New Study Reviews the Link Between Marijuana Use and Violence
When someone commits an act of violence during a psychotic break, the toxicology screen rarely tests for the one drug […]
“This Is Serious”: Marijuana Involved in Guyana Ferry Tragedy as U.S. Employers Are Looking the Other Way
At least 27 people are dead and dozens more missing after a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of Guyana
“Those Warnings Proved Prescient”: New York’s Paper of Record Admits We Were Right About Legal Weed and Kids
The Albany Times Union editorial board spent this week conceding an argument it watched unfold in its own opinion pages.
No Safe Dose, No Threshold: Drug Policy Group Tells Regulators to Ban a Kratom Opioid Outright — and the Plant Behind It
A kratom-derived opioid now sold in gas-station “shots” is so dangerous there is no safe amount of it — and the government
Friday Fact: 16.4% of Arizona teen marijuana users bought it directly from a dispensary
State-level youth surveys indicate that thousands of kids are buying marijuana directly from dispensaries. In Arizona, when 8th, 10th, and
Psychedelics Salesman Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: “Now It Is All About Commercialization”
Christian Angermayer, the German financier who founded psychedelic-medicine companies Compass Pathways and ATAI Life Sciences, marked this week’s ATAI Beckley
Day Twelve: A Sheriff From Marijuana’s Epicenter Tells the Court Legalization Never Ended the Crime
Having closed their scientific case, the states called a sheriff from California to testify, and he told the court plainly
Day Eleven, Part Two: States Call Yale Psychiatrist Who Ties Marijuana to Psychosis
The federal marijuana rescheduling hearing turned Tuesday afternoon to the case for the states, as counsel for Idaho, Indiana, and
Day Eleven: An Emergency Physician Testifies Marijuana Is a Hallucinogen Derailing Young People — and Rescheduling Would Make It Worse
The federal marijuana rescheduling hearing turned Tuesday morning to the drug’s toll on young people. An emergency-medicine physician testified, drawing
DEA Moves to Ban Tianeptine
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently proposed banning tianeptine, an opioid-like substance often sold online and in convenience stores. Tianeptine, also known as “gas