Preventing another Big Tobacco. Science-first marijuana policy. NYT: the “well-coordinated opposition.” All other drugs: @GoodDrugPolicy
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FDPS condemns DOJ for loosening rules on dangerous kratom opioids weeks after Ole Miss deaths.
"These products are opioids sold next to candy bars." @KevinSabet
gooddrugpolicy.org/2026/10/d…
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I joined @FoxNews this morning to talk about the dangers of kratom and why Congress needs to act.
We’re working to get kratom off the shelves. “Natural” doesn’t mean safe, and neither does being sold at a gas station.
Keeping these products widely available serves the people making money from them - not families.
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This is bigger than a movie. It’s a wake-up call.
America was sold one version of marijuana legalization. THC INC shows what commercialization actually became.
Bring it to your community. Start the conversation.
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We must stop Addiction for Profit in America. From Pharma ➡️ Big Marijuana, the people pay while the wealthy investors laugh their way to the bank.
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Our Massachusetts marijuana repeal ballot measure is already a huge success, and a vote hasn't even happened yet. These extraordinary measures are clearly being driven by public discontent with this failed policy.
masscannabiscontrol.com/2026…
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Colorado was supposed to show America how marijuana legalization could work.
13 years after we launched SAM here, the state offers a very different set of lessons about commercialization, potency, addiction, and public health.
Here’s what I’ve learned watching it unfold. 👇
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Today I was honored to be the self-proclaimed, undisputed #1
"Model With a Message" at the Annual Congressional Black Caucus kickoff.
#ALC55
#preventinganotherbigtobacco
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"Medical" marijuana has NO proven benefit for anxiety, PTSD, psychosis, or opioid addiction. For depression, not a single trial exists. According to the largest review of marijuana trials ever conducted, 54 RCTs and 2,477 patients in Lancet Psychiatry. 🧵
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Legalization advocates won't like this: historian David Courtwright predicts the health toll of commercialization will make marijuana a major political issue again.
He's right. The choice was never "lock people up" or Big Marijuana.
🎙️ Full High Stakes convo: thedrugreport.org/2026/09/15…
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🎙️ Watch the full High Stakes conversation: thedrugreport.org/2026/09/15…
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The Marlboro Man. Joe Camel. Fred Flintstone selling cigarettes.
We banned this kind of advertising after what Big Tobacco had done to America. It's back.
Historian David Courtwright joins High Stakes to explain “limbic capitalism” & how businesses turn addiction into profit.
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"Psychedelics should earn approval the way any other class of drug does: through science and trials, not politics or podcasters."
FDPS President @KevinSabet before the @FDA today.
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The @FDA opens a four-hour hearing today on how psychedelic therapy should be delivered to patients.
It has not approved a single one.
And the hearing notice says the agency "is not seeking comment on" safety or effectiveness.
thedrugreport.org/2026/09/14…
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Addiction is Big Weed's business model. More users, using more often, for more years.
And the data keep confirming it: daily use at record highs, addiction climbing, potency 30x times what it was in the 90s.
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We’re live for my first segment at the Oxford House national convention! Streaming live here: youtube.com/watch?v=xCEHu8p5…
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Excited to be in Colorado for some great upcoming events!
If you are in the area, be sure to register using the link below to come by for the screening of THC INC and a live conversation afterward.
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Dangerous “gas station weed” is being sold in convenience stores across the country — and some products can contain even more THC than marijuana.
A loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill allowed these unregulated products to flood the market.
I worked to close that loophole. Now, the Senate wants to keep it open longer.
I’m working to get “gas station weed” off our streets and away from our children.
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This is how you beat an addiction industry with millions to spend in Washington: people have to be willing to say no.
Huge credit to @PeteSessions, @RepAndyHarrisMD and @chiproytx for drawing a line over the attempt to delay the hemp THC ban.
Kids shouldn’t have to wait another month because lobbyists want more time to sell THC gummies.
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The World Health Organization just updated its marijuana report for the first time since 2016.
On legalization, WHO is blunt: ER visits rose where it was legalized, and the increases were "most marked in jurisdictions that allow the commercialized supply of cannabis." 🧵
