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Gateway Drug Theory Rejected By DEA and HHS: Federal Register

Dec 17, 2025

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Jason Karimi, WeedPress Contributor

in Law, Policy, Science

81 Fed. Reg. 53767, 53784 (Aug. 12, 2016) (concluding that “research does not support a direct causal relationship between regular marijuana use and other illicit drug use” and emphasizing that “[l]ittle evidence supports the hypothesis that initiation of marijuana use leads to an abuse disorder with other illicit substances”). Full text of the decision available…
Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Meeting, Friday September 15 2023 [TRANSCRIPT] [VIDEO]

Sep 17, 2023

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Jason Karimi, WeedPress Contributor

in Current Events

I missed the first part, but here is the final 55 minutes of video, audio, and transcribed text, from Friday’s meeting this month of Iowa’s medical cannabis advisory board meeting. Medical Cannabidiol Board Meeting September 15 2023 (Transcript) Owen Parker: [00:00:00] Yeah, so we’ve been able to do, like I can introduce some of the…