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  • Arkansas nurse charged with using dead patient's name in attempt to purchase hundreds of oxycodone pills

    02/05/2025 2:31:21 AM PST · by Libloather · 12 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2/03/25 | Landon Mion
    A nurse in Arkansas is facing felony charges after allegedly using a dead man's name when attempting to purchase oxycodone pills at pharmacies. Caitlin Carol Adams was charged with three counts of fraud or deceit to procure a narcotic drug-forged prescription in connection with multiple drug purchases last month, according to KAIT. Adams is accused of using a fake prescription to purchase 120 oxycodone pills at a pharmacy in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on Jan. 2, the outlet reported. She claimed she worked at a nursing home and that the pills were for a patient. Investigators said Adams, who is a licensed...
  • Even where weed is legal, product safety isn't guaranteed

    02/04/2025 10:43:43 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 26 replies
    NPR ^ | 02/04/2025 | Ben Markus
    Justin Singer makes edible cannabis products in Colorado under the names Ripple and Ript, and over the years, he has become increasingly concerned about the state's lack of enforcement of the industry and what that means for the safety of the marijuana supply. A "weed" sign advertises a cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles. With a new Trump administration coming into the White House, marijuana could remain on a path toward relaxed federal restrictions. Forty states allow the sale of some form of cannabis for medical or recreational use. But cannabis remains illegal under federal law. That means agencies like the...
  • Two NY men die after using bat poop — described as ‘natural superfood’ for weed — to grow pot: study

    12/17/2024 11:00:51 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 65 replies
    New York Post ^ | Dec. 17, 2024 | Patrick Reilly
    Two men from New York died from pneumonia they contracted from bat feces — after they used the excrement as fertilizer to grow marijuana, a new study found. The unidentified men from Rochester, ages 64 and 59, smoked pot that had been tainted with a fungus found in the bat droppings, known as guano, that caused fatal lung infections, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Disease earlier this month. Their deaths were not connected to each other, which the researchers said highlights a growing trend of using bat waste to produce marijuana since the drug has been...
  • New class of opioids that may be more potent than fentanyl emerges globally

    12/05/2024 11:28:40 AM PST · by deport · 18 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Wed 25 Sep 2024 07.00 EDT | Hannah Harris Green
    A new class of potentially deadly synthetic opioids is suddenly appearing around the globe, including in the US, and scientists are rushing to figure out how to detect it in the drug supply. Within the last month, nitazenes were implicated in four overdose deaths in Manchester, England; they were detected in over 2,500 counterfeit oxycodone pills in Hamilton, Canada; and they were found for the first time in the Netherlands. The US Drug Enforcement Administration has warned about their appearance in Washington DC.
  • Top Drug Policy Group Releases Draft Marijuana Executive Order It Wants Biden To Sign Before Leaving Office

    11/25/2024 10:05:14 AM PST · by yesthatjallen · 18 replies
    Marijuana Moment ^ | 11 25 2024 | Kyle Jaeger
    A leading drug policy advocacy group has published a draft executive order that it hopes will guide President Joe Biden or future administrations to promote equity in federal marijuana policy and steer the country away from the drug war. The suggested moves include mandating the attorney general to reinstate cannabis enforcement guidance that was rescinded under the Trump administration. The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) released the multi-part proposed order on Monday, pitching multiple reforms that could be implemented with executive authority from the White House, rather than waiting for Congress to legislatively enact them. The intent is to significantly build...
  • FAU poll finds Florida abortion, marijuana amendments on verge of enough support for passage

    10/29/2024 3:26:19 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 41 replies
    MSN.com ^ | October 29, 2024 | Anthony Man, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution dealing with abortion rights and recreational marijuana are close to passage, a Florida Atlantic University poll released Tuesday found, but both are right on the edge. Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution, has support of 58% of Florida voters, with 32% opposed and 11% saying they don’t know. Though that’s a strong majority, it’s just short of the 60% threshold Florida requires for passage of a constitutional amendment. Winning would require a relatively small share of those who said they still don’t know how...
  • 'A stab in the back.' How Elon Musk's decision to move X from San Francisco is stirring mixed emotions

    09/16/2024 1:37:49 PM PDT · by Vendome · 92 replies
    LA Times via Yahoo ^ | 9-13-2024 | Wendy Lee, Queenie Wong
    When Elon Musk took over Twitter in 2022, it marked a new era for the struggling San Francisco company. Twitter, now known as X, is expected to close its San Francisco headquarters this month, leaving behind the Mid-Market neighborhood it has called home since 2012. The company is reportedly moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas, but plans to relocate its San Francisco employees to San José and Palo Alto, ... ... another blow to a city...buffeted by high-profile business departures and once held up Twitter as a key part of its revival. Downtown San Francisco's vacancy rates have ballooned... Confronted...
  • Marijuana Is Too Strong Now

    09/01/2024 5:07:36 AM PDT · by Duke C. · 120 replies
    The Atlantic (cached version) ^ | 8/29/24 | Malcolm Ferguson
    As weed has become easier to obtain, it has become harder to smoke.A strange thing has happened on the path to marijuana legalization. Users across all ages and experience levels are noticing that a drug they once turned to for fun and relaxation now triggers existential dread and paranoia. “The density of the nugs is crazy, they’re so sticky,” a friend from college texted me recently. “I solo’d a joint from the dispensary recently and was tweaking just walking around.” (Translation for the non-pot-savvy: This strain of marijuana is not for amateurs.)
  • Top US, China Officials to Meet on Military, Taiwan, Fentanyl

    08/26/2024 11:41:02 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 8 replies
    Reuters ^ | August 26, 2024 | Trevor Hunnicutt
    U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan is embarking on several days of talks with top Chinese officials in Beijing this week aimed at quieting tensions between the two superpowers ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. election. Sullivan, China's top diplomat Wang Yi and others meet for the Aug. 27-29 talks as the two countries are at odds over the Middle East and Ukraine, Chinese territorial claims from Taiwan to the South China Sea, and trade. Advertisement · Scroll to continue Biden, who is in the final months of his presidency, has pushed direct diplomacy to influence Chinese...
  • How an NBA sixth man built a $600M empire

    07/26/2024 9:36:34 AM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 24 replies
    Former NBA center Vin Baker lost more than $100 million in career earnings and later became a Starbucks barista. Former NBA guard Kenny Anderson made $63 million and filed for bankruptcy the year he retired. Former NBA MVP Allen Iverson made more than $200 million but said during a 2012 divorce proceeding that he didn't have enough to afford a cheeseburger. Former All-Star Latrell Sprewell lost more than $97 million.
  • Nitazene is the New Fentanyl in China’s Silent War on America

    06/27/2024 9:01:34 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 16 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | June 27, 2024 | John Mills
    War and conflict can take many forms. It’s not necessarily dive bombers, torpedo bombers, and fighters pummeling Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor. That’s visual, tangible, and an undeniable manifestation of intent, but the struggle for dominance between nations can take many forms. The Wuhan virus was not the Pearl Harbor moment for America. The Pearl Harbor moment for America in China’s unrestricted warfare to erase the U.S. was one word: Fentanyl. In a war by any means, first articulated in the ‘90s, the CCP put their Prussian “General Staff” on a war footing, under the aegis of “Unrestricted Warfare”—U.S. Air...
  • Maine Is Handing Out Free “Boofing” Kits to Help Fentanyl Addicts Squirt Drugs Up Their Butts

    06/11/2024 6:12:43 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 45 replies
    THE MAINE WIRE ^ | 6-11-24 | Steve Robinson and Edward Tomic
    Maine’s taxpayer-funded “harm reduction” specialists call it “boofing” or “booty dumping,” but those are just pleasant euphemisms referring to the practice of sticking heroin, fentanyl, or meth up your butt. Maine Access Points, a taxpayer-funded nonprofit based in Bangor, as well as the city of Portland’s city-run needle distribution center are both offering extensive how-to guides and — even anal injection kits — to help drug users squirt narcotics into their anuses. In Portland, the “Portland Public Health Boofing Kit” comes with a needleless syringe and an informational flyer explaining the proper technique for putting drugs up your butt.
  • Teens who use marijuana are more likely to suffer psychotic disorders, study finds

    05/22/2024 4:39:13 PM PDT · by grundle · 41 replies
    NBC News ^ | May 22, 2024 | Akshay Syal, M.D.
    The new research is more evidence linking cannabis to an increased risk of mental health disorders, including schizophrenia, anxiety and depression, particularly in adolescence. Teenagers who used cannabis within the last year had a dramatically higher rate of developing a psychotic disorder, according to a study published Wednesday. The study, led by researchers from the University of Toronto, found an 11 times higher risk of developing a psychotic disorder among teenagers who used cannabis compared with those who did not. When the analysis was limited to just emergency room visits and hospitalizations, there was a 27-fold increase in psychotic disorders...
  • The Weed Machine Comes to Idaho

    05/19/2024 5:43:15 PM PDT · by Habanero · 36 replies
    Political Potatoes ^ | 5/19/2024 | Gregory Graf
    The marijuana industry has become a substantial financial contributor to various political groups, including Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). This libertarian group, often mistaken for a conservative Republican entity, supports far-right GOP insurgent legislators to promote marijuana legalization in the states where they work to influence elections. This short story is about how a political machine conceals its true agenda through culture war fights and confrontational tactics to earn the support of a well-funded out-of-state organization. They don’t care if you support marijuana legalization or not; so long as they convince you to vote for their squad, your voice does...
  • Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana, easing restrictions nationwide

    04/30/2024 8:48:06 PM PDT · by NobleFree · 173 replies
    NBC News ^ | April 30, 2024 | Julie Tsirkin and Monica Alba
    WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will take a historic step toward easing federal restrictions on cannabis, with plans to announce an interim rule soon reclassifying the drug for the first time since the Controlled Substances Act was enacted more than 50 years ago, four sources with knowledge of the decision said. The Drug Enforcement Administration is expected to approve an opinion by the Department of Health and Human Services that marijuana should be reclassified from the strictest Schedule I to the less stringent Schedule III. It would be the first time that the U.S. government has acknowledged its potential medical...
  • It's "420" Pot Freedom Day (vanity thread)

    04/20/2024 5:35:32 AM PDT · by BipolarBob · 82 replies
    BipolarBob ^ | 4/20/2024 | BipolarBob
    I do not advocate for pot, only for the individuals right to choose. I don't use it. It has an odor. It's bad for the lungs. I never got a euphoric "high" when I did try it. it's a nothingburger for me personally. I do have friends who partake (vets with PTSD). It is certainly less harmful than fentanyl, heroin and all of the other Schedule 1 drugs and never should have been classified as such. The only thing I can say in its defense is I hear that some of the nurses in rehab are supposedly pretty . ....
  • Oregon Ends Its Experiment With Decriminalizing Hard Drugs

    04/05/2024 5:50:40 AM PDT · by Blood of Tyrants · 38 replies
    Townhall ^ | 4/3//24 | Leah Barkoukis
    It didn’t take long for Oregon to realize decriminalizing hard drugs was a bad idea. On Tuesday, Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, signed legislation that recriminalizes drug possession, reversing Measure 110, which 58 percent of voters approved in 2020. By August, however, 56 percent of Oregonians disapproved after a major uptick in overdose deaths and addiction in the state. Lawmakers from both parties got to work drafting legislation to reverse the measure.
  • 'Gas station heroin' nearly killed her. How tianeptine became a 'dark secret' for many.

    04/01/2024 6:18:23 PM PDT · by gitmo · 29 replies
    USA Today ^ | April 1, 2024 | Katie Camero
    <p>Chrissy Reifschneider had just left rehab to treat her heroin addiction in 2017 when she started taking tianeptine, popularly dubbed “gas station heroin." The 41-year-old from Alabama was struggling with low energy, so a family member who worked at a gas station recommended she try the pills.</p>
  • Here’s when we’ll know the fate of Florida’s abortion, marijuana amendments

    03/28/2024 2:23:00 AM PDT · by Recovering_Democrat · 5 replies
    msn ^ | 3/26/2024 | Romy Ellenbogen
    Floridians will soon find out whether they’ll get to vote on allowing recreational marijuana and expanding abortion access. The state Supreme Court heard arguments over the two proposed ballot initiatives in recent months. Since then, supporters and opponents have been waiting to see whether the high court gives the go-ahead. With a key deadline looming...
  • Mayhem on the Prairie: Chinese gangsters rule the illicit marijuana trade in Oklahoma

    03/25/2024 4:11:40 PM PDT · by ImJustAnotherOkie · 45 replies
    City News Tulsa ^ | 3/25/24 | Todd Shannon
    It may seem like a surprise to many that there could be a confrontation between Chinese gangsters at a marijuana farm on the Oklahoma prairie.But it is a reality that has been commonplace in Oklahoma since legislators opened the state up to the medicalmarijuana business. As of January 2022, there hadn't been widely reported cases of Chinese gangsters specifically involved in the Oklahoma marijuana business. However, it's important to note that organized crime groups often exploit vulnerabilities in various industries, including the cannabis market. Here are some ways in which organized crime groups, including those with Chinese connections, might become...