ARDP

Fighting to protect AZ kids & communities.

[ARDP @DrugPolicyAZ]

Arizona legalized & commercialized marijuana. Between 2020 - 2022

The % of users in:
📈8th grade who obtained it from a marijuana store within Arizona increased by 21.7%,
📈10th grade who obtained it increased by 56.0%
📈12th grade increased by 55.6%
https://t.co/sRy46WPu1v

[ARDP @DrugPolicyAZ]

Rescheduling marijuana fails to protect children https://t.co/EQff5JKd6M via @broadandliberty

[ARDP @DrugPolicyAZ]

New study: Many cannabis retailers give mixed or inaccurate advice to pregnant people. While most warned against tobacco, fewer than half said cannabis use during pregnancy was unsafe. Clear, evidence-based guidance is needed.

https://t.co/LaNob5o3Id

[ARDP @DrugPolicyAZ]

All in the Family: My Unlikely Connection To Nick, Rob and Michele Reiner - Mad In America https://t.co/DAtI3MwagN

[Jordan Davidson @j0rdandavids0n]

"Hagedorn said opponents of relaxing cannabis standards were also at the Dec. 9 meeting in the Oval Office."

@Scotts_MGro, so you're confirming Trump lied to Americans about never hearing from rescheduling opponents?

(we already knew this, of course)

https://t.co/UWneJpT4w4

[Intl. Academy on the Science & Impact of Cannabis @IASIC3]

📢 Study on Acute Cannabis Effects in Infrequent Users

In a controlled trial of healthy adults who rarely use cannabis, researchers found that both smoked and vaporized cannabis produced noticeable drug effects and impaired cognitive and psychomotor performance, especially at higher THC doses. Vaporized cannabis often led to stronger effects and higher blood THC levels than the same dose smoked. Even relatively low THC exposure caused measurable impairment in thinking, reaction time, and coordination—lasting several hours. These findings are important for understanding real-time risks of cannabis use, particularly among occasional users.

https://t.co/dXYqnhJnwg

[Citizens for a Safe and Healthy Texas @CitizensSafe]

Pot Pusher Susie Wiles Betrays Trump's Conservative Base - America's Survival, Inc.

Susie Wiles, never a conservative in the Reagan sense but in fact a former lobbyist for a firm representing Big Marijuana, arranged the betrayal of millions of Americans who wanted Trump to continue his war on drugs at home, not just in the waters around Venezuela.

The facts are not in despite: Susie Wiles worked for a lobbying firm in Florida, Ballard Partners, that represented the pot industry, in particular a company called Trulieve, headed by Kim Rivers. These were the people assembled in the Oval Office. They are dope pushers, to put it bluntly, but they are doing it all in the name of “medicine” and alleviating PTSD in vets.

As Trump might say, it is a scam.

https://t.co/YVQfWFfKqg

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana @learnaboutsam]

For teens, any cannabis use may have impact on emotional health and academic performance https://t.co/4oVXcT4yyC

[Mar-Anon Family Groups @MarAnon_Groups]

When I awaken the next day, I often find that something has changed during the night...Sometimes, it's my viewpoint of the situation...Sometimes the situation resolves itself with no effort on my part.

Adapted from Hope for Today, May 13

#maranon #recovery #family #12steps

[ARDP @DrugPolicyAZ]

Opinion | Medical marijuana may be causing more harm than good - The Washington Post https://t.co/NFUUG6u8bX

[Kevin Sabet @KevinSabet]

Marijuana commercialization in Massachusetts has led to increases in youth psychosis.

(And meanwhile regulators act like weed apologists)

https://t.co/exYPcxCKAN

[Aubree Adams @AubreeAdams4]

🚺 Marijuana Is Not Safe For Women

[🌎 Every Brain Matters 🧠 @EveryBrainMatt]

New JAMA Network Open Study (2025):

Brain-imaging data from over 1,000 young adults shows that chronic cannabis use is associated with reduced brain activation during working-memory tasks, even after accounting for recent use, alcohol, and nicotine. The findings suggest long-term cognitive effects linked to repeated THC exposure, raising important public-health concerns as cannabis availability and potency increase.

Evidence-based policy must consider brain health—not just industry growth.

https://t.co/kTt3petHJ9

[Dr. Gary Kirkilas @DrGaryKirkilas]

@tperkins @WSHStand Nature never intended THC levels this high. No wonder we’re now seeing maladies like hyperemesis.

[ARDP @DrugPolicyAZ]

After cannabis became more accessible, the share of new schizophrenia cases linked to cannabis use disorder nearly tripled—with the highest impact among young men (19–24).

Findings highlight the need for prevention & education as cannabis use rises.
https://t.co/mdRbDAIdcG

[MATFORCE @MATFORCEAZ]

🌿 Marijuana & Mental Health: Frequent or early use of marijuana may increase the risk of psychosis, including hallucinations or delusions. Staying informed helps teens and young adults make safer choices. 💙

Start the conversation at https://t.co/tG7Kc8AZyk.

#MarijuanaAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #YouthSafety #Prevention

[🌎 Every Brain Matters 🧠 @EveryBrainMatt]

🚨 Don’t be misled — Trump’s executive order does not magically make cannabis a Schedule III drug. 🚨

What it actually does is launch a review process — giving cover to powerful interests while ignoring decades of scientific evidence and community health risks. It does NOT change the law or protect our kids, our families, or our communities.

This isn’t progress — it’s politics over people.

🔥 Read our urgent response to the executive order and the press conference:
🔗 https://t.co/rH0WbVFPZx

On December 18, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order initiating an administrative process to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. The President asserted that this change would expand research into cannabis’s medical potential, while Dr. Oz characterized the move as “common sense” and suggested that CBD would become freely accessible to Medicare participants.

What was not acknowledged is that FDA-approved cannabis-derived medications already exist, including Epidiolex (CBD), approved for certain seizure disorders, and Marinol, a low-dose synthetic THC prescribed to stimulate appetite and reduce nausea. Nor did the administration acknowledge that between 2000 and 2018, the federal government awarded approximately $1.49 billion in cannabis research funding, or that more than 50,000 peer-reviewed scientific studies on marijuana have been published over the past four decades—many of which document significant harms associated with THC exposure.

This body of evidence demonstrates that cannabis’s classification as a Schedule I substance has not prevented research from being conducted, nor has it limited the federal government’s ability to study both its potential medical applications and its risks.

Additionally, the federal government’s failure to enforce existing drug laws has allowed cannabis products to operate with near impunity, despite well-documented harms to people of all ages, predatory marketing practices, inadequate risk disclosure, and pervasive false or misleading medical claims.

Every Brain Matters supports scientifically proven medical uses of cannabis-derived compounds and welcomes additional research, provided that research is independent, rigorous, and free from political or profit-driven influence. However, we are deeply disappointed that President Trump supports rescheduling cannabis, which will incentivize an already out-of-control, addiction-for-profit, state-sanctioned cannabis industry. Rescheduling confers advantages that make it easier for the industry to profit, enabling the expansion of predatory marketing and the continued misleading of the American public about the real risks of today’s THC products—while families harmed by cannabis are left emotionally and financially exhausted, unheard, and unsupported.

Rather than rescheduling cannabis in a way that further normalizes use and increases harm, the President could have pursued policies that actually reduced risk. These include removing unsafe products from state shelves until they are proven safe and medicinal, enforcing existing federal law while modernizing research pathways, or establishing a research framework that expands scientific inquiry without rewarding harmful commercial practices.

The administration’s press conference announcing the executive order failed to acknowledge that the federal government already possesses extensive evidence of cannabis-related harms—some lethal—despite Secretary Kennedy stating they have no evidence of harms. These harms are contributing to rising rates of road fatalities, addiction, physical illness (including cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome), mental illness (including psychosis and schizophrenia), homelessness, suicide, and violence nationwide.

The Every Brain Matters community represents thousands of families living with the real and lasting consequences of marijuana commercialization. Yet our government continues to fail us—offering no meaningful prevention education for the public or the medical community, and lacking the infrastructure necessary to address cannabis-related harms. Cannabis is legally sold, yet insurance companies are not required to cover inpatient treatment programs, even though approximately 30% of users develop cannabis use disorder.

Our families are devastated that President Trump has publicly stated he is listening to “his friends,” while repeatedly failing to respond to our requests to meet, listen, and learn about the emotional, medical, and financial toll this industry has imposed on our families.

This past year, our partner organization in Texas, Citizens for a Safe and Healthy Texas, worked to close the hemp loophole and ban intoxicating THC products derived from hemp. Governor Abbott—like President Trump—refused to meet with families harmed by the industry.

This is what happens when our government listens to “We the corporations” instead of “We the people.” Drugs continue to win the war FOR drugs, while families pay the price.

The United States must:
🧩 Establish enforceable impairment standards
🧩Mandate national surveillance of cannabis-related harms
🧩 Address escalating THC potency
🧩 Fund prevention, treatment, and recovery infrastructure
🧩Require FDA-level safety and efficacy evidence for all cannabis products

Until these protections are in place, rescheduling marijuana is reckless and dangerous.

Public health policy must serve people—not profits—because Every Brain Matters.

Aubree Adams, on behalf of families and the Every Brain Matters Board of Directors

#everybrainmatters #cannabispolic #PublicHealth #rescheduling #advocacy @realDonaldTrump @POTUS
@MELANIATRUMP @VP @DrOz @SLOTUS @RobertKennedyJr @NIDAnews @FDACommissioner
@DOJNatSec @PamBondi @DEAWashingtonDC @HHSGov

[🌎 Every Brain Matters 🧠 @EveryBrainMatt]

📄 Have you or someone you love been harmed by marijuana/cannabis?
You may have legal options — and you’re not alone.

⚖️ When do lawyers and courts consider legal action?
Cases are typically evaluated based on key factors such as:
• Serious physical, mental, or developmental harm
• A clear connection between cannabis use and the harm
• Evidence of misleading marketing, lack of warnings, or high-THC products
• Foreseeable risks the industry knew or should have known
• Measurable damages like medical costs, lost income, or loss of life quality

🔎 Learn the full criteria and what evidence matters most
👉 Read the full guide here:
https://t.co/jcgTUbRftt

💬 This information is for education only — not legal advice. A qualified attorney can help determine whether your situation meets these criteria.

🧠 Every Brain Matters. Families deserve truth, accountability, and support.

[ARDP @DrugPolicyAZ]

📊 New research shows teen cannabis use & psychiatric emergencies rose sharply after recreational cannabis commercialization in MA. Teens in psych crisis were much more likely to test positive for THC and have cannabis-related disorders post-legalization.
https://t.co/r9kmT984Li

[Aubree Adams @AubreeAdams4]

President Trump: please say NO to marijuana rescheduling.
Protect people, not profits. Collect data on real harms—addiction, psychosis, illness, and links to violent crime. Fund prevention & treatment. Families are breaking. Lives are being lost.  

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump @MELANIATRUMP @VP @SLOTUS @SecKennedy @AGPamBondi @FBIDirectorKash @HHSGov @FDACommissioner @DanPatrick @electcharles @FoxNews

[🌎 Every Brain Matters 🧠 @EveryBrainMatt]

🚨 URGENT 🚨

Rescheduling marijuana now puts profits over people while THC-related traffic deaths, psychosis, homelessness & violence rise.

Read. Share. Speak up.

Tell President Trump to put public safety & brain health first.

🔗 https://t.co/KTmgQ55z26