“At least 13 companies, most recently 7-Eleven, have settled with the Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT) after its 2010 lawsuit, and promised to add warnings to served coffee, CNN reports. The suit asks for the warning to say this is a ‘chemical known to cause cancer’ or ‘chemical that causes cancer’ in a label at least 10 inches by 10 inches in the establishment.”
Monthly Archives: February 2018
FDA’s New War On Imodium Was Supposedly Prompted By Two (2) Deaths
“Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement Tuesday that the agency was taking the ‘novel’ action because of growing concerns that abuse of Imodium A-D and similar medications was adding to the death toll of the nation’s opioid epidemic.”
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article197395869.html
Philly DA Sues Big Pharma, Drops All Marijuana Possession Charges
“The DA’s office announced that it is suing 10 pharmaceutical companies in connection with the opioid epidemic and is dropping all outstanding marijuana possession charges.”
Read more: https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/02/16/krasner-big-pharma-marijuana-possession/
Bay Area recreational marijuana options expand with online delivery
“The online service comes from interesting beginnings, as blogging pioneer Justin Hall registered the bud.com domain in 1994 to host software experiments and to advocate for cannabis legalization. Bud.com will join services such as Eaze and Grass Roots that provide online orders and delivery for recreational adult use.”
Six States That Could Pass Marijuana Initiatives This Year
“The initiative and referendum process continues to serve as a direct popular vote alternative to the crapshoot that is trying to get a pot bill through two houses and signed by a governor.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/feb/06/six_states_could_pass_marijuana
Seattle clears marijuana convictions, following San Francisco lead
“Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego appear to be the only major jurisdictions erasing convictions without even requiring the defendants to request it.”
Read more: https://www.thecannabist.co/2018/02/08/seattle-marijuana-convictions/98513/
Army: 60 hospitalizations blamed on synthetic vaping oils
“Army regulations ban the use of so-called CBD oil or any products derived from marijuana, so some soldiers are using synthetic replacement oil.”
Read more: https://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/Army-60-hospitalizations-2-deaths-blamed-on-12542767.php
Stossel: Silk Road’s Founder Is in Jail for Life, but the Dark Web Only Grows
“No American is safer because Ross Ulbricht is in jail for life. He is just one more casualty of our futile war against drugs.”
Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/02/07/government-threw-silk-roads-founder-in-j/print
‘Operation Candy Crush:’ Legality of Tennessee CBD raids is under question
“The 2016 Senate appropriations bill forbids the use of federal funds, which many law enforcement agencies receive and rely on, to prohibit the growing, processing or distribution of properly licensed industrial hemp.”
Trump’s Afghanistan Bombing Campaign is Just More Drug War Theater
“The first bombs to fall on Musa Qala didn’t fall on a ‘Taliban narcotics production facility.’ They fell on Hajii Habibullah’s house, killing him, his wife, his seven-year-old daughter, four sons aged between three and eight, as well as a visiting adult daughter and her year-old daughter. Only the son-in-law sleeping in a guest house on the property survived.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/feb/10/trumps_afghanistan_taliban