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E-cigarettes, marijuana and Juul, crossovers between the products

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As the Surgeon General warned In 2016, vaping by teens had begun to rise dramatically that year.  This rise in vaping e-cigarettes played a role in reversing a long-term decline of teen smoking. In the coming weeks, the FDA will be making a decision whether or not to ban flavored vapes.  Flavors like mango and mint enticed so many teens who got hooked on nicotine through vaping.

Just as the rise of vaping — and lax regulation — paved the way for teen smoking, marijuana legalization — without the federal government doing its job to stop it — paved the way for more teen marijuana use. Addiction-for-profit industries work in similar ways. Continue reading E-cigarettes, marijuana and Juul, crossovers between the products

The Devil’s Playbook MEETS Big Weed in 420 reveals

The cannabis industry follows the devil’s playbook on a daily basis in states that have legalized it.  After much trial and error,  Colorado may put caps on its pot industry.

Two New Exposés of Big Weed

On April 20, Kevin Sabet’s new book, Smokescreen, went on sale across the country.  The publisher picked a symbolic date, 420.    In 2018, Sabet began to hear from whistleblowers, including Colorado regulators forced by higher-ups to look away.  (Disclaimer: Sabet would not endorse the title of this blog, as we tend to be harder-edged than he is.)


Producer and Director Sean Morrow, a journalist with NOW THIS News covered Big Weed in his podcast recorded on April 20. Morrow typically looks at the funders of political, corporate, and lobbying interests, part of a series called “Who is.”  (Now This News brands itself as a progressive news source targeting millennials.) Continue reading The Devil’s Playbook MEETS Big Weed in 420 reveals