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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Walgreens Rides Alone
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.
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Legal Drug Blues
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.
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A Consultant’s Story
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.
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A Last Link in the Chain
…there were some real doozies, scripts written for amounts way beyond any conceivable patient need.
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Toke-lahoma & The Wilds of NYC
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.
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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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