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THE NEW JIM CROW?

A false argument by the drug lobby

by David G. Evans, Esq.

The pro-drug lobby claims that the “war on drugs” is a new form of the infamous “Jim Crow” laws that repressed African Americans after the Civil War. Jim Crow laws provided for segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation and voter suppression.

The pro-drug lobby claims that drug laws unfairly target African Americans and other minorities.

Here are some points to consider:

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Newsweek Touts Fake Science on Cannabis

Have to LOVE how Newsweek NOW promotes a survey result – as if it were real science … pathetic!

The media promoting pot …. again …. with reports from a survey of addicts …. yeah, that is science …

Here is that survey report:
https://www.newsweek.com/cannabis-help-opioid-epidemic-pain-treatment-1446810
 
Too bad Newsweek does not tell their readers the REAL scientific evidence – that pot use ACTUALLY INCREASES opiate use and pain reports …. but that is NOT “the agenda” ….
 
… but do NOT let science get in the way of “good propaganda” ….
 

Here is the Real Science!

 
THE LANCET JOURNAL, 2018
Bleyer, A. and Barnes, B. (2018). Opioid Death Rate Acceleration in Jurisdictions Legalizing Marijuana Use, JAMA Intern Med. 2018;178(9):1280-1281. And Campbell, G., Hall, W. D., Peacock, A., Lintzeris, N., Bruno, R., Larance, B., … & Blyth, F. (2018). Effect of cannabis use in people with chronic non-cancer pain prescribed opioids: findings from a 4-year prospective cohort study. The Lancet Public Health, 3(7), e341-e350.
A 4-year prospective study followed medical marijuana patients with a dual opioid prescription and found that marijuana use had no positive impact on opioid use or reduced prescribing. Further, even though they found that marijuana users were more likely to rate the drug as means of effective pain relief, other self-reported pain measures indicated the opposite. Users reported greater pain severity and more day-to-day interference than those that did not use marijuana.
 
 
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 2017 AND JOURNAL OF ADDICTION MEDICINE, 2018
 
Olfson, M., Wall, M. M., Liu, S. M., & Blanco, C. (2017). Cannabis use and risk of prescription opioid use disorder in the United States. American Journal of Psychiatry, 175(1), 47-53.
 
Caputi, T. & Humphreys, K. (2018). Medical marijuana users are more likely to use prescription drugs medically and nonmedically.
Journal of Addiction Medicine, 12(4):295–299.
 
Over 30,000 American adults were sampled and researchers found that marijuana users were more than twice as likely to move on to abuse prescription opioids – even when controlling for age, sex, race/ethnicity, other substance use disorders, and a variety of psychiatric disorders and family history. In another study, medical marijuana users were significantly more likely to report the use of prescription drugs in the past 12 months.
 
 
PATIENT SAFETY IN SURGERY, 2018
 
Salottolo, K., Peck, L., Tanner II, A., Carrick, M. M., Madayag, R., McGuire, E., & Bar-Or, D. (2018).
 
The grass is not always greener: a multi-institutional pilot study of marijuana use and acute pain management following traumatic injury. Patient Safety in Surgery, 12(1), 16.
 
Researchers found that patients reporting marijuana use actually experienced more pain on average when admitted to the hospital following a traumatic injury than those that did not. Compared to non-users, they required more opioid medication to cope with the pain and consistently rated their pain higher during the duration of their stay.
 
 
 
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 2016
 
Hasin, D. S., Kerridge, B. T., Saha, T. D., Huang, B., Pickering, R., Smith, S. M., … & Grant, B. F. (2016). Prevalence and correlates of DSM-5 cannabis use disorder, 2012-2013: findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions–III. American Journal of Psychiatry, 173(6), 588-599.
 
Regular use of marijuana is linked with increased risk of developing cannabis use disorder, higher rates of mental illness and higher rates of co-substance abuse with alcohol, among other drugs.
 
Thanks to LearnAboutSAM.org for the real science!
 
 
 

Michigan Voters Please Don’t Legalize Criminals

Legalizing Criminals

By Joe Tilton

Blacks Law Dictionary includes the meaning of “criminal intent” as “a component of a crime involving a conscious decision on the part of one party to injure or deprive another.” What better definition could there be to the issue of marihuana dealers wanting to operate freely in our society, depriving addicts of their money and children from lifetime success? Must we bless crime and destruction?

A Dale Carnegie course uses a sequence of words to describe a reason to buy something. The phrase is, “fact, bridge, benefit.” Take these three words from an exchange and you have a crime. When the fact is actually a lie and the benefit is destruction of an individual or society, and the dealer knows it, he’s a criminal. The “bridge” is, “what this means to you is…” What does bringing down our society with pot mean to you? Knowing you will injure or deprive the buyer through your product or pseudo service is an act (crime) that should be punishable, yet the pro-recreational marihuana people want you to legalize what they do. Are we so easily duped? Continue reading Michigan Voters Please Don’t Legalize Criminals

Mr. Munchie has it all wrong–marijuana is more dangerous

Mr. Munchie is spinning lies and creating the next generation of couch potatoes.

“Safer than Alcohol” is a Junk Talking Point and Totally Untrue

by Mad Dad

Mason Tvert should be in an orange jump suit, if they make them that large. I think he only weighed 99 lbs when he started his campaign of lies. He is living proof that pot gives one the munchies.

When he and two colleagues wrote “Marijuana is SAFER, so why are we driving people to drink?” in 2009, the average potency of pot had already climbed to 6- 8% in smoked form. It wasn’t safer than alcohol even then. But in smoked form today it runs about 25 % THC (+/-) and as high as 37%. Since that time, concentrates have come into play for edibles, dabbing and vaping that are as high as 99%. Didn’t phase Mr. Munchie! He says it’s still safer than alcohol, which is a ridiculous statement to begin with. Alcohol in moderation, practiced by 80% of those consume it, can even be beneficial, as in two glasses of wine. People don’t always drink to get high, unlike marijuana. But you have to define if you are comparing it to 6% beer, 100% grain alcohol and/or how much one consumes. Continue reading Mr. Munchie has it all wrong–marijuana is more dangerous