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Smart Approaches to Marijuana
@learnaboutsam
SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) advocates for a commonsense, third-way approach to marijuana policy. NYT: The “well-coordinated opposition.” @gooddrugpolicy
- Big Marijuana just lost in Pennsylvania ⬇️ Press release: learnaboutsam.org/2026/06/sam-ap…
- Marijuana is now the most common drug among first-time entrants to substance use treatment in Europe. This comes amid new reports that Altria is entering the Netherlands' marijuana market. That’s right, Big Tobacco and Big Marijuana are now one and the same.
- The company that spent decades getting the world hooked on cigarettes now wants in on legal weed. Altria (Philip Morris) is buying its way into the Dutch market—just as it did in Canada. Big Tobacco knows an addiction-for-profit industry when it sees one.
- In the latest episode of HIGH STAKES, SAM CEO @KevinSabet interviews two veterans about recent developments in drug policy and whether this new psychedelic push is backed by science or hype. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=F85fyW…
00:00 - Smart Approaches to Marijuana reposted
New study just dropped, and it's another nail in the coffin of the "marijuana is harmless" myth. Cannabis Use Disorder doesn't just wreck your brain. It wrecks your body's ability to heal from surgery. The numbers are staggering. 🧵
- “Cowen has joined a growing group of individuals who have begun to change their minds about legalization and realize that the policy has failed to deliver as promised.”
- When it comes to drug policy, we ought to listen to scientists and experts, not podcast hosts. Full episode: youtu.be/F85fyWqUQJU?si…
00:00 - Smart Approaches to Marijuana reposted1/ Today, the first marijuana company rings the NYSE bell. This is the moment we predicted: Big Marijuana becoming Big Tobacco 2.0. And the tobacco giants are already inside the gates. 🧵
- Can't stop won't stop fighting Big Marijuana & Tobacco1/ Today, the first marijuana company rings the NYSE bell. This is the moment we predicted: Big Marijuana becoming Big Tobacco 2.0. And the tobacco giants are already inside the gates. 🧵
- Big Tobacco eyes Dutch marijuana market 👀 “Altria, formerly Philip Morris, is indirectly trying to buy into the Netherlands’ regulated cannabis cultivation experiment. Multiple parties want the government to try to keep Big Tobacco, with its aggressive marketing and lobbying
00:00- “I hardly know anyone who is happy with how this has turned out, and if I do, they may be too busy inhaling pot to express their opinions to me.”
