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Facts:
The concentration or potency of THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana, has increased dramatically over the past few decades. Higher potency marijuana has been found to be more addictive and linked to severe mental health issues.
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#Women who use drugs face specific barriers that limit their access to #recovery programs. The side event will review ways to remove these barriers and improve their adherence to treatment. It will feature an infographic prepared for this event
Register bit.ly/2OHzTBg
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We are happy to announce that #WFAD is co-hosting several side events during the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of 2021. The #CND will be held between April 14-16. Read more about all and register for our side events on our website! wfad.se/activity/news/cnd-si…
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On Monday, April 12 between 13:10-14:00 CEST, the following side event will highlight #bestpractices and #positivelearningoutcomes experienced by organisations during the challenges from the past year. Register here! us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../W… #CND @EURADnews @San_Patrignano
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On Tuesday, April 13 at 10:00am CEST, this side event will be focussing on building inclusion and reducing #marginalisation and #stigmatisation of women in recovery by promoting and celebrating #recovery and making recovery visible. #CND @ProslaviOporava
us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../W…
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On Wednesday, April 14 between 10:00-10:50 am CEST, the following side-event will highlight alcohol policies and work during the pandemic. It will showcase the continuous work and collaboration among [grassroot] organisations. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… @DrugFreeAmerica
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Cool/weird to see the book in @PublishersWkly today. #Smokescreen
Thanks to the whole Simon & Schuster and Forefront team for making this happen!
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It *is* possible to:
- be a social justice advocate
- act against for-profit policies like drug legalization
- want to reduce America's embarrassingly high prison rate
- end the stigma associated w/people w/SUD
- not want to normalize drug use
- treat *everyone* with kindness
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SAM Chief of Staff @LukeNiforatos detailing SAM’s grassroots efforts to oppose marijuana legalization at the Global Drug Policy Summit in Phoenix, AZ.
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Happening Now: SAM president @KevinSabet presenting at the Global Drug Policy Summit in Phoenix, AZ.
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"We R witnessing a global, well-funded propaganda campaign 2 change peoples’ perception of narcotic drugs making narcotic drugs just as accepted worldwide, just as widely used, just as integrated in the culture as alcohol is today in Western societies" @KristinSperkova #CND2019
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Hey! Tom is the proprietor of a very successful industry-supported newsletter. (Slogan: "Your Trusted Partner In Cannabis"! Super-catchy, no?) Don't harsh his mellow.
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A wonderful profile of our founder, @KevinSabet, and the work we are doing to prevent the next Big Tobacco. "A decriminalization crusader sees a different future for recreational marijuana"
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A police report in Oregon revealed that at least 70% of marijuana sales in 2016 were on the black market and around three to five times the amount of marijuana consumed in Oregon leaves the state for illegal sales.
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bbc.com/news/health-45732911
Prof Patricia J Conrod, lead study author, said she had expected alcohol to have had more of an impact on the teenagers' brains.
Instead, the research detected greater increases in errors in cognitive tests on the teenagers using cannabis...
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Yes, you read that right - the single most comprehensive survey shows that serious mental illness among people 18-25 has doubled since 2008.
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John McCain believed that every citizen has a responsibility to make something of the freedoms given by our Constitution, and from his heroic service in the Navy to his 35 years in Congress, he lived by his creed every day. bit.ly/2wff9V5
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In past week alone:
(1) Big @TheLancet study finds no pain reduction w/THC, and no opioid reduction with THC
(2) Frontiers in Psych finds pot linked to opioid dependence
(3) Intl Rev Psych finds lax pot laws assoc w/high prev of serious mental illness
What else do you want?
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Really useful!! xitter.cf/wmaaloufun/status/9859…
The @UNODC @WHO International Standards on #Drug Use #prevention 2nd revised edition now available online. Please share! unodc.org/documents/preventi…
