CURRENT EVENTS

Inside California’s Battle With the Marijuana Black Market | Inside the Counterfeit Vape Supply Chain | Inside Cartel Infiltration in California Growing Areas with Sheriff William Honsal | Impaired Driving: Roadside Drug Testing a Deterrence  | Cannabis & Medical Use: Insufficient evidence for most medical indications | Inside California’s Battle With the Marijuana Black Market | Inside the Counterfeit Vape Supply Chain | Inside Cartel Infiltration in California Growing Areas with Sheriff William Honsal | Impaired Driving: Roadside Drug Testing a Deterrence  | Cannabis & Medical Use: Insufficient evidence for most medical indications |
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Cannabis and Pregnancy: Effects on Woman’s Health

In the October 11th, 2021 edition of Contemporary OB/GYN, authors (Lo, Hanna & Hedges) offer guidance to medical providers working with women who use marijuana and specific concerns for those patients that are perinatal or prenatal. The authors cite concerns over the increased levels of THC potency in recent years. Specifically, the lack of understanding […]

The Impact Of Legalization of Marijuana in Illinois, Fall 2021

The Impact of Legalization of Marijuana in Illinois The Impact of Legalization of Marijuana in Illinois October 2021 – October 2021 – The Chicago High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) has recognized the need to study the impact that the legalization of marijuana has had, and will continue to have, on the state of Illinois. […]

THC Levels in Med & Rec States: Pain Management

Pain is the leading reason cited why people use medical marijuana in the United States. Marijuana with low potency levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), i.e. under 5-10%, has shown some efficacy in pain management. However, that’s in stark contrast to the advertised high THC potency levels of marijuana products sold both in medical & recreational dispensaries. […]

THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA IN COLORADO: THE IMPACT, 2021

September 11, 2021 – The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (RMHIDTA) program has published annual reports every year since 2013 tracking the impact of legalizing recreational marijuana in Colorado. The purpose is to provide data and information so that policy makers and citizens can make informed decisions on the issue of marijuana legalization. 

Marijuana: Increased risk of stroke in stent patients

When arteries become blocked they can be opened by a minimally invasive medical procedure known as a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) aka: Coronary Angioplasty. Here a catheter is inserted into the artery and the blockage is addressed by placing a stent which in turn increases blood flow by expanding the artery. The Journals of the […]

Drugged Driving: A New Report

In America, every 52 minutes a person dies in an alcohol-related collision. When a driver has a blood alcohol level (BAC) of .08, they have a nearly 4 times greater crash risk. Many people falsely believe that driving after using marijuana is less impairing than after drinking alcohol. In Colorado, in the years following legalization […]

Cannabis Use Disorder in Schizophrenia Cases: Increased Risk

JAMA Psychiatry just released a new longitudinal study from Denmark regarding the association of between a diagnosis of a cannabis use disorder (CUD) and a diagnosis of Schizophrenia in patients. The nationwide study, “Development Over Time of the Population-Attributable Risk Fraction for Cannabis Use Disorder in Schizophrenia in Denmark” (C. Hjorthøj et.al.) conducted an analysis […]

Marijuana & Risk: A new study on perceptions

An analysis of national data by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, “Joint perceptions of the risk and availability of Cannabis in the United States, 2002-2018” (Levy et.al.) examines the influence that the perception of risk has upon the use rates of cannabis. Using national survey results from over 900,000 people, from 2002 – […]

Prenatal Cannabis Use & Risks: A New Study

A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), “The Associations between prenatal cannabis use disorder and neonatal outcomes” (Y. Shi et.al) examines potential health issues of newborns of mothers with a cannabis use disorder (CUD) at the time of delivery. Researchers reviewed over 4.8 million California birth records from 2001 – 2012. […]

Drug-Impaired Driving: A National Threat

The Heritage Foundation, a Washington D.C. based “think tank”, recently hosted an educational seminar focused on sharing research findings associated to the issue of drug-impaired driving. A summary of the information cited in the presentation is provided here as a reference guide to impaired driving and poly-drug usage. The summary also provides keen insights into […]