PUBLISHED WED, JAN 6 202111:10 AM Charlotte Morabito@MORABITOCM Every ballot initiative involving the decriminalization or legalization of marijuana passed in the 2020 election. Voters in New Jersey and Arizona chose to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use. Mississippi voted to legalize medical marijuana use, and South Dakota legalized the drug for...
The Opioid Crisis Response Act falls short of curtailing Big Pharma’s stake in opioids. On September 17, 2018, a new opioid bill known as The Opioid Crisis Response Act, geared towards Big Pharma, passed with an unprecedented 99 to 1 in the Senate. The bill seems to be more of...
Cost Savings of Medical Marijuana has more to do with why pharmaceutical companies are fighting legal marijuana than any other reason they advertise. There’s a body of research showing that painkiller abuse and overdose are lower in states with medical marijuana laws. These studies have generally assumed that when medical marijuana is available,...
Even as many states and Washington, DC, allow marijuana, the federal government still strictly prohibits pot. Under the scheduling system, the federal government classifies marijuana as a schedule 1 drug, meaning it’s perceived to have no medical value and a high potential for abuse. The classification puts marijuana in the same category as...
