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Servetus on Mountain states Mormonism misleads on marijuana: “Marijuana proves superior to alcohol once again for not producing any deaths during the pandemic: Alcohol-related deaths increased 18% during…” Feb 6, 21:59
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Marijuana’s dopamine boost terrifies prohibitionists
Reactionaries who oppose recreational marijuana rest their objections solely upon its ability to produce pleasure in its users. Cannabis advocates argue that pleasure is as much a legitimate medical treatment as a trip to a luxury health spa. The political … Continue reading
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Mountain states Mormonism misleads on marijuana
Twenty-four U.S. states have legalized sales of recreational marijuana, yet parts of the Rocky Mountain West remain steadfast in their opposition to cannabinoids. One reason is state and local political domination by the LDS or Mormon Church. Starting in 1915 … Continue reading
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Anti-marijuana quack Dave Weldon to take over CDC
Few major hospitals receiving Dave Weldon’s job resume would hire him. Few patients would trust him as their doctor. Yet, if confirmed, former congressional representative and physician Dr. David Weldon (R-Fla.) will head the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and … Continue reading
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Catholic bishops fear marijuana and freethinking
Florida and South Dakota Catholic bishops applauded the recent defeats of marijuana legalization in their states, something they easily aided and abetted given Florida’s population is 21-percent Catholic and South Dakota’s is 18.4-percent. Protestant factions in the two states also … Continue reading
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Marijuana potencies and transitioning to Schedule III
Complaints about the concentrations and strengths of active ingredients in commercial grades of marijuana are being raised by cannabis critics such as Malcolm Ferguson who appears to confuse marijuana’s THC with potentially lethal mind-affecting drugs. Much as Ferguson would have … Continue reading
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JD Vance is a marijuana prohibitionist
Ohio Republican Senator JD Vance is running his Vice-Presidential campaign on an anti-marijuana platform that promotes old and worn-out fallacies about cannabis that were debunked before he was born. Vance says marijuana causes violence and that it bears a direct … Continue reading
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Project 2025 dictates new and unproven drug policies
Project 2025 is a creation of The Heritage Foundation, a think tank that has a longstanding position of being anti-marijuana. Their latest work is a political blueprint that sets forth its vision of America should Donald Trump win the presidency … Continue reading
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Nora Volkow spotlights violent marijuana consumers
The belief that smoking marijuana can lead to gratuitous acts of violence among young adults (18-34) was resurrected in April of this year thanks to a science publication by NIDA director Nora Volkow. In it Dr. Volkow and her colleagues … Continue reading
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Are DEA Administrative Law Judges Unconstitutional?
Inept efforts by the DEA to assign two psychedelic drugs to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act have backfired thanks to a granted request for a restraining order that stalls the scheduling process for 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine (DOI) and 2,5-dimethoxy-4-chloroamphetamine (DOC). … Continue reading
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John Walters and William Barr linked to Nazis
Former ONDCP Director John P. Walters is at it again, only this time he has help from Donald Trump’s former US Attorney General, prohibitionist William P. Barr. Barr joins Walters in authoring a Hudson Institute publication claiming that marijuana is … Continue reading
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