Did you really believe the “Marijuana overdoses kill 37″ hoax? (column)
If you read The Daily Currant's Jan. 2 online story called "Marijuana overdoses kill 37 in Colorado on first day of legalization" and believed it, you are officially: ______________________________....
View ArticleNew Hampshire declares state of emergency over “spice”
Gov. Maggie Hassan has declared a state of emergency to allow public health officials to investigate and quarantine synthetic drugs linked to recent overdoses in Manchester and Concord. The post New...
View ArticleDEA eyes Schedule I classification for a batch of synthetic cannabinoids
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is in the final stages of scheduling three synthetic cannbinoids as Schedule I substances.
View ArticleUN Drug Office can't find a single cannabis drug death, despite it being most...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2017 World Drug Report finds cannabis is the most consumed and widely cultivated drug but found zero deaths.
View ArticleThis doctor says Tylenol and aspirin far more dangerous than medical marijuana
Dr. Christopher Prince says physicians are at least partly culpable for what he sees as misconceptions about medical marijuana and the opioid abuse epidemic crippling the nation.
View ArticleEven the DEA says nobody has ever died of a marijuana overdose
Cannabis connoisseurs have been saying for years that marijuana is a safer recreational substance than alcohol. Now they can use the DEA to back up their argument.
View ArticleWhite House opioid commission tells Trump to "Declare a national emergency"
The White House Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis recommends that the president "declare a national emergency" on overdoses.
View ArticleDrug overdose deaths surged in first nine months of 2016
Deaths from drug overdoses rose sharply in the first nine months of 2016, confirming the opioid epidemic worsened last year despite stepped-up efforts by public health authorities.
View ArticleCan marijuana rescue coal country?
According to the group NORML, which advocates for marijuana legalization, cannabis has already been West Virginia's most valuable cash crop for 20 years.
View ArticleSurviving an opioid overdose may depend on what your local police decide
In southwest Ohio, people die from drug overdoses at more than double the national rate. In the future, whether someone survives could hinge on what county they are in.
View ArticlePennsylvania, Kentucky counties sue drug companies over opioid marketing
A Pennsylvania county sued 11 pharmaceutical companies Thursday for marketing tactics that county officials say misrepresent the dangers of long-term opioid use.
View ArticleHow bad is the opioid crisis? Morgues are literally out of room
Several times on any given week, Atlanta coroners have been told there's no room at any of the state's forensic labs until other bodies are released.
View ArticleRecreational marijuana is saving lives in Colorado, study suggests
Marijuana legalization in Colorado led to a “reversal” of opiate overdose deaths in that state, according to new research published this week.
View ArticleColorado officials skeptical about new study's finding that legal marijuana...
A new study concludes that marijuana legalization reduced overdose deaths from prescription opioids in Colorado, but state health officials urged caution, saying that the topic is too complex for there...
View ArticleAnnual cost of opioid epidemic tops $500 billion, says White House
The White House says the true cost of the opioid drug epidemic in 2015 was $504 billion, more than six times larger than the most recent estimate.
View ArticleNew Hampshire declares state of emergency over "spice"
Gov. Maggie Hassan has declared a state of emergency to allow public health officials to investigate and quarantine synthetic drugs linked to recent overdoses in Manchester and Concord.
View ArticleDEA eyes Schedule I classification for a batch of synthetic cannabinoids
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is in the final stages of scheduling three synthetic cannbinoids as Schedule I substances.
View ArticleUN Drug Office can't find a single cannabis drug death, despite it being most...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2017 World Drug Report finds cannabis is the most consumed and widely cultivated drug but found zero deaths.
View ArticleThis doctor says Tylenol and aspirin far more dangerous than medical marijuana
Dr. Christopher Prince says physicians are at least partly culpable for what he sees as misconceptions about medical marijuana and the opioid abuse epidemic crippling the nation.
View ArticleEven the DEA says nobody has ever died of a marijuana overdose
Cannabis connoisseurs have been saying for years that marijuana is a safer recreational substance than alcohol. Now they can use the DEA to back up their argument.
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