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SAM’s Luke Niforatos quoted in the Denver Gazette
“Big Marijuana profited off of increased addiction and use throughout COVID-19 lockdowns and the isolation that so many Coloradans felt during those years,” Niforatos told The Denver Gazette in a prior interview. “What we are seeing now is likely a return to the pre-pandemic average use. This decrease should be celebrated, but we need to […]
NORTH CAROLINA DODGES A BULLET FROM POT INDUSTRY
Lawmakers See Through Medical Marijuana Ruse That is a Backdoor to Full Commercial THC Industry FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 7, 2023 Media Contact: Bob Driscoll bob@learnaboutsam.org716-307-7406 (RALEIGH, NC) – Smart Approaches to Marijuana: North Carolina (SAM Action NC) released the following statement today praising North Carolina lawmakers as “medical marijuana” fails to advance in the current session of […]
CONGRESSMAN GAETZ’S POT PROPOSAL FLIES IN THE FACE OF THE LAW, WOULD ENDANGER U.S. FORCES AND WEAKEN OUR MILITARY
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Smart Approaches to Marijuana Action (SAM Action)released the following statement today in response to Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz’s irrational proposal to solve military recruitment deficits by ending drug testing for THC, the psychoactive component extracted from marijuana. “Use of THC drugs by military recruits has surged 33 percent in recent years and […]
Dr. Kevin Sabet on Fox News radio
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‘Pot is big business’ says SAM’s Will Jones on WMAL
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Parent Action Network’s letter to NCAA regarding Marijuana Testing Policy
June 29, 2023 National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Board of Governors 700 W Washington Street P.O. Box 7110 Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202-6222 Dear NCAA, CSMAS, and Division I, II, and III Leaders and Administrators, It has come to the attention of the Parent Action Network, an affiliate of Smart Approaches to Marijuana focused on supporting […]
Luke Niforatos on ‘The Ingraham Angle’: Debating the dangers of a psychedelic comeback
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Dr. Kevin Sabet published on Fox News: NCAA endangers student athletes with terrible message on drugs
College athletics’ governing body might soon be telling students it’s OK to do drugs “It’s college – everyone experiments a little.” This oft-repeated trope could soon have real-world consequences for today’s student-athletes. The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports recently “signaled its support” for the college athletics governing body to remove marijuana (THC) from […]
LUKE NIFORATOS in the Daily Caller: Magic Mushrooms As Medicine? More False Promises From The Addiction Industry
Just days after Minnesota lawmakers narrowly passed a bill to flood the state with the drug THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana, addiction profiteers made their next move by advancing another bill to create a “Psychedelic Medicine Task Force,” with the clear goal of commercializing more drugs. It’s an increasingly familiar pattern of behavior in […]
NEW WARNING LABELS WILL TELL CONSUMERS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DANGERS OF TODAY’S POT PRODUCTS
Public Act 23-79 Requires Updated Health Warning Labels for Marijuana, Especially High-Potency THC-Laced Products FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 27, 2023 Media Contact: Bob Driscoll bob@learnaboutsam.org (HARTFORD, CT) – Dr. Kevin Sabet, President of Smart Approaches to Marijuana Action (SAM Action) and a former drug policy advisor to Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton, released the following statement in response to […]
On International Drug Day SAM & FDPS Meet with Italian PM in Rome and head to New Zealand; Call on Global Community to Strengthen Cooperation to Combat Illicit Drug Use
Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni June 26 is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (ROME, ITALY) – Gripped by an unprecedented drug crisis that is devastating families and fueling profits for drug cartels, Smart Approaches to Marijuana and the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions (FDPS) today called on political leaders around the world to advance public policies focused on evidence-based prevention, treatment, […]