A Weird Tale of Politics & Pot
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The Meth Mess – Oman coming
…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.
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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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The Meth Mess – P2P
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
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An Edible Industry
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.
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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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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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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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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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Fake Pills Redux
Some genuinely bad news: a larger-than-usual share of the fakes are likely to exceed the two-milligram threshold for a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. As many as two in five, according to DEA.
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It’s Back – GHB
Now this really sounds like what we heard from Purdue Pharma in the early days of the Oxycontin epidemic.
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Cleaning Up the Mess
“Holy crap! What happened?” the public demands. Followed by “Who’s to blame?” Not us, insist the makers and distributors.
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