Americans now think marijuana is much less harmful than alcohol, tobacco or e-cigarettes, according to new polling results from POLITICO and Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health released Monday. Just 1 in 5 Americans believe marijuana is very harmful to people who use it. Twice as many said the same about alcohol, 52 percent characterized e-cigarettes […]
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Cannabis, Guns and Our Individual Rights
Cannabis laws and the Second Amendment are on a collision course likely to increase the legal risks for individuals who share the same passion for the core American principles of freedom and liberty. While these industries seem mutually exclusive, it is becoming glaringly obvious that there is overlap among a wide range of demographics. In […]
Obama Says Marijuana Should Be Treated Like Alcohol and Tobacco
In an “exit interview” with Rolling Stone magazine, President Obama said that marijuana use should be treated as a public-health issue similar to tobacco or alcohol and called the current patchwork of state and federal laws regarding the drug “untenable.” “Look, I’ve been very clear about my belief that we should try to discourage substance […]
Is It Really Possible That the Cannabis Industry Could Rival “Big Tobacco?”
Without proper controls, California’s marijuana industry could rival “Big Tobacco” as a threat to public health, warns an academic analysis of two ballot measures to legalize the drug. The study published this month by researchers at UC San Francisco doesn’t oppose legalization. But Rachel Barry and Stanton Glantz of the school’s Center for Tobacco Control […]
Is Legal Marijuana Ready to Become the Next Big Tobacco?
A ballot proposal legalizing recreational marijuana would likely launch a new profit-driven industry similar to Big Tobacco that could impede public health efforts, according to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. The 66-page analysis, released Tuesday, is the first in-depth look at the state’s main effort to legalize recreational marijuana this year. Researchers […]
