The China Problem
Advocates for the migrant workers want us to remember that the source of the pot we use for pleasure may well have been what amounts to slave labor.
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Hempire State
It’s just good business. The stuff is virtually unregulated, far more affordable to make and distribute, and quite profitable, especially where conservative legislators are unlikely to legalize marijuana anytime soon.
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Politicians and the Fourth Wave
When it comes to the availability of naloxone, the article states that “…while most states have decriminalized [opioid antagonists] … some, including Texas, continue to treat them as drug paraphernalia.”
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Thieves of Hope
Their greed led them to rob these women of what they had managed to gain a bit of in the first place: hope, for a better life.
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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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A Revolutionary Plan
Not surprisingly, people with more money kept right on drinking the way they had before, apparently unmoved by increased expense.
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Youth Vaping Makes A Comeback
…three-quarters of respondents in a national survey of youth tobacco use stated a preference for fruit and candy- flavored e-cigs over any other form.
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Captagon revisited
Today, the making and distributing of Captagon pills accounts for 90% or more of the foreign currency in Syrian government coffers, and $57 billion in annual revenue– far beyond the scope of Mexican cartels.
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Scamming Medicaid
The so-called sober homes turned out to be dilapidated houses in and around Phoenix, offering little or nothing in the way of services and featuring plenty of drug use– even trafficking. All paid for by Medicaid, to the tune of hundreds of millions in Federal funds.
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Too Much Ganja
Smaller vendors and ‘boutique’ pot businesses, including many that are minority-owned, will be forced to sell up to a larger firm or shut their doors entirely.
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He Took Bribes
Everyone involved seems to expect further charges to emerge, against other defendants for similar activities involving the sale of political influence.
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Who Controls Commercial Cannabis?
…the subject of those who suffer from Cannabis Use Disorders (CUDs) rarely comes up in discussions. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, given how seldom firms that make and market liquor and cigarettes ever mention alcoholism or nicotine dependence.
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