Officials Fear E-Cigarette Use Concealing Pot Use
As the use of electronic cigarettes becomes more popular, endorsed by actors like Jenny McCarthy and Stephen Dorff, public health officials are raising alarms about the devices leading to underage...
View ArticleMarijuana Is Safer Than… Sugar?
According to a new Wall Street Journal poll, Americans find marijuana less harmful than sugar.
View ArticleThree New Polls on Marijuana Use
When YouGov asked “Is it possible to be a responsible adult and occasionally smoke marijuana?” 59% of Americans agreed.
View ArticleBig Tobacco: Marijuana Legalization Is The “Only Real Threat To Our Business”
“There is an obvious danger that, if more restrictions are placed on tobacco and if the marijuana habit notches up further small advances in legality, many people may switch from one to the other in...
View ArticleThe Marijuana Double Standard
If you smoked a joint in Denver or Seattle last week on vacation, you could lose your job, your child custody, and a shot at that new kidney.
View ArticleEven Tobacco Smoke-Free Bars Are Ridiculous Abridgments of Freedom
I always thought that in America, we should be free to do things so long as they don’t harm others, and even free to do things that may harm others so long as we take reasonable precautions.
View ArticleDrinking Alcohol is Taking HARD Drugs
By every measure, alcohol is not only a drug, it belongs in the same class as the “hard drugs”.
View ArticlePutting the College Daily Marijuana Smoking Numbers in Context
The use of the most dangerous legal drugs - alcohol and tobacco - is plummeting among young adults and minor teenagers. Marijuana use remains steady or lower among minor teenagers, but up among young...
View ArticleCigarette Smoking At All Time Lows (But Media Hypes Marijuana’s Rise)
The big story is this: daily cigarette smoking by young people is at its lowest recorded levels in history.
View ArticleMy Coverage of Drug Policy Alliance Reform Conference in DC
The conference is notable for its broad scope of not just marijuana law reform but policy examination for all drugs.
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