Drugs

Some California Marijuana Users May Shun Legal Product

By Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times

The cost of legal pot in a taxed and regulated market could keep substantial numbers of Golden State consumers in the black market--at least for now.
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Drugs

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    Phillip Smith / AlterNet

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  • This is What Happens When You Mix Marijuana and Tobacco

    Dana Dovey / Medical Daily

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  • Pot Pizza Is Taking Massachusetts by Storm

    Pritha Paul / International Business Times

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  • Supreme Court’s Doubts about Asset Forfeiture Continues to Grow

    Theshia Naidoo / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 06/09/2017 - 11:04

  • Drug Education in High School Needs to be More Comprehensive

    Chiara Fontaine / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 06/08/2017 - 13:59

  • Heroin Users Aren't Necessarily Looking for Deadly Fentanyl, But It's Finding Them Anyway

    David Orenstein-Brown / Futurity  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 06/08/2017 - 10:58

  • How Democrats Help Big Pharma Keep Drug Prices High

    David Sirota / International Business Times  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 06/08/2017 - 08:38

  • Drug War Outrage: Students Sue After Entire High School Illegally Groped and Molested by Cops

    Matt Agorist / The Free Thought Project

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  • Heroin: Now The Leading Cause of Death in Americans Under 50

    Ritchie Farrell / The Huffington Post

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 06/07/2017 - 12:16

  • The Supreme Court Just Struck Another Blow Against Asset Forfeiture Abuse

    Bonnie Kristian / Rare

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 06/07/2017 - 11:07

  • An Ohio City is Suing the Pharmaceutical Companies Over the Opioid Epidemic

    Matthew Rozsa / Salon  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 06/07/2017 - 10:43

  • Watch: Cannabis Used Effectively to Fight Statewide Opioid Crisis

    Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 06/07/2017 - 10:37

  • Stressed Out? Smoking This Much Weed Can Calm You Down

    Lizette Borreli / Medical Daily  

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  • The 10 Deadliest Drugs in the U.S.

    Dana Dovey / International Business Times  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 06/06/2017 - 10:18

  • Drug Policy Alliance and ACLU of California Sue City of Fontana to Uphold Rights Granted by California's Marijuana Legalization Law

    Joy Haviland / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 06/06/2017 - 08:34

  • Second Circuit Upholds Harsh Life Without Parole Sentence for Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht

    Jolene Forman / Drug Policy Alliance

    Displayed Publishing Date: Fri, 06/02/2017 - 11:53

  • 5 Big Investors Diving Deep into the Marijuana Industry

    Phillip Smith / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 06/01/2017 - 20:54

  • VIDEO: What Happens When You're Drunk AND Stoned at the Same Time?

    Phillip Smith / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 06/01/2017 - 18:35

  • Years of Progress Going Down the Drain with Trump's Neanderthal Approach to Crime and Immigration

    Heather Digby Parton / Salon  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 06/01/2017 - 12:31

  • Move Over Hippocrates: Harm Reduction as the New Paradigm for Health Care

    Amy Faith Ho / STAT  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 06/01/2017 - 11:12

  • The Astounding Size of the Marijuana Economy Dwarfs 10 of America's Most Popular Food and Drink Staples

    Phillip Smith / AlterNet  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Thu, 06/01/2017 - 00:03

  • Deported for Smoking Marijuana? Trump's Taking America Back to the Bad Old Days of the Drug War

    Phillip Smith / AlterNet

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 05/31/2017 - 11:56

  • Marijuana May Fight Alzheimer's—What Will That Mean for Baby Boomers?

    Paul Mulshine / NJ.com

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 05/31/2017 - 11:40

  • Dosing THCA: Less is more

    Adrian Devitt-Lee / Project CBD

    Displayed Publishing Date: Wed, 05/31/2017 - 11:03

  • We Have Waged a War on Drugs for a Century. So, Who Won?

    Alex Wodak / The Guardian  

    Displayed Publishing Date: Tue, 05/30/2017 - 12:08

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