The FDA Looks at D8
By the time the authorities get around to questioning it, you’ll have collected more than enough revenue to pay your legal fees.
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On the Oregon Trail, cannabis-style
The smaller, local, independent, licensed growers – intended to benefit from legalization– have instead found themselves all but shut out of the market, unable to compete with much cheaper offerings.
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Pill Mills Face Punishment
A functioning pill mill can be extraordinarily lucrative for those who own or operate them. The profits go untaxed, remember.
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Gambling Enters a New Era
I can see how Smartphones could just make a bad situation worse. Legislation, on the other hand, has a long way to go simply to catch up.
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Fentanyl on Social Media
In COVID terms, it’s as contagious as omicron, as fatal as delta. And targeted at the young, making use of their favorite platforms.
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A Setback Followed by A Victory
Juries are less interested in subtle legal distinctions than a judge can be.
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Getting Sober. And Not Getting Sober.
Research into long-term recovery has been prominent in the past — why not revive it?
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Australians Get Drunk A Lot
From the alcoholic beverage industry’s viewpoint, the pandemic has a pronounced silver lining. Sales are up and allegedly likely to continue at higher levels even as the pandemic finally fades.
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You mean Prohibition wasn’t all bad?
…it’s foolish to expect an industry built around making, distributing, and selling (for immense profit) abusable substances to regulate themselves.
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Mike Tyson Goes Psychedelic
Mike insists that everybody who knows him has commented on how much better he seems since he started up with the toad venom. Of course, I’m not sure how often people are willing to openly contradict Iron Mike.
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The Worst DUI Ever?
…the narrower the gap between the incident and its consequences, the greater the deterrent value in terms of the offender’s future behavior.
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Setback in California?
If so many players were involved, how can drug makers bear primary responsibility? Even if to the layperson’s mind, they richly deserve it.
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Public vs Personal
Some will represent the very best medicine has to offer, and others will be, well, not so great.
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