in court while facing marijuana charge The High Court? – January 29, 2020 - The courtroom erupted into laughter at Spencer’s action, disrupting the normal daily activity in the court. Spencer was taken into custody and charged with disorderly conduc... Read More...Feb 4 2020marijuanapotweed
Addiction psychiatrist accused of using cocaine, marijuana with patient Who’s The Crazy One? – Jan. 28, 2020 - Officials say the video footage also showed Billing smoking what appeared to be marijuana from a glass bong, as well as white residue on a mirror next to a rolled-up bill.... Read More...Feb 4 2020marijuanaRehab