Medical marijuana busts increasing
The emerging medical marijuana industry is seeing increased prosecutions of growers, with the Federal Government downplaying its role, saying the push is coming from the states, based on profiteering, in violation of the various state laws prohibiting making money from providing medical marijuana for those who cannot grow their own.
Medical MJ growers, increased drug/alcohol use by seniors
Growers of medical marijuana are under increased scrutiny, with more arrests for pushing the limits. And a look baby boomer’s increasing drug / alcohol use as they become seniors, with even more being predicted; also kids and alcy-soaked gummy bears.
New survey: pot use up, coke, meth down & alcohol poisoning
A new drug use survey shows a marked increase in drug use by 18-25 yr olds, especially marijuana, while cocaine and meth use has gone way down. Changing attitudes about pot may come form medical marijuana issues, and also whether alcohol/energy drinks may contribute to the alcohol overdoses.
Medical Marijuana in Hawaii, Oregon, and the US
Medical Marijuana: concerns in Hawaii and Oregon about growing, providing and selling, as the US Justice Department increases its enforcement of federal laws on marijuana cultivation and sales.
Survey shows drug use by young people increasing
A new survey shows a marked increase in Ecstasy ER reports as well as increases in use of all drugs except cigarettes. The annual Partnership for a Drug-Free America looks at drug use amongst adolescents and adults. The other two major surveys how the same trends in the US.
Trends in Drug Use, Harm Reductions & Psychiatry
NIDA’s Monitoring the Future study shows increases in use of marijuana, heroin and pharmaceuticals by adolescents; a study in Europe shows that programs like DARE are not effective; government regulators grapple to keep up with street chemists creating new designer drugs, and a discussion of psychiatry’s increasing dependence on drug therapy to the exclusion of talk therapy.