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"The fixation with novel synthetic opioids has nothing to do with public health. It exists entirely because anything that can be described as 'more dangerous than fentanyl' is a huge asset in headlines and reelection campaigns."

By @kastaliamedrano:
https://t.co/jFAqakDxZJ

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The attorneys general of Louisiana, Indiana and Nebraska had filed a joint lawsuit in May challenging federal marijuana rescheduling actions.

By @tomangell:
https://t.co/hAuWJzMYmU

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"No one is going to tell you during jury selection that you don't have to vote according to the law, and can in fact vote however you see fit. Prosecutors and judges certainly won't."

By Jimmy Iakovos:
https://t.co/K2mZWyXdgH

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“There’s something unique about some of these rural Appalachian communities that are very small,” Dr. Alexander Elswick told Filter.

“Everybody knows everybody, and anonymity is so much more of a concern.”

By @sydneyasauer:
https://t.co/pj4BT7mXTx

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"The agency's first-ever report on pouches omits their key harm reduction role in favor of alarmism and a push for bans. Many experts object."

By @KiranSidhu51:
https://t.co/pWld73tp2V

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"The fixation with novel synthetic opioids has nothing to do with public health. It exists entirely because anything that can be described as 'more dangerous than fentanyl' is a huge asset in headlines and reelection campaigns."

By @kastaliamedrano:
https://t.co/jFAqakDxZJ

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The attorneys general of Louisiana, Indiana and Nebraska had filed a joint lawsuit in May challenging federal marijuana rescheduling actions.

By @tomangell:
https://t.co/hAuWJzMYmU

[Kiran Sidhu @KiranSidhu51]

Thank you @Clive_Bates, Nancy Loucas @caphraorg and Todderick Prochnau for speaking to me:

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"No one is going to tell you during jury selection that you don't have to vote according to the law, and can in fact vote however you see fit. Prosecutors and judges certainly won't."

By Jimmy Iakovos:
https://t.co/K2mZWyXdgH

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“There’s something unique about some of these rural Appalachian communities that are very small,” Dr. Alexander Elswick told Filter.

“Everybody knows everybody, and anonymity is so much more of a concern.”

By @sydneyasauer:
https://t.co/pj4BT7mXTx

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"The agency's first-ever report on pouches omits their key harm reduction role in favor of alarmism and a push for bans. Many experts object."

By @KiranSidhu51:
https://t.co/pWld73tp2V

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The Republican AGs of Indiana, Louisiana & Nebraska filed the lawsuit—now consolidated with a separate suit filed by prohibitionist organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana and the National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association.

@tomangell reports:
https://t.co/QDF8dCzjYD

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"The people most affected by the relevant conditions are often the very people excluded from treatment," writes Elizabeth Lore.

“The success of psychedelic medicine is amazing," says one expert. "It doesn’t get us off the hook for deeper social issues."
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"A coalition of Florida hospitals argued that the pharmacy chains had violated the state's RICO Act by conspiring to drive up prescription opioid use—which, they claimed, drove up costs for hospitals."

By @kastaliamedrano:
https://t.co/4CeDpSNhIs

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The Republican AGs of Indiana, Louisiana & Nebraska filed the lawsuit—now consolidated with a separate suit filed by prohibitionist organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana and the National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association.

@tomangell reports:
https://t.co/QDF8dCzjYD

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"A coalition of Florida hospitals argued that the pharmacy chains had violated the state's RICO Act by conspiring to drive up prescription opioid use—which, they claimed, drove up costs for hospitals."

By @kastaliamedrano:
https://t.co/4CeDpSNhIs

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"The people most affected by the relevant conditions are often the very people excluded from treatment," writes Elizabeth Lore.

“The success of psychedelic medicine is amazing," says one expert. "It doesn’t get us off the hook for deeper social issues."
https://t.co/PGvv2jvBvX

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"Louisiana gives 20 percent of its opioid payouts to sheriffs and 80 percent to parishes. But no one enforces how the funds are actually used."

By @kastaliamedrano:
https://t.co/9ZiWwPUR6j

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“It’s called the ‘Texas two-step,’" an expert says of companies' maneuvers regarding incarcerated victims of their neglect, "and it’s so blatantly in order to not pay folks.”

Tana Ganeva reports:
https://t.co/3jONmrCXpB

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"Louisiana gives 20 percent of its opioid payouts to sheriffs and 80 percent to parishes. But no one enforces how the funds are actually used."

By @kastaliamedrano:
https://t.co/9ZiWwPUR6j