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

ABC: Cook County Jail’s inmate opioid treatment programs SMART and THRIVE are trailblazers in Illinois

SAM Double-Header Articles from Sabet and Niforatos

Dr. Kevin Sabet in Newsweek: Now Is Congress’ Chance To Close Its Hemp Loophole—And Save Lives

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

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