Marijuana sales in Washington expected to generate millions in fees and taxes
However, Hickenlooper's proposal outlined plans to spend about $ 99 million next fiscal year on substance abuse prevention, youth marijuana use prevention and other priorities. The money would come from a statewide 10 percent sales tax on recreation pot …
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In our opinion: Marijuana is still dangerous
And buried on the website of the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy is this statement by an office deputy director and the president of the National Association for School Nurses: “There is grave concern that marijuana use, given its …
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Marijuana Decriminalization Sends a Better Message Than the Drug War
A 2002 study by Harvard economics professor Jeffrey Miron concluded that the "evidence provides no indication that decriminalization leads to a measurable increase in marijuana use." In the 14 years since Portugal decriminalized the possession of all …
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What Philip Seymour Hoffman's Sponsor Could Have Done for Him
A haunting writeup in The New York Times Thursday detailed how actor Philip Seymour Hoffman spent his last days after relapsing back into heroin addiction and leaving the home he shared with his partner, Mimi O'Donnell, and their three children. Though …
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Authorities: No tainted heroin in North Penn, but heroin use still on the rise
Like many law enforcement officials, as well as those involved in drug treatment and counseling, Dickinson sees a connection between the long-standing epidemic of addiction to prescription opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin and Vicodin, and the rise …
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It's Getting Harder For the Feds To Lie About Marijuana and Get Away With It
That's the lesson White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (aka the Drug Czar's office) Deputy Director Michael Botticelli learned earlier this week when he testified before U.S. House Subcommittee on Government Relations. Armed with what …
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Obama Says Easing Marijuana Restrictions a Job for Congress
Obama has admitted to his own drug use as a student in his memoir, Dreams From My Father, writing of using marijuana and “maybe a little blow.” “But I do offer a …. You all know that marihuana is a legal term with a lengthy definition, right? You …
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Minnesota lawmakers strategize on curbs for synthetic drugs
PAUL — Minnesota legislators are ready to take another stab at curtailing the use of synthetic drugs. A House committee … the use of synthetic drugs: Expand the definition of drugs, giving the Pharmacy Board specific authority to deal with synthetic …
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Crazy Town: The Rob Ford story, exclusive excerpt of Robyn Doolittle's book
The Ford family has a long, unhappy history of substance abuse and criminal behaviour. Despite ….. More selfishly, I didn't want my whole career to be defined by a story for which the Star had paid one hundred thousand dollars to make happen. The …
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Obama, Who Evidently Has Not Read The Controlled Substances Act, Denies …
Now that contradicts the official Obama administration policy, both on the website of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and also the fact that marijuana is considered a Schedule I narcotic, along with heroin and Ecstasy. Now do you think you …
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David Sheff: Watching my son become a drug addict
Yet despite that, his two sons became addicts. “I was the addiction expert,” says McLellan, founder of the Treatment Research Institute and former deputy director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Obama administration. “But I …
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Jeremy Browne sets off on global drugs policy research tour
The Guardian gives a good round up of the drugs policies in operation on the stops on Jeremy's tour, from Portugal's decriminalisation to Sweden's zero tolerance and Denmark's regulated rooms where addicts can inject themselves. * Caron Lindsay is …
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Prescription Painkillers Linked to Erectile Dysfunction
However, the findings add to a growing body of research linking pain drugs to erection problems. … that opioid treatment is appropriate for some people, there's increased evidence that prolonged use can cause a host of problems, including addiction …
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Prescription drug abuse — Federal legislation merits full support
Rockefeller is warning that prescription drug abuse or misuse is now responsible for nine out of 10 drug-related deaths in the state — a highly alarming statistic. Rahall also recently announced that the Office of National Drug Control Policy would …
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Statistics: Crime rate low at DACC
In 2009, one arrest occurred on DACC's campus for a drug abuse violation that resulted in one person being referred for disciplinary action. In 2010, three people faced disciplinary action for carrying or possessing weapons and one person was …
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Federal rules eased for opioid addiction treatment drug
In 2011, the White House launched a national plan to take a multifaceted approach toward fighting prescription drug abuse. Kerlikowske, known to many as the White House's drug czar, highlighted the latest efforts to combat drug diversion, boost …
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