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Why… is fentanyl showing up in LSD, meth and cocaine?

In Quebec late last month, cops said they seized blotter paper that looks like acid but which contains carfentanil. Carfentanil is a cousin of fentanyl, but 100 times as powerful. An amount the size of a coarse grain of salt can kill you.  [LSD] laced with fentanyl, which is a drug 50 times stronger than heroin, is a real thing, authorities [in…

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China marijuana law and policy

*Donald Trump said, ​”The only way to solve the drug problem is through toughness. When I was in China, I said ‘Mr. President, do you have a drug problem?’” [Xi Jinping replied] “No, no, no, we do not”. “I said, how … what do you attribute that to?” [Xi replied], “the death penalty”. … Trump…

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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit challenging marijuana’s schedule I prohibited status

Lawyers for the Justice Department argued for a dismissal of the suit, arguing: “There is no fundamental right to use marijuana, for medical purposes or otherwise.” A judge for the Federal District Court in Sacramento considered similar arguments in a 2014 legal challenge, also spearheaded by members of the NORML Legal Committee, but ultimately rejected…

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Maine law requires employers to stop drug testing for marijuana and ignore use out of workplace

On February 1, 2018, portions of IB 2015, c.5, “Question 1 – An Act to Legalize Marijuana” took effect in Maine requiring employers to stop drug testing job applicants for marijuana use and also preventing employers from firing workers 21 years or older for the use of marijuana outside of the workplace. The portion of Question 1 dealing with…

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