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Jorge Ventura reports on illegal marijuana grows in southern California. When Prop 64 passed in 2016, California reduced the penalty on illegal marijuana grows from a felony to a misdemeanor with a $500 fine and no jail time. This has opened the gates to drug cartels and a black market. The investigation focuses on the Antelope Valley, which has gone from a family-friendly community to one where residents are scared and threatened with violence. Criminal organizations buy pr

In this interview Jorge Ventura (reporter and producer of “Narcofornia”) talks about how Siskiyou County in northern California has been overtaken by cartels running illegal marijuana grows. He notes that there are 7,000 illegal grows in this county alone, supporting a $49 billion black market. Jorge addresses the impact and danger of these groups (e.g. violence, murder, human trafficking, weapons trafficking, water theft, devastation of the land, threatening of local residen

The 2018 Federal Farm Bill legalized the growth and sale of hemp. It contains a loophole which opens the door for the unregulated...

The Department of Defense prohibits using CBD in any form. "CBD oils are not regulated by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) and...

With continually increasing use of cannabis in the US adult population, there has been a concurrent increase in accidental ingestion of...

In a room where cannabis was vaped, THC was detected on hard surfaces. This is a first step in understanding how vape deposits in an...

This video discusses the public health and safety dangers of legalizing and using marijuana. Creator: Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)

Using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, these researchers previously found that maternal prenatal use of...

This article summary was written by Dr. Stuart Reece and published on this site with Dr. Reece's permission. Minor edits were made for...

Americans Against Legalizing Marijuana take a stance on CBD outlining how it causes severe physical disease and dangerous safety risks....

Studies in the U.S. and Europe confirm that: 1) 46/62 (U.S.) and 90/95 (Europe) congenital anomalies have a causal relationship to...

Key findings: 1) Cannabis smoke has the potential to damage DNA and initiate the development of cancer. 2) "...because of its lower...

Key findings 1) Ammonia levels were found to be 20 times higher in marijuana smoke than in tobacco smoke. 2) Hydrogen cyanide, nitric...

This review of 17 studies revealed that, among adolescents in Canada and the US: Vaping products are now often used to deliver cannabis...

Key Findings: The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission reported that 54% of 212 (out of 335) farms licensed to grow hemp were found to...

Key Findings: "The brain is a very fatty tissue and TCH is stored in the brain, long after it can no longer be measured in the...

Delta-8-THC is being synthesized from cannabidiol (CBD) extracted from hemp. It is sold in gummies, vape products and other items, often...

In this submission to the UK Parliament by Dr. Albert Stuart Reece , Dr. Reece concludes, "the combined exponentiation of neurotoxicity, genotoxicity and transgenerational transmission and particularly the multigenerational epigenomic effects make cannabis legalization not only foolhardy and the height of folly in terms of public health policy, but also completely and patently unsustainable and unsupportable from the point of view of responsible Government..." Dr. Reece notes

Key Findings: "Results provide some evidence demonstrating a crime-exacerbating effect of recreational marijuana legalization, as...

Key Findings: "In conclusion, high-potency marijuana (13% although concentrations up to 40% have been observed) was shown to consistently...