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NJ marijuana legalization: 4 cautionary tales about legal weed from California, Colorado California and Colorado have legalized recreational marijuana. Their experiences offer lessons for New Jersey.
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Ordering opioids online? Mail carrier may also deliver handcuffs
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Christopher Avila and his dog Jack check packages for contraband at the JFK mail facility in New NEW YORK - He looked like a regular mail carrier, dropping off an unremarkable package at an upscale New York City apartment tower, but neither the man nor the package were quite what they seemed. The mail carrier was really a federal agent, conducting a so-called controlled delivery, a tactic the U.S. government employs to help stem the flow of heroin, prescription painkillers and other opioids fueling the nation's epidemic of fatal overdoses.
Focus, My Ass
Or just CLICK THIS LINK to start shopping for anything. Don't worry - anything you buy through it will pay Daily Pundit a commission! Thanks! But among teenagers, nearly a quarter of calls were for those intentionally abusing or misusing the pills, the study showed.
Schumer urges Trump to push China to crack down on fentanyl
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on U.S. officials to pressure China to curb exports of fentanyl, a driver of the opioid drug scourge. Sen. Chuck Schumer is pushing the Trump administration to make stopping the flow of deadly fentanyl a top priority in upcoming trade talks with China.
Happy Mother’s Day from Tom Steyer
Yesterday, in a post about authoritarianism on the left, I recalled the old liberal saying, "friends don't let friends vote Republican." In America, no one, friend or foe, can stop us from voting how we please.
Report: Legal marijuana linked to opioid-use declines amid drug crisis
Some states allowing medical marijuana and recreational pot saw declines in opioid prescribing as authorities pushed urgent efforts to combat the historic American drug crisis. Medicaid patients, for example, are getting about 5.9 percent fewer prescription painkillers in medical marijuana states.
Inside Mexico’s violent drug cartel operations fueling heroin addiction in the US
Up a dusty road, in a sun-dappled field in northwest Mexico, a small team of workers bent over, quietly tending to the crops on a farm. But hidden in between the legal crops of corn and garbanzo beans are fields of pretty purple flowers that have become the root of an American catastrophe.
Blame Game: Drug supply firm execs say they didn’t cause opioids crisis
Top executives of the nation's leading wholesale drug distributors told Congress under oath Tuesday that their companies didn't help cause the nation's deadly opioid epidemic, drawing bipartisan wrath that included one lawmaker suggesting prison terms for some company officials. The confrontation came at a House subcommittee hearing at which legislators asked why huge numbers of potentially addictive prescription opioid pills had been shipped to West Virginia, among the states hardest hit by the drug crisis.
California teen charged with recruiting classmates for drug smuggling operation
A California high school student was charged on Monday after he allegedly recruited classmates into a drug and human smuggling ring, authorities said. Phillip Junior Webb, 18, was arraigned Monday at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego on federal charges of human smuggling and conspiracy to distribute illicit narcotics.
Californian teen, 18, charged with recruiting classmates for drug ring across Mexico border
Californian teen, 18, charged with recruiting FIVE classmates for drug ring across Mexico border and for trying to traffic illegal immigrants in the trunk of his car The students were said to have strapped fentanyl and methamphetamine to their bodies and would cross the border 15 to 20 times A former senior of a Californian high school was charged on Monday with recruiting classmates in a drug and human trafficking scheme from Mexico to the United States. Phillip Junior Webb, 18, was said to have recruited his peers from Castle High School in Chula Vista, California .
Number of uninsured, obesity rate drag ratings down
The state's ranking in the Commonwealth Fund report is similar to the results on other national scorecards in health care.
US Sen. Baldwin talks about late mother’s opioid addiction
Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, left, tells for the first time publicly the story of her mother's mental illness and addiction to prescription narcotics during a conversation with Morgan Thomas, of Milwaukee, as she runs for re-election, on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Milwaukee. Thomas's father struggles with addiction and Baldwin had never previously told the story of her mother's problems which led to her being raised by her grandparents.
CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – April, 2018 #2
I have long suspected that one of the students at my high school is a dealer and I would love to prove it. Yesterday, another student told me confidentially that he saw the student rolling a joint in the bathroom and I called the suspected student down to the office for a little questioning.
Marino sues elderly woman for defamation
SHAMROCK FILE U.S. Rep. Tom Marino alleges Michael and Marlene Steele distributed an email that falsely accuses him of taking a drug industry kickback. U.S. Rep. Tom Marino sued an elderly woman and her son for defamation, alleging they distributed an email that falsely accuses him of taking a drug industry kickback and having a "big hand" in spreading heroin and opioids at the heart of an addiction epidemic.
Baker accepts GOP convention endorsement for gov; Lively also qualifies for ballot
Putting some substance behind his so far quiet re-election effort, Gov. Charlie Baker on Saturday said he wants to reduce the sales tax and fired up Republican delegates at their nominating convention by emphasizing his support for the death penalty for cop killers. Running again with Lt.
GOP convention delegates enthusiastically endorse Gov. Charlie Baker
Putting some substance behind his so far quiet re-election effort, Gov. Charlie Baker on Saturday said he wants to reduce the sales tax and fired up Republican delegates at their nominating convention by emphasizing his support for the death penalty for cop killers. Running again with Lt.
Opioid treatment gap in Medicare: methadone clinics
One in three older Americans with Medicare drug coverage is prescribed opioid painkillers, but for those who develop a dangerous addiction there is one treatment Medicare won't cover: Methadone is the oldest, and experts say, the most effective of the three approved medications used to treat opioid addiction. It eases cravings without an intense high, allowing patients to work with counselors to rebuild their lives.
US experts back marijuana-based drug for childhood seizures
A prominent biomedical ethics expert predicts that in 20 to 40 years, many parents will choose babies from dozens of embryos, after examining DNA information on each. . This 2016 photo provided by OrganOx shows Drs.
Nobel Prize academy admits ‘unwanted intimacy’ took place within its ranks
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Democratic leader announces new acceptance of marijuana
The top Senate Democrat is using marijuana's informal holiday to announce a change of heart about the drug, another sign of the growing political acceptance of pot. New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said Friday he'll introduce a bill taking marijuana off the federal list of controlled substances - in effect decriminalizing its use.