Sam Quinones is Wrong, Again
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Sam Quinones is Wrong, Again
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The steady increase in opioid overdose deaths across the U.S.—which more than doubled among teens in just two years—has heightened debate over the role of naloxone in the front lines of American addiction.
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instagram.comThere have been a number of studies that survey overdose deaths across the country, but in particular, a study from NYU which compared Oregon's rates of overdose fatalities to data from states that didn't have decriminalization initiatives. What they found is that there was not any statistically meaningful difference between deaths in Oregon and de... See more
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In 2015, the F.D.A. found that many CBD-labeled products actually contained very little CBD. It sent out a flurry of letters warning companies not to make medical claims. Two years later, a study published in JAMA documented that, in 84 products sold online, 26 percent had less CBD than advertised and 43 percent had more. And the cannabis plant can... See more
Moises Velasquez-Manoff • Can CBD Really Do All That? (Published 2019)
It wasn’t drug abuse that was put on the run, of course, but people like me, born into this regime of “stronger law enforcement.” The stiffer sentencing policies for drug crimes—not a net increase in crime—caused the American prison population to quadruple between 1980 and 2000.