But it won’t work and is fraught with dangers. What if we don’t know what we are testing for? New psychoactive compounds are being developed all the time. In any case, is the drug we’re testing for consistent throughout the pill? We could easily miss… Read More »Pills will kill, but testing them is not yet the answer
Daily Mail January 15, 2019 A 19-year-old who died of a suspected drug overdose at a Sydney music festival never took drugs and ‘just wanted to try it’, according to her friends. For more Pill Testing Would NOT have Stopped This! See Also Scoring Pill Test and Pill Testing & National… Read More »‘She was an alcohol girl’: Friends of FOMO music festival fatality say she ‘never took drugs and just wanted to try it once’
The Independent – January 2019 Teenagers who use cannabis just once or twice may end up with changes to the structure of their brain, scientists have warned. A study, conducted by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, found that there were clear… Read More »Smoking cannabis just once can change a teenager’s brain, study reveals
What does MDPV do? An oral dose of MDPV is estimated to be around 5-20 milligrams (compared to 100-150 milligrams for MDMA). The main psychoactive effects last two to three hours, and side-effects persist for several additional hours. Side-effects, particularly at high doses, can include anxiety and… Read More »New drug MDPV or ‘monkey dust’, found in Australia. What is it and what are the harms?
For many, smoking continues to be seen as a common bond for members of an exclusive group, part of an entrenched social norm. Supporting that mindset are tobacco companies that invest mightily to keep that smoking culture alive today. A recent campaign by the Truth… Read More »E-Cigarettes Fueling a Dangerous Turn in Tobacco Use
For many, smoking continues to be seen as a common bond for members of an exclusive group, part of an entrenched social norm. Supporting that mindset are tobacco companies that invest mightily to keep that smoking culture alive today. A recent campaign by the Truth… Read More »E-Cigarettes Fueling a Dangerous Turn in Tobacco Use
Alex Berenson’s new book delves into research linking heavy use with violent crime and mental illness. by Stephanie Mencimer Mother Jones (San Francisco), January 5, 2019. It’s been a few years since Alex Berenson has “committed journalism,” as he likes to say. As a New York Times reporter, Berenson did… Read More »This reporter took a deep look into the science of smoking pot. What he found is scary
A few years ago, the National Academy of Medicine convened a panel of sixteen leading medical experts to analyze the scientific literature on cannabis. The report they prepared, which came out in January of 2017, runs to four hundred and sixty-eight pages. It contains no bombshells or… Read More »Is marijuana as safe as we think?
Children born to moms who smoked or ingested marijuana during pregnancy suffer higher rates of depression, hyperactivity, and inattention. Yet, Seventy percent of women in the United States believe that there is “slight or no risk of harm” in using cannabis during pregnancy. Read More
Children born to moms who smoked or ingested marijuana during pregnancy suffer higher rates of depression, hyperactivity, and inattention. Yet, Seventy percent of women in the United States believe that there is “slight or no risk of harm” in using cannabis during pregnancy. Read More
