December 2018

Study: Crackdowns on Heroin, Pain Pills Gave Rise to Fentanyl Overdose Epidemic | Phillip Smith

A new report on illicit US drug markets from researchers at the University of San Francisco has found that that the spread of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid implicated in nearly 29,000 overdose deaths last year alone, is tied to enforcement-driven shortages of heroin and prescription opioids, as well simple economics for drug distributors — not because […]

Study: Crackdowns on Heroin, Pain Pills Gave Rise to Fentanyl Overdose Epidemic | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/92706/study-crackdowns-on-heroin-pain-pills-gave-rise-to-fentanyl-overdose-epidemic/

Low-Income Medical Marijuana Patient Evicted for Doctor Recommended Therapy | Kevin Mahmalji

Up until a few years ago low-income housing that received federal subsidies were required to maintain a “drug-free” environment. This meant that if anyone living in subsidized housing was caught possessing and/or consuming marijuana onsite, everyone living in the property was at risk of being evicted. Fortunately, in 2014 the Obama Administration amended this policy to no […]

Low-Income Medical Marijuana Patient Evicted for Doctor Recommended Therapy | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/92708/low-income-medical-marijuana-patient-evicted-for-doctor-recommended-therapy/

Study: Marijuana Use Not Positively Associated With Conduct Problems in Young People | Paul Armentano

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Marijuana use by young people is not predictive of later conduct problems, such as school truancy or theft, according to data published in the journal Addiction. A team of investigators from the United States and the Netherlands assessed the long-term association between self-reported marijuana use and conduct problems in a cohort of 364 racially and […]

Study: Marijuana Use Not Positively Associated With Conduct Problems in Young People | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/92712/study-marijuana-use-not-positively-associated-with-conduct-problems-in-young-people/

Here Comes Hemp: Congress Votes to Unchain a Billion-Dollar Industry | Phillip Smith

WASHINGTON, DC — The Senate on Tuesday and the House on Wednesday gave final approval to the massive 2018 Farm Bill, including a provision that will end an eight-decade ban on industrial hemp, that non-psychoactive but extremely useful member of the cannabis family. President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law. Even though you […]

Here Comes Hemp: Congress Votes to Unchain a Billion-Dollar Industry | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/92779/here-comes-hemp-congress-votes-to-unchain-a-billion-dollar-industry/

Revised Criminal Justice Reform Bill to Be Reintroduced in the Senate Today | Drug Policy Alliance

WASHINGTON, DC — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) intends to file a new version of criminal justice reform legislation, the Senator announced on Wednesday. The news came after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced yesterday that the Senate will take up criminal justice reform legislation. “This compromise legislation is far from perfect, but […]

Revised Criminal Justice Reform Bill to Be Reintroduced in the Senate Today | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/92714/revised-criminal-justice-reform-bill-to-be-reintroduced-in-the-senate-today/