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Prevention Professionals guiding medical marijuana legislation in CT

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One-time billionaire and drug company executive John Kapoor and his four co-defendants have been found guilty of a racketeering conspiracy. Insys allegedly paid doctors... https://t.co/R06PHo4waj

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Thank you Windsor Locks Wellness Coalition and Community Addiction Awareness for this post! https://t.co/2C0PbozFaL

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Thank you Windsor Locks Wellness Coalition
for this great graphic! https://t.co/oUPg0Kt5Vd

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Promises of social justice from legalization are also failing to materialize. In reality, this industry is a boon for its overwhelmingly white male investors.... https://t.co/WLWy22OrX6

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One in five high schoolers reported currently using e-cigarettes in 2018, up from 11.7 percent the year before, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease... https://t.co/DzSwtbJr1N

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The European study, which looked at cannabis use in 11 major cities and Brazil, is the first to show the impact of marijuana use on rates of psychosis, a... https://t.co/2Vmu3QMNp3

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If we see the numbers of kids using these e-cigarettes go up again in 2019 in the National Youth Tobacco Survey [due this summer] ... like we saw last year, I think the FDA is going to have to... https://t.co/6rZfqfaa4Z

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Sunday that will raise the legal age for purchasing cigarettes, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 statewide.
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The top HHS official in charge of preventing substance abuse called for a grassroots effort to inform states of the long-term health risks of... https://t.co/uKCZpSxCvZ

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A recent uptick in voluntary reports of adverse experiences... https://t.co/Kgl2WOcm46

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Live LOUD — or Live Life with Opioid Use Disorder — is a new website from the state... https://t.co/RkGXt8Lt7E

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The proportion of THC-positive daytime drivers increased from 8% before retail sales to 23% 6 months after retail sales.... https://t.co/13CEF8C4eK

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Dr. Mark Naevyn says emergency rooms (in Massachusetts) are seeing more marijuana overdoses since... https://t.co/yZwCHwBHpq

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Well that's a bummer. https://t.co/sswVwFrH4N https://t.co/sswVwFrH4N

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Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma’s statement comes as the first trial date nears in hundreds of lawsuits aiming to hold the company and others in the drug industry accountable for the U.S.... https://t.co/Ew4H5T2cKX

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Thanks Groton Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention for this! https://t.co/QKUdyiHgIu

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In internal memos, Purdue executives acknowledged that their prescription opioids are far more addictive and dangerous than the company was telling... https://t.co/rb1W1hlkO3

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Connecticut ranks 11th in the nation for deadly drug overdoses.
30.9 deaths per 100,000 residents
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