All posts tagged "opioids"

Cannabis

New Mexico Officials Vote to Add Opioid Use Disorders to Medical Marijuana Program

Before the condition can be officially added to the program, the state’s hesitant health secretary has...

Joint Opinions

Don’t Look to the Feds For Progressive Answers on Opioids

Trump administration is out of step with current data on opioids and cannabis.

Politics

Anti-Pot Drug Czar Nominee Encouraged Opiate Crisis

An anti-marijuana congressman was a key architect of the opiate crisis — and he was Trump’s...

Politics

Report: Insurance Companies Push Opiates Over Less-Addictive Drugs

In 2015, over 33,000 Americans died from overdosing on opioids, but insurance companies are still making...

Politics

The Sad Search to Find Anything Negative About Marijuana Legalization

Prohibitionists try to connect cannabis legalization with violent crime, but don't have the facts to back...

Legal

Ohio Files Lawsuit Against Rx Companies for Opioid Crisis

Ohio, like many parts of the U.S., is facing a serious opioid addiction and overdose epidemic,...

Politics

AG Sessions: Using Pot to Treat Opioid Addiction is a Joke

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is facing an uncertain future and major political backlash over two undisclosed meetings with...