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2015 Crash Report Florida 11/13/2016 2015 Stats: Hillsborough County reported 66 alcohol crash fatalities up from 56 in 2014 (17.86% increase) This is the highest number of fatalities in the state. #2 Orange and Duval both 55, #3 Miami Dade 53 |
alcohol | |
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Why I'm Voting no on Amendment 2 11/04/2016 As T. Willard Fair, president of the Urban League of Greater Miami and former chairman of the Florida Board of Education, said in 2014: “I will not vote to legalize the street drug marijuana…label it medicine and make it available to anyone… for any condition…” Fair’s statement is just as applicable today as it was then. |
Amendment 2, religious leader, REV. O’NEAL DOZIER | |
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2018 Colorado budget: Gov. John Hickenlooper proposes $28.5 billion plan with deep cuts 11/02/2016 The Governor is now proposing new and significant budget cuts for this upcoming legislation session in the following areas: capital construction for our schools, health and human services, public safety/courts, healthcare including Colorado hospitals, and education including K-12 and higher education. Areas that have experienced and reported increased negative impacts and/or costs associated with increased marijuana availability/commercialization. Areas mentioned where marijuana tax revenues will be spent highlight some of the negative impacts from increased marijuana availability/commercialization, and include: "Hiring of more mental health professionals in schools and child welfare caseworkers“ $18 million program to create affordable housing for the homeless" (Denver has reported dramatic increases in student homelessness as has other areas in Colorado.) |
Colorado, homeless, students | |
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Educational Outcomes 11/01/2016 CONCLUSIONS: |
education, PubMed, Studies | |
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Marijuana-infused candy found in Bureau County trick-or-treat candy 10/31/2016 omeone handed out candy infused with cannabis during trick-or-treating in the small town of Manlius, Illinois on Sunday, according to the Bureau County Sheriff’s Department. |
edibles, IL | |
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Denver District Attorney Urges California Voters to Reject Proposition 64 10/31/2016
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crime, denver, Colorado | |
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Legalized Marijuana Boosts High School Dropout Rates 10/30/2016 "More than anything, what we have done is provided good, solid evidence that there is a direct link between marijuana policies and education," lead author Andrew Plunk, PhD, from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, |
dropout, college, youth, young adults | |
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Hemp Fest Proves Why Floridians Should Vote NO On Amendment Two 10/25/2016 To prove this last point, last weekend a “medical marijuana awareness” festival featured pot smoking on stage in front of children, a giant blunt display and the advocacy for marijuana candies. This was Hemp Fest: Tampa Medical Marijuana Awareness Fest in Lutz, FL, promoted as a family friendly event with food and games for kids and advertised free admission for children under 10. |
Amendment 2, Hemp Fest | |
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Δ9-THC Intoxication by Cannabidiol-Enriched Cannabis Extract in Two Children with Refractory Epilepsy: Full Remission after Swit 10/19/2016 The children presented typical signs of intoxication by Δ9-THC (inappropriate laughter, ataxia, reduced attention, and eye redness) after using a CBD-enriched extract. The extract was replaced by the same dose of purified CBD with no Δ9-THC in both cases, which led to improvement in intoxication signs and seizure remission. |
Charlotte's Web, Studies, CBD | |
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Colorado Legalization 10/19/2016 Governor Owens – |
Colorado, video, governor | |
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Marijuana and Opioid Conncection 10/16/2016
Connection between legalization of marijuana and increase opioid addiction. |
Colorado, Pregnancy, opioid, video | |
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The AAA Position: Marijuana’s Effect on Driving 10/07/2016 The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety analyzed cannabis use by drivers in one of those states, Washington, and found that the proportion of drivers involved in fatal crashes who had recently used marijuana more than doubled after Washington legalized the drug for recreational use. In addition, there’s currently no easy way to test whether a driver is impaired by marijuana: Unlike alcohol, it can’t be determined by breath or blood tests. |
AAA, postition statement, statement, driving, drugged driving, Impairment, car crashes, Fatalities, drug testing | |
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Hillsborough commissioners approve six-month moratorium on medical pot dispensaries 10/06/2016 “Whether it’s a stoned tourist or a stoned resident, our highway and transportation systems will be laden with impaired operators if we allow these dispensaries to set up shop,” warned Teresa Miller if Amendment Two passes next month. “Our county is already No. 1 in the state for DUI arrests and crashes. Do we want to put our families at greater risks by sanctioning more impaired drivers? Do we really want to attempt to regulate a plant that can be grown in someone’s backyard? Do we want pot shops, or palm trees down Dale Mabry?” |
tampa, Amendment 2 | |
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Amendment 2- Edibles 10/02/2016 |
edibles, Amendment 2, video | |
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American Medical Association 09/30/2016 |
american medical association, medical association, statement | |
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FDNY battalion chief killed when marijuana grow house explodes 09/28/2016 An FDNY battalion chief was killed and several others — including six police officers and nine other firefighters — were injured when a marijuana-growing operation inside a Bronx house exploded early Tuesday, officials and sources said. |
explosiion, new york, Fatalities | |
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Association Between Continued Cannabis Use and Risk of Relapse in First-Episode Psychosis 09/28/2016 Using a quasi-experimental design wherein we assessed cannabis use patterns after the onset of psychosis, we were able to investigate the causal nature of the association between cannabis use and risk of relapse in psychosis. Although it has been proposed that a common genetic liability or reverse causation may underlie the association between continued cannabis use and relapse,13 our results indicate that change in cannabis use represents a robust risk factor for relapse in patients with FEP. |
Psychosis | |
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Florida Baptist Convention 09/26/2016 The State Board of Missions has individual and corporate empathy for those Floridians suffering from debilitating diseases, but the Board does not believe legalizing an addictive drug without strong regulatory oversight is an appropriate solution; and the effort to legalize marijuana is contrary to the interests of the public health, safety and welfare, and will adversely affect the rights of citizens to live and work in a community where drug abuse is not accepted and citizens are not subjected to the adverse effects of the drug abuse. |
religious leader, Baptist, statement | |
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Florida Conference Catholic Bishops 09/25/2016 Compassion compels efforts to care for the sick and to alleviate suffering. However, in this pursuit, society must ensure that those in need are not further endangered by exposing them to even greater harm. While there could be beneficial applications to the proposed use of marijuana, voters must carefully assess the risks and anticipated problems involved in amending the Florida Constitution to garner them.http://flaccb.org/news/amendment-2-concerns-to-weigh-before-voting |
Catholic Bishops, postition statement, religious leader | |
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Commentary: Florida Amendment 2 is not about “medicine” 09/25/2016 Without clinical knowledge, we would have no way to assess the clinical effects of a patient’s therapy. Marijuana has yet to undergo clinical trials or even serious clinical research. Consequently, no comprehensive, clinical knowledge of so-called “medical marijuana” exists. |
Amendment 2, Doctors, Weiss | |
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Who is really using marijuana under the guise of medicine? 09/19/2016 |
SOS | |
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Tampa Bay Parenting magazine founder's next venture: Cannabis 09/17/2016 I was right! Supporters are mostly people who smoke themselves, personal injury attorney lawyers, greedy entrepreneurs, those who believe the commercials stating “it is a miracle drug” and/or paid employees. |
follow the money | |
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Column: Why five former justices oppose Amendment 2 09/16/2016 As former Florida Supreme Court justices who love Florida and its great Constitution, we urge voters to protect and defend our Constitution and the fundamental principles of representative government by voting "no" on Amendment 2. |
supreme court, Amendment 2 | |
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Driver high on marijuana when he killed Portland cyclist will get 6 years in prison 09/15/2016 |
Portland, Fatalities, car crashes | |
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Alcohol and Pregnancy 09/13/2016 Alcohol use during pregnancy can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), which are physical, behavioral, and intellectual disabilities that last a lifetime. FASD is 100% preventable. |
alcohol, Pregnancy | |
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What Educators Should Know About Marijuana 09/12/2016 KNOW YOUR A,B,C,D’s … Absent, Behavior, Course Grade = Drugs |
Infographics, educators, Brain, youth, charts | |
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5 Myths About Cannabis and Coffeeshops in the Netherlands 09/05/2016
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Netherlands, Myth | |
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Coffee Shop FAQ 09/05/2016
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Netherlands | |
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Complexities in understanding and addressing the serious public health issues related to the nonmedical use of prescription drug 09/01/2016 A common theme among every article in this issue is the overlap be- tween NMUPD, excessive drinking, and marijuana and other forms of substance use. In every investigation, nonmedical users were observed to have a history of using alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, and other psycho- active substances. Kalyanam, Katsuki, Lanckriet, and Mackey (2017) |
Studies, Research, Prescription, epidemic, 2017 Legislation | |
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The Legalization of Marijuana In Colorado- The Impact 09/01/2016 |
Colorado, Report | |
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The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado The Impact - Volume 4 09/01/2016 |
Colorado, Report | |
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What Scientific & Medical Journals & Experts Say About Marijuana 08/31/2016 30 Referenced Resources |
Arizona, Research | |
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Position Statement: Use of Medical Marijuana for Neurologic Disorders 08/31/2016 The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is a professional organization of over 28,000 practicing neurologists and neuroscientists with a deep and abiding interest in assuring the best possible care of patients with all types of neurologic disorders. With officials at state and federal levels adopting policies regarding the use of medical marijuana, it is important for the AAN to have an official position on the issue that can assist policymakers. |
Neruology, position paper | |
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PolitiFact Florida Clears The Haze On Competing Medical Marijuana Claims 08/24/2016
THE TRUTH 1) No such thing as "medical" grade marijuana 2) THC high potency will get a person high every time! FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ESTIMATED THE # OF POT SHOPS/DISPENSARIES TO BE 2000. NOT THE VOTE NO CAMPAIGN. |
politifact, Myth, medical-grade | |
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Doctors to give Trudeau an earful for his marijuana legalization plans 08/24/2016 “While marijuana can cause anxiety and paranoia, addiction, decreased cognition, behavioural problems and impaired driving,” doctors said, Trudeau’s promise to legalize it means all they can do is try to persuade him to anticipate future health costs, introduce measures to protect public safety, and ensure there is appropriate surveillance of consequences. |
Canada, Doctors | |
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Colorado districts wrestle with new law allowing students to use medical marijuana at school 08/22/2016 “Ultimately, the school districts can figure it out,” Singer said, “or the state will figure it out for you.” So far, some school districts — including Boulder Valley, Jefferson and Douglas County — are working on policies or have produced them. |
Colorado, School, School District | |
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Characterization of edible marijuana product exposures reported to United States poison centers. 08/20/2016 Edible marijuana exposures are increasing and may lead to severe respiratory depression. |
edibles, poisoning | |
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For The PUSHER 08/20/2016 Florida is a target for THC pushers who are already bringing in THC-infused “edibles” which are often disguised as cookies and candy that are marketed to escape detection. |
Amendment 2 | |
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PubMed 08/20/2016 |
PubMed, Studies | |
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Detroit’s Marijuana Dispensaries Get Lit At Night 08/19/2016 |
Detroit, Michigan, pot shops | |
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08/19/2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch? https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Morgan, video, youtube | |
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Ballotpedia 08/19/2016 No medical association to include the AMA or any of the related organization associated with the disease(s) "medical" marijuana claims to cure or help proponents bring false hope and misinformation to thousands of families. |
Amendment 2 | |
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City limits medical marijuana distribution, cultivation 08/17/2016 The ordinance limits the approved area of medical marijuana dispensaries to just under 4 acres next to South Florida Baptist Hospital and Maryland Fried Chicken in the C1-B Neighborhood Business District. Additionally, medical marijuana dispensaries in Plant City must be at least 500 feet from any pre-existing school, church, daycare facility, substance abuse treatment facility, public park or residential area. |
plant city, Florida, limits | |
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Marijuana Concentrates 08/16/2016
However, a new concentrate user or what they call dabber should avoid vaping or dabbing too much of the concentrate at once. Otherwise, an infrequent smoker may experience quite adverse reactions in terms of concentrate consumption like paranoia, rapid heartbeat, and even hallucinations. |
Concentrates | |
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Despite obvious signs, care home killer slipped through the cracks 08/15/2016 The Japanese man who stabbed and killed 19 disabled people in 2016 frequently advocated for marijuana legalization. Just weeks before his attack, Uematsu had been diagnosed with cannabis-induced psychosis and paranoia. |
knives, japan, mass killings, Uematsu, violence | |
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Colorada approves Medical Marijuana Use at Schools 08/10/2016 The bill allows a student to use medical marijuana on school grounds, on a school bus, or at a school activity and requires each school district to adopt a policy allowing the medical marijuana use. If the department of education or a public school loses any federal funding as a result of adopting the policy, the general assembly shall appropriate state money sufficient to offset the loss of federal money. http://openstates.org/co/bills/2016A/HB16-1373/
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Colorado, School | |
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El Chapo and the Secret History of the Heroin Crisis 08/09/2016 If you wonder why America is in the grips of a heroin epidemic that kills two hundred people a week, take a hard look at the legalization of pot, which destroyed the profits of the Mexican cartels. How did they respond to a major loss in revenue? Like any company, they created an irresistible new product and flooded the market. The scariest part: this might not have happened with El Chapo in charge. |
heroin | |
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Marijuana candy sickens 19 at quinceañera 08/08/2016 "Anyone who attended the quinceañera and may have taken home some of the gummy rings is urged to discard them immediately," said Dr. Tomas Aragon, health officer for the city and county of San Francisco. |
edibles, Children, california, Ohio | |
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Not Your Mom’s Pot: How Increased Potency Has Changed Marijuana Consumption 08/05/2016 Marijuana is typically four-times stronger than it was a couple decades ago. On top of the boosted potency, since legalization, growers have been able to refine their skills to grow strains for unique and specific ailments. Not to mention the exploding market of concentrates and dab culture.
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Potency, THC, THC levels | |
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Feds fund $35,000 giant joint billboard in Downtown Denver to combat pot-impaired driving 08/04/2016 |
denver, Feds, Colorado, car crashes | |
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The DEA warns marijuana grow spots are the 'new meth houses' 08/04/2016 A June report by the DEA's Denver division warns of potential dangers and annoyances posed by large-scale marijuana growing operations hidden in residential neighborhoods. These operations can be a nuisance to neighbors, prompting complaints about "strong odors, excessive noise from industrial air-conditioning units, blown electrical transformers, and heavy vehicle traffic," according to the DEA. Beyond that, a big indoor marijuana operation requires lots of high-powered lighting, water, and ventilation. People making these modifications in a haphazard or amateurish way risk doing serious damage to their homes. |
DEA, Electricity, Water, neighborhood, grow sites | |
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Why Florida's Medical Marijuana System Is Ripe for Corporate Takeover 08/04/2016 Through public records requests, it appears Alpha/Surterra has falsified information in order to meet the state’s requirements, in violation of both Florida and federal statutes. |
medicine, big marijuana | |
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Florida Medical Association to oppose Amendment 2 08/02/2016 “There is nothing medical about this proposal, and the lack of scientific evidence that pot is helpful in treating medical conditions is far from inclusive.” |
AMA, Amendment 2 | |
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Posada- Bringing Pueblo Home 07/31/2016 |
Colorado, Pueblo, homeless, powerpoint | |
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FDA APPROVES SYNTHETIC LIQUID MARIJUANA COMPOUND 07/28/2016 The FDA just approved a new, synthetic THC product for use in treating a variety of ailments, in liquid form. But despite being the first liquid THC replacement on the market, this may not be worth the buzz. |
FDA, Prescription, dronabinol | |
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A minute of secondhand marijuana smoke may damage blood vessels 07/27/2016 “Arteries of rats and humans are similar in how they respond to secondhand tobacco smoke, so the response of rat arteries to secondhand marijuana smoke is likely to reflect how human arteries might respond,” Springer said. |
American Heart Association, second hand smoke | |
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Legalized marijuana sends more kids to the hospital in Colorado 07/25/2016 The exposures can make kids really sick, she said. The majority of the children had symptoms including sleepiness or trouble with balance, which typically goes away within six to 24 hours. But about 20 percent needed to be admitted to the hospital and 15 percent of cases were so severe they ended up in the intensive care unit. "Marijuana exposures in young children have resulted in respiratory compromise requiring the use of a ventilator and intensive care unit admission in a handful of cases," |
Colorado, edibles, Children, hospitalization | |
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First Home Delivery- Pasco 07/24/2016 Dispensing organizations can do mail delivery throughout the state. Six approved organizations have received cultivation authorization but Trulieve is the only one that has received dispensing authorization. According to an Office of Compassionate Use webinar held last month, dispensaries are expected to be in 18 cities by the time all organizations are up and running. |
Florida, Pasco | |
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Being Blunt About Marijuana: Parent Communication About Marijuana with Their Emerging Adult Children. 07/22/2016 Risk communication was the most common form of communication. In multivariate models, risk communication was associated with increased odds of a student remaining abstinent but not with frequency of marijuana use or negative consequences. Greater permissive communication was associated with more approving student attitudes, greater odds of non-abstinence, more frequent use in the past year, and more negative consequences. These findings highlight the need to consider the different types of messages parents deliver when designing interventions aimed at engaging parents in marijuana prevention efforts. |
parents, college | |
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Marijuana Legalization Has Led To More Use And Addiction While Illegal Market Continues To Thrive 07/15/2016 The illegal marijuana market thrives in competition with the legal market by offering products at considerably lower prices because it neither complies with regulations on growth and sale, nor pays taxes on sales or their profits. It is particularly disturbing that the public is unaware of the fact that of all Americans with substance use disorders due to drugs other than alcohol, nearly 60 percent are due to marijuana. That means that more Americans are addicted to marijuana than any other drug, including heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and the nonmedical use of prescription drugs. |
legalization, addiction, illegal | |
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NORML Strategies 07/14/2016 9:50 to 14:30. - Temple Terrace and Lakeland strategies. |
norml | |
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Marijuana Exposure Among Kids Under 6 Rises Sharply 07/04/2016 The children who were exposed to marijuana experienced mostly effects such as drowsiness and lethargy, followed by lack of coordination, irritability and confusion. Serious effects were less common, but some children experienced comas and seizures. Around 80 percent of the children experienced effects that last from between 2 hours and one day, according to the study. |
Side-Effects, poisoning, Children, edibles | |
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How marijuana affects the Brain 07/01/2016 An increased risk of psychosis, changes in the brain's reward system and the scrambled neuron signals that may underlie "the munchies" are just some of the many potential effects of marijuana use on the brain. |
Brain, live science | |
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Denver mayor says violence won’t be tolerated on 16th Street Mall 06/30/2016 The latest incident involved a man swinging a large pipe at pedestrians near the McDonald’s at the intersection of Cleveland Place and the 16th Street Mall. A video of the wild behavior was posted online and received hundreds of thousands of views. |
crime, violence, denver, Colorado | |
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Arizona Catholic Conference Bishops’ statement opposing the legalization of recreational marijuana 06/30/2016 Legalizing the recreational use of marijuana sends a message to children and young people that drug use is socially and morally acceptable. As people of faith, we must speak out against this effort and the damaging effects its passage would have on the children and families of Arizona. |
faith-based, religious leader, Catholic Bishops | |
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$9M illegal marijuana grow near Willamette River raided 06/29/2016 A massive marijuana grow connected to a Mexican drug trafficking organization was raided early Tuesday morning, resulting in one arrest and the seizure of more than 6,500 plants. |
trafficking, raid | |
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Study: Teens' likelihood of trying marijuana peaks at 16, 18 06/29/2016 “Many existing marijuana intervention programs target students age 15 and older,” Chen said. “Our findings demonstrate the need to start drug education much earlier, in the fourth or fifth grade. This gives us an opportunity to make a preemptive strike before they actually start using marijuana.” |
youth usage, prevention | |
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Yale Study Shows Danger of Marijuana 06/26/2016 “In this observational study,” it found that “initiating marijuana use after treatment was associated with worse PTSD symptoms, more violent behavior, and alcohol use. Marijuana may actually worsen PTSD symptoms or nullify the benefits of specialized, intensive treatment. Cessation or prevention of use may be an important goal of treatment.” |
Veterans, PTSD, Studies | |
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Florida man had 84 bags of THC-laced gummy candy in car 06/25/2016 Officers searched Calloway’s vehicle after smelling the pot. Officers say they found 22.9 grams of hash oil, 2,320 grams of pot and 84 bags of gummy candies laced with THC. |
edibles, Florida, tampa | |
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Marijuana Legalization: Pot Brings Poor People To Colorado, But What’s Being Done To Help Them? 06/21/2016 “I am going to get the highest I’ve been here,” he said between coughs of smoke, gazing across the rolling grasslands that stretched to hazy Rocky Mountain foothills far to the west. “This place is awesome. You don’t get anything like this in Texas.” |
Colorado, homeless | |
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Marijuana Legalization: Pot Brings Poor People To Colorado, But What’s Being Done To Help Them? 06/21/2016 In Colorado, homeless programs are severely overextended, housing costs are skyrocketing and while marijuana might be legal, public consumption of it isn’t — which means those like Butts who don’t have private residences can still face harsh consequences for using it. It doesn’t help that marijuana jobs are difficult, if not impossible, to obtain by those struggling with homelessness. |
Colorado, homeless | |
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Colorado Youth Marijuana Use: 06/21/2016
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Colorado, youth usage, School | |
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Cannabis use during pregnancy may affect brain development in offspring: Thicker prefrontal cortex 06/20/2016 Summary: Cannabis use during pregnancy is associated with abnormal brain structure in children, according to a new study. Compared with unexposed children, those who were prenatally exposed to cannabis had a thicker prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain involved in complex cognition, decision-making, and working memory. |
Pregnancy, Brain, science daily | |
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Marijuana Legalization In Colorado: How Recreational Weed Is Attracting People, But Spiking The State’s Homeless Rate 06/20/2016 All told, several hundred marijuana migrants struggling with poverty appear to be arriving in Colorado each month. Some of them, like Butts, come to use cannabis recreationally or medically without the fear of arrest. Others are hoping to get jobs in the new industry. But many arrive to find homeless services stretched to the breaking point, local housing costs increasingly prohibitive and cannabis use laws that penalize those without private residences. |
Colorado, homeless, denver | |
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16 People Who Thought They Could Handle Music Festivals And Lost 06/19/2016
It's certainly possible to go to a musical festival and take in the performances while consuming the substance(s) of your choice responsibly and having a genuinely enjoyable time, and it's just as possible to experience the exact opposite. |
Molly, Music Festival | |
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Mixing Alcohol and Marijuana 06/18/2016 What research there is suggests that using alcohol and marijuana together can intensify the effects of both. Alcohol has been shown to increase the level of marijuana’s main psychoactive ingredient, THC, in the blood stream. (1) With increased heart rate and lowered judgment, driving and other activities can be very dangerous. As a person consumes more of either pot or alcohol, they are less likely to think rationally about how much or what they are consuming. |
alcohol, Marketplace | |
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Marijuana use in adolescence may increase risk for psychotic symptoms 06/17/2016 Analysis indicated that for each year adolescent boys engaged in regular marijuana use, their projected level of subsequent subclinical psychotic symptoms increased by 21% and projected risk for subclinical paranoia or hallucinations increased by 133% and 92%, respectively. |
youth, adolescent, Psychosis | |
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2002-2014 Colorado County Drug Overdose 06/16/2016 New data paint a grim picture of Colorado’s rising drug-related deaths. And, two pager http://www.coloradohealthinstitute.org/uploads/downloads/Drug_deaths_2_p... |
Colorado, overdose | |
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Edibles And Concentrates Are Red-Hot, According To Latest Numbers 06/14/2016 "The rapid growth in concentrates and edibles is the continuation of a two-year trend, as consumers increasingly prefer alternative consumption methods to smoking," BDS Analytics CEO Roy Bingham told Civilized in an e-mail. |
edibles, Colorado, youth | |
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Colorado Sales Chart 06/13/2016
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Colorado, sales | |
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Pot-related psychosis linked to early ‘dangerous’ use 06/06/2016 “They told me I was having a psychotic episode brought on by cannabis,” said Thibodeau, who requested that the Star use his grandmother’s surname as he is still recovering from the breakdown. |
Psychosis | |
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New law requires schools to adopt a medical marijuana policy 06/06/2016 The law and D49's policy only allows non-smokeable marijuana to be used on school grounds. The medicine would have to be brought, administered, and taken away from the school by the student's primary caregiver. No school employee would be required to give the student cannabis. |
Colorado, School, School District | |
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Police: Virginia Teen Killed 14-Year-Old Who 'Told on Him 06/06/2016 A 17-year-old boy beat a 14-year-old to death in Virginia last month after he asked the younger teen to smoke marijuana with him and the younger boy told an adult, law enforcement sources told News4. |
Death, Teen | |
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Pesticide Use in Cannabis Production Information 05/26/2016 CDA has determined that there are less than two hundred pesticides that can be legally used in the cultivation of cannabis |
pesticide, Colorado | |
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Prevalence and correlates of cannabis use in an outpatient VA posttraumatic stress disorder clinic. 05/26/2016 Recent research has documented high rates of comorbidity between cannabis use disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans. |
PTSD, Veterans | |
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Comments 05/25/2016 I'm going to go ahead and say that I did not read the entire article before posting this comment. I had a question pop into my head and I had to ask it before I lost it. The article states " biggest risk of smoking weed is the smoke itself, which contains the same kind of cancer-causing chemicals as cigarette smoke". Now maybe I am just a super uneducated smoker but I didn't think that weed and cigarettes had the same chemicals in them. From what I've always been told, cigarettes have things like formaldehyde in them, whereas weed is just trimmed from the plant and put in a bag. And if you smoke it out of glass, then it truly is just smoking a plant from glass. Now, I am aware that smoking anything is bad for your lungs and also using lighters which contain butane has an effect but I just became a little confused when it was said that they have the same chemicals in them. I would love for someone with a little insight to help me out with this. Thanks. I'm going to go ahead and say that I did not read the entire article before posting this comment. I had a question pop into my head and I had to ask it before I lost it. The article states " biggest risk of smoking weed is the smoke itself, which contains the same kind of cancer-causing chemicals as cigarette smoke". Now maybe I am just a super uneducated smoker but I didn't think that weed and cigarettes had the same chemicals in them. From what I've always been told, cigarettes have things like formaldehyde in them, whereas weed is just trimmed from the plant and put in a bag. And if you smoke it out of glass, then it truly is just smoking a plant from glass. Now, I am aware that smoking anything is bad for your lungs and also using lighters which contain butane has an effect but I just became a little confused when it was said that they have the same chemicals in them. I would love for someone with a little insight to help me out with this. Thanks.
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Driver in crash that killed state trooper charged with manslaughter 05/22/2016 The driver involved in the crash that killed a Massachusetts state trooper in March had visited a medical marijuana dispensary and had a half-burnt marijuana cigarette in his car, authorities said Wednesday. |
car crashes, medcine, Fatalities | |
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Medical marijuana dispensaries will outnumber Walmarts and Walgreens in Florida 05/21/2016 "It’s the best educated guess that we have," United for Care director Ben Pollara said. "It’s up to the Department of Health and the Legislature. … It could be 2,000, it could be 20. It could be 5,000." |
Amendment 2, pot shops, medical dispensaries | |
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"SWAP" TAC Drug Drive Ad 05/21/2016 If you drive on drugs you are out of your mind. |
driving, drugged driving, youtube, Fatalities | |
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Health Care Leaders Opt Out of Marijuana Commercialization 05/21/2016 Endangers health of community and drains precious health resources. |
Colorado, Dept. of Health, position paper | |
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Hillsborough-grown medical marijuana to hit the market this summer 05/21/2016 TAMPA — Forget the strawberries of Plant City and the tomatoes of Ruskin. Hillsborough County has begun farming its latest money crop: reefer, pot, doobage, ganja, weed, Mary Jane, otherwise known to the masses as marijuana. |
tampa | |
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State Estimates of Adolescent Marijuana Use and Perceptions of Risk of Harm From Marijuana Use: 2013 and 2014 05/21/2016 |
SAMHSA, youth | |
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Marijuana or Alcohol: Which is more harmful? 05/19/2016 PowerPoint Presentation comparing Marijuana & Alcohol, |
alcohol, harm, Potency, Pharmacokinetics, powerpoint | |
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Educators Inforgraphics 05/19/2016 |
Infographics, educators | |
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Amendment 2- Top 5 Points to Understand 05/19/2016 An Amendment IS NOT legalizing an FDA approved medication... IT IS NOT A PRESCRIPTION. |
Amendment 2, Florida | |
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John Morgan now admits he hoped pot initiative would help elect Charlie Crist 05/16/2016 Morgan, a major Democratic fundraiser who told the audience that former President Bill Clinton visited him at his home last week, quickly backpedaled from his apparent truth telling, however. |
Morgan, Clinton, Crist, scam | |
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Morgan Rant 05/16/2016 |
Morgan, video | |
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Ezzie Harris Rips The Scab Off: Orlando/Orange County 2016 Murder Rate Reaching For 100 05/16/2016 Friends, I make no bones about not being politically correct; neither do I apologize. But I would be the first to acknowledge that uneducated/unemployed weed-smoking/drug-crazed young black males are single-handedly responsible for the huge spike in the homicide rate. And this is being seen all across the country. |
crime, murder, homicide, Florida, orlando | |
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Stoned Drivers Are Killing More and More Innocent Victims 05/14/2016 Fatal driving accidents have risen 122 percent between 2010 and 2014, according to the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission. The science is clear and unambiguous—pot is a dangerous substance. It is not like alcohol at all. There is a reason it is classified as a Schedule I controlled dangerous substance, right along with heroin, LSD, and ecstasy. The American Medical Association, the American Lung Association, and other reputable doctors and scientists all reject legalization. |
drugged driving, driving, car crashes, Washington, Colorado, Fatalities | |
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Colorado Study Finds One in Six Children Hospitalized for Lung Inflammation Test Positive for Marijuana Exposure 05/14/2016 A new study to be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2016 Meeting found that one in six infants and toddlers admitted to a Colorado hospital with coughing, wheezing and other symptoms of bronchiolitis tested positive for marijuana exposure. |
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"What is also important to know is that although some debilitated patients may require higher levels of THC than others based on their specific medical condition, medical-grade marijuana alone, will not get that patient ‘high,’ no matter what level of THC, CBD or any other compound is found in the plant," McCray wrote.
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