Crossing the Border for Pot
That was why cannabis companies set up shop in rural areas that, on the surface at least, seemed far too small to support them. They figured they wouldn't have to.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 2, 2023 | Public Policy | 0 |
That was why cannabis companies set up shop in rural areas that, on the surface at least, seemed far too small to support them. They figured they wouldn't have to.
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 28, 2023 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 14, 2023 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
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by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 31, 2023 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 15, 2022 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 5, 2022 | In the News | 0 |
One thing that emerged is that Walgreen’s own pharmacists had made repeated attempts to convince corporate leadership to establish a central database of suspicious purchases, and the customers who made them.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 29, 2022 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |
More impressive results have come from simply increasing taxes on alcoholic beverages. States that have done so have been rewarded, mostly through reductions in the consequences of excessive drinking.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 25, 2022 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
whatever McKinsey was charging for its services, their clients couldn’t have done what they did without McKinsey’s help. Sure, that led to a drug epidemic such as America has never seen, costing some half a million lives to date.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 21, 2022 | In the News | 0 |
…there were some real doozies, scripts written for amounts way beyond any conceivable patient need.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 2, 2022 | In the News | 0 |
The Gold Rush atmosphere is because everyone is expecting the arrival of bigger, better-funded, publicly-traded cannabis companies, accompanied by their networks of retail stores.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 30, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
…one past error has been to overemphasize the more glamorous supply side interventions – interdiction and law enforcement – while paying much less attention to the demand side of the bargain.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 26, 2022 | In the News | 0 |
By the time the authorities get around to questioning it, you’ll have collected more than enough revenue to pay your legal fees.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 23, 2022 | Public Health | 0 |
P2P meth seemed to accelerate the curve of meth addiction, so that the user deteriorated far more quickly than in the past. And suffered worse consequences – in particular, a kind of extreme mental toxicity
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 16, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Anyway, the emphasis now, especially with so many states having legalized recreational use, appears to on making sure there is THC in the widest possible range of commercial products, including at “breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacktime,” said one sales exec.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 17, 2022 | Public Policy | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 7, 2022 | In the News | 0 |
A functioning pill mill can be extraordinarily lucrative for those who own or operate them. The profits go untaxed, remember.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 17, 2022 | In the News | 0 |
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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