Friday Fact: Marijuana is the most common drug among first-time entrants to substance use treatment in Europe.
What the 2026 European Drug Report reveals about rising cannabis use — and why American policymakers should pay attention According […]
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Economist Acknowledges the Shortfalls of Legalization
Tyler Cowen, a renowned libertarian economist at George Mason University, recently wrote in The Free Press that his assumptions about the legalization of marijuana were wrong. He said,
Survey Finds that Many Americans Do Not View Addiction as a Health Condition
A recent survey in the Journal of Addiction Medicine found that 23% of American adults either disagreed or did not know that addiction is a health condition. Jessica
Friday Fact: From 2020 to 2024, kratom was linked to more overdose deaths than crack cocaine was in the 1980s
Between 2020 and 2024, kratom was involved in at least 5,208 overdose deaths in the United States, according to the
Kentucky Governor Strays from the Science on Marijuana
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear recently signed an executive order that added 15 qualifying conditions to his state’s medical marijuana program. However, existing evidence does not support the
“Ultra Strength” Cocaine Emerges in the United Kingdom and United States
A recent investigation by The Independent found that the purity of cocaine in the United Kingdom has nearly tripled in recent years, which has contributed to a corresponding rise
Paramedic Warns About Managing Medetomidine Withdrawal
Dalton Barrett, a paramedic in North Carolina, recently wrote, “this week my exposure to medetomidine withdrawal is changing literally everything I thought I knew about
The Trump administration cozies up to addiction-for-profit industries
The Trump administration has increasingly cozied up to addiction-for-profit industries, as evidenced by the approval of fruit-flavored vapes, rescheduling of marijuana, and removal of tariffs on Scotch whiskey. These industries have contributed millions of
Individuals who used marijuana in the past year were 12.1 times more likely to have used psilocybin than those who did not use marijuana
A recent study, drawing on data from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, found that individuals who used marijuana in the