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Friday Fact: Expectant moms with CUD hurt their kids’ mental health
A study by Australian researchers found that children of mothers who had cannabis use disorder while pregnant are 79% more likely to have any anxiety disorder and 146% more likely to specifically have […]
SAM ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CBD POST: DON’T GET YOUR HOPES UP, BIG WEED
Washington, D.C.—Monday saw the marijuana industry abuzz with news that President Trump had posted a video on Truth Social arguing that CBD has wide medical benefits for older Americans. Smart […]
New Poll: Voters Say No to Marijuana Rescheduling If It Boosts Ads to Kids and Gives Tax Breaks to Foreign Cartels
62.7% of likely voters are less likely to support rescheduling if it gives big weed companies more financial incentive to advertise to children WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new poll administered by […]
Friday Fact: Weed wrecks your memory
Sorry . . . what were you saying? Oh, yes: A massive neuroimaging study led by researchers at the University of Colorado found that huge majorities of young adult marijuana users suffer […]
SAM Applauds Key Appropriations Wins on Marijuana Banking, Prevention, and Extreme Harm Reduction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) applauds the House Appropriations Committee for continuing to show incredible leadership in the fight for evidence-based public health policy. The Committee voted to […]
Places that ban marijuana storefronts have 67% less psychotic disorders among teens
Turns out when you keep weed away from kids, you protect their mental health. A team of researchers from USC, Kaiser Permanente, and elsewhere did a massive survey of California youth—almost 100,000—and […]
State Resources
What does marijuana rescheduling mean for my state? Moving marijuana to Schedule III will not legalize marijuana. It will provide the marijuana industry with a significant tax reduction and will […]
Recovery housing = TWICE the chance of staying off drugs
A Harvard Medical School study found that recovery housing residents were twice as likely to remain abstinent (65% vs. 31%). Additionally, they had an incarceration rate of a third of what it was […]
SAM RELEASES LETTER URGING PRESIDENT TRUMP NOT TO RESCHEDULE MARIJUANA WITH COALITION PARTNERS
WASHINGTON, DC—Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) released a letter addressed to President Trump Monday, signed by a wide spectrum of SAM coalition partners, including the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions, […]
People who visited the ER due to cannabis-induced psychosis are 241.6 times more likely to develop schizophrenia
In the latest edition of “what we’ve been saying all along,” a study by researchers from the University of Ottawa found that individuals who visited the ER due to marijuana use are 14.6 […]
Amid President Trump’s Crime Crackdown, SAM & 1000 Feet Urge Federal Action to Shut Down DC Pot Shops Near Schools
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) and 1000 Feet today announced they have sent a joint letter to President Donald J. Trump, Attorney General Pamela J. Bondi, and U.S. Attorney […]
