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When California voters passed Proposition 64 in 2016 to legalize the adult recreational use of marijuana, they were told cannabis would have strict labeling and would not be packaged or marketed in ways that would appeal to children. But the market is now flooded with pot products that are designed to look like candies and snacks popular with kids and in flavors that are enticing to young people.
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The United Nations (UN) says that the U.S. is failing to comply to an international drug treaty by allowing states to legalize adult-use cannabis.
Last month the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) released its annual report of global drug control efforts. The agency appeared to criticize the U.S. for allowing states to legalize cannabis, claiming that doing so was in violation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961.
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SAN DIEGO — San Diego city and county officials are coming together to raise awareness about the danger of fentanyl for National Fentanyl Awareness Day. This comes as overdose deaths continue to rise at an alarming rate throughout San Diego County.
Local students got a chance to learn more about fentanyl with a sobering visit with the man who sees the deaths firsthand.
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Researchers found strong evidence of an association between cannabis use disorder and schizophrenia among men and women, though the association was much stronger among young men. Using statistical models, the study authors estimated that as many as 30% of cases of schizophrenia among men aged 21-30 might have been prevented by averting cannabis use disorder.
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The outbreak of Covid-19 presented many dangers for children, and a new study suggests increased illicit substance ingestions were among them.In the first month of the pandemic in 2020, a 25% increase in overall ingestions occurred among children under 6 years old in the United States, according to the study published Friday in JAMA Network Open.
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