SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) advocates for a commonsense, third-way approach to marijuana policy. NYT: The “well-coordinated opposition.” @gooddrugpolicy
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According to the 2026 European Drug Report, marijuana is the drug most commonly cited by people entering substance use treatment in Europe, accounting for 41% of all first-time treatment entrants.
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Smart Approaches to Marijuana retweeted
The @AmerMedicalAssn just called for a ban on concentrated 7-OH kratom products — the potent opioid-like compounds being sold in flavored gummies and candy-colored packaging aimed directly at kids.
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Big Marijuana just lost in Pennsylvania ⬇️
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Marijuana is now the most common drug among first-time entrants to substance use treatment in Europe.
This comes amid new reports that Altria is entering the Netherlands' marijuana market. That’s right, Big Tobacco and Big Marijuana are now one and the same.
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The company that spent decades getting the world hooked on cigarettes now wants in on legal weed. Altria (Philip Morris) is buying its way into the Dutch market—just as it did in Canada.
Big Tobacco knows an addiction-for-profit industry when it sees one.
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In the latest episode of HIGH STAKES, SAM CEO @KevinSabet interviews two veterans about recent developments in drug policy and whether this new psychedelic push is backed by science or hype.
Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=F85fyWqU…
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New study just dropped, and it's another nail in the coffin of the "marijuana is harmless" myth. Cannabis Use Disorder doesn't just wreck your brain. It wrecks your body's ability to heal from surgery. The numbers are staggering. 🧵
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“Cowen has joined a growing group of individuals who have begun to change their minds about legalization and realize that the policy has failed to deliver as promised.”
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When it comes to drug policy, we ought to listen to scientists and experts, not podcast hosts.
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Jun 10
1/ Today, the first marijuana company rings the NYSE bell. This is the moment we predicted: Big Marijuana becoming Big Tobacco 2.0.
And the tobacco giants are already inside the gates. 🧵
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Can't stop won't stop fighting Big Marijuana & Tobacco
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1/ Today, the first marijuana company rings the NYSE bell. This is the moment we predicted: Big Marijuana becoming Big Tobacco 2.0.
And the tobacco giants are already inside the gates. 🧵
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Big Tobacco eyes Dutch marijuana market 👀
“Altria, formerly Philip Morris, is indirectly trying to buy into the Netherlands’ regulated cannabis cultivation experiment. Multiple parties want the government to try to keep Big Tobacco, with its aggressive marketing and lobbying tactics, out of this trial.”
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SAM Gov Affairs Director @j0rdandavids0n was on @AJEnglish discussing marijuana policy!
Watch my in-studio interview from today on @AJEnglish about the latest in marijuana policy!
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“I hardly know anyone who is happy with how this has turned out, and if I do, they may be too busy inhaling pot to express their opinions to me.”
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Joe Rogan made a host of false statements about the efficiency and safety of psychedelics while in the Oval Office. SAM CEO @KevinSabet sets the record straight in the latest episode of HIGH STAKES.
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Chronic teen marijuana use negatively alters brains rewards system, leading to a higher likelihood of addiction.
“The cannabis that people are using is incredibly strong, and higher potency is linked to more adverse outcomes”
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Joe Rogan can't even get basic historical facts about drug policy right—why should we trust him with America's drug policy?
Watch the newest episode of HIGH STAKES: youtube.com/watch?v=F85fyWqU…
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But marijuana legalization was supposed to get rid of the black market, not expand it!
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Episode 3 of HIGH STAKES is out now! @KevinSabet discusses the rise of psychedelic drugs and why science should lead the conversation, not money and hype.
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Individuals who used marijuana in the past year were 12.1 times more likely to have used psilocybin than those who did not use marijuana
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