Drugs

Heroin Deaths Up After Pill Mill Shutdown

A disturbing article in the Miami Herald tells the sad tale of what can happen when drug enforcement is focused on one problem and addicts shift to another source of supply. Florida was once known as a state with very loose regulations on pain clinics. So loose that some were labeled “pill mills,” mere storefront ….

Oregon Legislation To Make Cigarettes Rx Only

What do you do with a product that is addictive and the use of which can be harmful to the public? Well, we generally make it a prescription only item. That way, a medical professional has to be involved in the supply chain. And that’s the logic behind legislation introduced in Oregon to make cigarettes ….

Mommy’s Stoned: Parenting While High

There was a viral video a couple of weeks ago, purportedly showing a mother offering her bong to her toddler. The comments were almost universally against such an outrageous act, and the mother in question was arrested. But what about women who don’t “share” but just use marijuana themselves to combat the stresses of raising ….

Marijuana Dependence

The US appears to be slowly but inevitably moving toward legalization of marijuana, either as an herbal remedy or for recreational use. In this environment, studies that show some of the downsides of marijuana use have appeared as a kind of “push-back” against the idea of cannabis as a safe, consequence free product. One such ….

Marijuana School Opens

If you doubt marijuana is becoming big business, you might want to check out a school that just opened shop in Nevada. The Cannabis Career Institute offers certifications in Budtending, Edibles, Dispensary Management and Master Grower. For $250 and a day’s training, you too can jump into the green revolution and start a career in ….

Hiking And Drugging May Cost $160,000

A pair of teens who were lost in the forests of California this month may have to pay the cost to find them because they used drugs as part of the outing. The pair, Nicholas Cendoya and Kyndall Jack, were hiking in Orange County’s Cleveland National Forrest and became lost. Cendoya was found after a ….

Toronto Mayor In Crack Scandal

Toronto is the largest city in Canada and Rob Ford is the popular mayor there. So popular, he has survived several scandals and may survive the latest, and the most bizarre. Last month, a report on Gawker purportedly showed the mayor smoking crack cocaine with a couple of “Somali drug lords.” And if that wasn’t enough, ….

CNN “Inside” Marijuana Business

With the launch of a new show, CNN gave us a detailed look inside the medical marijuana business in California. Hosted by Morgan Spurlock (of “Super-size Me” fame), the “Inside Man” series is half reality show and half documentary. The idea is to put Spurlock in different situations and film the unscripted results. For the ….

Marijuana Branding

If there’s any doubt that entrepreneurs have taken to the legitimate marijuana business in a big way, this ought to put it to rest: a former Microsoft executive is trying to create a nationally recognized brand for marijuana. He’s gone so far as to purchase dispensaries in three states (where medical marijuana is legal) and ….

Synthetic Kills More Than A Dozen

The initial reporting put the death rate at 12, but even a week later, it’s up to 14. The cause? A heroin substitute that showed up in Rhode Island. At first, in appeared to be an entirely new synthetic. Little was known except that it was an opiate and five times as potent as heroin. ….

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