It’s one thing to forget where you hid something nearly 20 years ago. It’s quite another if it was hidden in your nose. But that is the improbable story of a 48-year-old former prisoner, whose tale of nasal smuggling was detailed in a case report published by the British... Read more
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha announced on Monday that the state would receive $5.4 million as its share of a $700 million settlement reached last week between consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser and a coalition representing all 50 states over the company’s marketing of the opioid addiction treatment... Read more
It appears that the mysterious vaping-related illness sweeping the United States has started to slow down. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the casualty rate for the as-yet-unexplained health condition is “leveling off or even declining.” The most recent victim count — calculated last... Read more
MedMen Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results – Designated News Release Record full year revenue of $130 million, up 227% year over year Fourth quarter revenue of $42 million, up 104% year over year Surpassed $110 million in annualized run-rate retail revenue across California, the largest... Read more
On Thursday, the date Mexico’s Supreme Court set as the legislature’s deadline to pass a law legalizing adult use cannabis, advocates blocked the door of the Mexican Senate. In a steady rain, they called on legislators to pass fair and just marijuana regulation. A chant rose up with tendrils... Read more
In its Q3 earnings release today, building products manufacturer Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ: ROCK) revealed that it has purchased Ohio-based cannabis extraction equipment company Apeks Supercritical recently. The company, which closed the acquisition in late August, disclosed trailing annual sales through June of $17.7 million, making it a relatively small... Read more
The horrors of opioid addiction are the theme of a haunted house in a Maryland town this week, complete with scenes that depict a frightening overdose and agonizing details of families struggling with the fallout of addiction. Dubbed “the Haunted Trap House”, the event takes place from Thursday through... Read more
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan said on Friday that she would appeal a decision blocking her ban of flavored e-cigarettes to the state Supreme Court, comparing the dangers of vaping to the Flint water crisis. Whitmer announced the ban in September, saying that the nation’s ongoing spate of... Read more
This week, Dr. Colleen Iannitti, the principal at Jupiter High School in Palm Beach County, Florida, broke the news to students that there will be no more bathroom breaks due to vaping. Under the new policy, they will have to use the restroom in the six minutes allotted in... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Fentanyl is driving drug overdose deaths in the U.S. overall, but in nearly half of the country, it’s a different story. Meth is the bigger killer, a new government report shows. Nationwide, most deaths still involve opioid drugs like fentanyl and heroin. But in 2017,... Read more
