Deep Dives
Study guides on the marijuana debate, built from the research. Read one in ten minutes. Argue it for years.
Marijuana and Rescheduling
Schedule I, Schedule III, and what the DEA process actually decides. The explainer behind the noise.
- What Schedule I really means, and why ‘same category as heroin’ is a talking point, not an argument
- How the rescheduling process works and where it stands
- What Schedule III would change for the industry, for taxes, and for patients
- Why rescheduling is not legalization, and why it still matters
Heart attack, stroke, and arrhythmia: the avalanche of recent evidence linking marijuana to cardiovascular damage.
Psychosis, schizophrenia, depression, and suicide: how the ‘marijuana is good for your mental health’ myth spread, and the research that dismantles it.
Normalization, potency, and the developing brain: why legalization has been a disaster for kids even where teen use rates look flat.
Dispensaries and crime, the illicit market that legalization was supposed to kill, and the Chinese and Mexican cartel grows operating inside ‘legal’ states.
From medical marijuana by ballot to Oregon’s Measure 110: a longer study guide SAM built with American Moment for policymakers and staff.
How a deep dive is built
Each guide moves from first principles to the primary sources, so a staffer, a parent, or a reporter can go from zero to fluent in one sitting.
The industry’s claim, the plain-language answer, and the two or three numbers that settle it.
The studies, the state data, and the videos that show the mechanism, with every link to a primary source.
The books, investigations, and government reports for anyone who wants the whole record.
Keep going
The deep dives pair with SAM’s evergreen pages, which carry the latest data and are updated as new research lands.
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