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INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON RESCHEDULING, DELTA-8 THC BAN, RESEARCH ON POT AND MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS INCLUDED IN AG/FDA APPROPRIATIONS BILL PASSED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (OK-4) and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Andy Harris (MD-01) Lauded for Their Leadership (WASHINGTON, DC) – Smart Approaches to Marijuana Action (SAM Action) President Dr. Kevin Sabet, a three-time White House drug policy advisor, released the following statement today after the House Appropriations Committee advanced the FY 2025 Agriculture, Rural Development, […]
SAM Friday Fact 07/12/2024: 2022 Survey Shows 40% of Past-Month Marijuana Users in Minnesota Reported Smoking Daily or Near Daily
The Minnesota 2022 Cannabis Report, from the International Cannabis Policy Study, led by the University of Waterloo, featured survey results from the Nielsen Consumer Insights Global Panel. In this survey, respondents aged 16 to 65 were asked about their marijuana-related behaviors and perceptions: Percentage of Marijuana Users in Minnesota Reporting Their Frequency of Marijuana Use in […]
LHHS APPROPRIATIONS BILL PASSED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE WITH REPORT INCLUDING RESCHEDULING FLAWS, HHS RESEARCH ON NEGATIVE MARIJUANA IMPACTS, MARIJUANA FIELD SOBRIETY TEST DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS
Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (OK-4) and LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Robert Aderholt (AL-4) Lauded for Their Leadership (WASHINGTON, DC) – Smart Approaches to Marijuana Action (SAM Action) President Dr. Kevin Sabet, a three-time White House drug policy advisor, released the following statement today after the House Appropriations Committee advanced the FY 2025 Labor, Health and […]
BICAMERAL CONGRESSIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT LETTER OPPOSING MARIJUANA RESCHEDULING CITES PUBLIC HEALTH HARMS, MISGUIDED HHS REVIEW
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Rep. Pete Sessions (TX-17) and Senator James Lankford (OK) released a bicameral public comment letter signed by twenty-five members of Congress strongly opposing the recent decision to reschedule marijuana. As the letter notes, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) rescheduling recommendation was based in politics, not science. The standard for Schedule III […]
BLOCK ON RESCHEDULING, RESTRICTIONS ON SALES OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA NEAR SCHOOLS ADVANCE AS PART OF COMMITTEE-PASSED APPROPRIATIONS BILL
SAM Authored Provisions Advance in FY 2025 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Bill (WASHINGTON DC) – Smart Approaches to Marijuana Action (SAM Action) President and CEO Dr. Kevin Sabet, a former drug policy advisor to Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton, released the following statement today in response to the House Committee on […]
NPHO partners with Arkansans to file committee to protect kids against marijuana addiction
The National Public Health Organization has announced a partnership with Arkansans to protect children against marijuana addiction-for-profit industry. Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) action joins local residents to establish the “Protect Arkansas Kids” Committee to oppose the state’s marijuana commercialization ballot measure. Protect Arkansas Kids and Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) Action launched today to […]
Anti-marijuana group says it will fight medical marijuana amendment
A national group that worked to defeat a recreational cannabis measure in Arkansas two years ago announced today it will oppose a proposed expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program this year. Smart Approaches to Marijuana said in an email today that it formed a committee called “Protect Arkansas Kids” to oppose the Arkansas Medical Marijuana […]
Bill puts marijuana pipe dreams before NC health and safety
Marijuana isn’t medicine. So says the FDA, the AMA, and countless other medical and scientific professionals. The North Carolina Medical Society announced they have “not supported the legalization of medical marijuana,” yet out-of-touch legislators in Raleigh are again trying to legalize so-called “medical marijuana.” And this time they’ve paired it with a radical legalization of other dangerous, […]
NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH ARKANSANS TO FILE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT KIDS AGAINST MARIJUANA ADDICTION-FOR-PROFIT INDUSTRY
Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) Action Joins Local Residents to Establish “Protect Arkansas Kids” Committee to Oppose the State’s Marijuana Commercialization Ballot Measure (LITTLE ROCK, AR) – Protect Arkansas Kids, a committee established by local residents and the nation’s foremost organization dedicated to a health-first approach to marijuana policy, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) Action, […]
Niforatos on DMV Spotlight with Barbara Britt
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MORE DEADLY DRUGGED-DRIVING ACCIDENTS, HIGHER RATES OF MARIJUANA USE AFTER A DECADE OF COMMERCIAL THC DRUG SALES IN WASHINGTON
As the State Marks A Decade of Marijuana Sales, SAM Urges Serious Reforms (OLYMPIA, WA) – Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) President Dr. Kevin Sabet, a former White House drug policy advisor to Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton, issued the following statement today in advance of Washington’s 10th anniversary of commercial marijuana sales: “Ten years since opening […]
ONE YEAR ON, MARYLAND FEELS THE PITFALLS OF LEGALIZATION
Support for Commercial Pot Craters as Consequences Grow (ANNAPOLIS, MD) – Dr. Kevin Sabet, President of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)and a former White House drug policy advisor to Presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton, released the following statement in advance of the one-year anniversary of commercial marijuana sales in Maryland: “It should come as little surprise […]