The Washington Times: Drug legalization was election’s biggest loser

SAM Executive Vice President Luke Niforatos in The Denver Gazette – Perspective: Missing the mark on marijuana

The Daily Wire – ‘Worrying’: Top Lawmakers Receive Classified Briefing On Spread Of Chinese-Backed Marijuana Farms In United States

NPR: How the Chinese mafia came to control much of the illicit marijuana trade in the U.S.

CBS News: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador talks immigration, cartels, fentanyl crisis

The Washington Post: After voting to legalize weed, Marylanders are mixed on impact, poll finds

North Carolina considers regulating ‘gas station heroin’ as FDA warns consumers about dangers

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 14% of Southern 12th-graders say they use Delta-8 THC; 30% use marijuana

The Seattle Times: Fentanyl crisis descends on jail in a small WA town short on treatment

CBS News: U.K. cracks down on synthetic opioid 10 times stronger than fentanyl causing overdoses in Europe

‘The hallucinations are horrific:’ Jacksonville Poison Control seeing more Delta-8 related calls

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA): Latest wastewater data from 88 European cities reveal cocaine detections on the rise

Kratom supplements, sold legally, can pose addiction risks

‘Gas station heroin’: Colorado man in recovery urges Congress, state lawmakers to ban tianeptine

SAM Friday Fact: Marijuana Edible-Related Poison Control Calls Among Ages 0-12 From 2016 to 2022

Politico: State attorneys general urge Congress to address risks posed by intoxicating hemp products

AP News: New York to probe sputtering legal marijuana program as storefronts lag, black market booms

Senator Jon Ossoff, of Georgia, Introduces Bill to Deploy High-Tech Fentanyl Scanners Along Southern Border

THCA in Tennessee: A ‘legalized high’ could soon end

Nitazenes crisis: The opioids 500 times stronger than heroin

ProPublica: Gangsters, Money and Murder – How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market

Fentanyl overdoses surge in Virginia; New bill targets online sales

New York Post: Why are our leaders pushing to deregulate pot and other drugs research shows are dangerous?

Hemp products often mislabeled, posing potential danger to consumers, Chicago researcher finds

Governor Inslee, of Washington, signs new laws addressing opioid crisis on tribal lands, in schools

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