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@GeoffreyCh49032 @learnaboutsam Oh how delightful. A racist twitter bot.

@learnaboutsam It was legalized because blacks kept getting arrested for smoking pot in public and then of course it would be discovered they were wanted for other crimes

NEW YORK POST: Marijuana legalization was a mistake, time to reverse course. nypost.com/2026/07/26/opi…

Ten years ago today, The Loop introduced drug checking in the UK, at Secret Garden Party and Kendal Calling festivals. @KendalCalling

Ten years after The Loop delivered the UK’s first drug checking service, David Hillier looks back at the people, negotiations and years of work behind that moment and the journey that followed. Read Checkmate: tinyurl.com/yj383p9r

@Inevitablewest Congratulations. This is one of the most ridiculous posts in twitter history. Nuclear grade idiocy.

The Spanish team wanted Trump to stay and lift the trophy with them… This a good reminder for the left that they operate in a small echo chamber.

@Rambsyy @Inevitablewest Hahah. What? That's AI you clown.

@PoppotNewYork @WSJ Who is saying it's harmless?

Interview by @WSJ KS: “marijuana addiction is the toughest addiction to treat.” There aren’t medications It’s also hard to get addicts to overcome their denial that they have a problem when political leaders &society at large insist the drug is harmless. wsj.com/opinion/kevin-…

Despite the legalization of #cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes in Morocco, roughly 60,000 families in the Rif are still dependent on illicit cultivation: fewer than one grower in ten has crossed into the legal channel. 1/2 moroccoworldnews.com/2026/07/329556…

@learnaboutsam @LukeNiforatos It also said non commercial legalisation models were not associated with negative outcomes (but maintained benefits). Look forward to your position endorsing such reform.

New study finds that marijuana commercialization raises marijuana use and related harms. Read more about the study’s findings in The Drug Report 👇 thedrugreport.org/2026/07/01/stu…

@OglesbyPat @NiskanenCenter @BeauKilmer @UBoesen @GLawNV @anandastrategy A fixed tax can be the same as or very similar in effect to MUP - but govt derives excess revenue rather than vendor

@NiskanenCenter @BeauKilmer @SteveTransform @UBoesen @GLawNV @anandastrategy Thorough study, I think, though I'm no fan of minimum unit pricing. newrevenue.org/2017/09/06/why…

Legalizing cannabis isn't the mistake. Poor execution is. Most legal states still have thriving illicit markets, fragile legal businesses, and weak public health protections. Our new framework, out today, lays out what a serious approach looks like: 🟢 Keep taxes and rules flexible early so the legal market can actually grow 🟢 Keep enforcing against illicit sellers until the legal market can meet demand 🟢 Put public health and safety first in every design choice 🔗 Read it here: niskanencenter.org/a-policy-playb…

@bettersoma It's not.

How come “drug free” is so controversial? Fucking bananas.

@Twolfrecovery @HUDgov @ONDCP @samhsagov Prisons?

"If you're in recovery like myself from addiction, you need to be in an environment where people aren't doing drugs all around you or the odds of you relapsing go way way up, Wolf said." @HUDgov @ONDCP @samhsagov cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/n…

@Twolfrecovery @SecKennedy @ONDCP @samhsagov @HUDgov They are not mutually incompatible - suggesting they are divisive and counterproductive. Harm reduction focuses on a hierarchy of goals, including - but not limited to - abstinence based recovery.

How did drug-free anything become bad? Why did harm reduction pivot towards "supporting drug users" instead of working to get them out of addiction? These are questions we should be asking at the highest levels. @SecKennedy @ONDCP @samhsagov @HUDgov

@AdamZivo Who has said that? What definition of harm reduction do you use?

Remember: large segments of the harm reduction movement believe that it’s “paternalistic” to tell people that drugs are bad.

39° in Euston, but at least all the trains are running....oh wait...

@spectator attacking binface is pretty desperate distraction.

It’s the simmering classism of the Clacton mockers that is most annoying. Watching plummy London leftists squeal over a possible Count Binface victory is enough to make you gag. Clacton is a real place with real people. These are struggling people of the working class, who voted for Brexit and are concerned about successive governments’ abandonment of Britain’s borders. Their town is not a moral playpen for smug outsiders to act out their haughty disregard for Nigel Farage. Show some respect, for the people of Clacton and for England’s hard-won democracy. ✍️ Brendan O'Neill Article | spectator.com/article/nigel-… | @spikedonline

Will Count Bin-face be allowed to wear his face bin in the commons if he wins the Clapton by-election?

@KeithNHumphreys Think you'd enjoy Spiderman Noir

The Shadow and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen are high-concept superhero films with significant flaws (LOEG especially). But I enjoy them anyway because they are so great-looking and fun.

@cenkuygur Er, games have rules.

Here's what I'm not interested in - Belgium crying they have to play us with a full roster. They really want to play us without one of our best players. Wow, what great sportsmanship. I get it if others are pissed, but Belgium thinking it's unfair to play our whole team is weak.

New pub menu, just one tweak: putting alcohol-free drinks at the top of the list cut alcohol ordered by 15% in the UK. ➡️ Public health win ➡️ No drop in spend for pubs Our latest blog by @B_I_Team digs into the behavioural science behind it. @nesta_uk ias.org.uk/2026/06/30/app…

@OglesbyPat @KeithNHumphreys @NIH @justinleiby Where tobacco cannabis mixing is the norm, a price-related fall in tobacco use may reduce cannabis use. May also be related to a broader cultural shift away from smoking generally (although that could also displace use to non-smoked products?)

@KeithNHumphreys @NIH @SteveTransform @justinleiby

What? "a 10% increase in higher cigarette taxes significantly reduce [sic] legal recreational cannabis sales by 9.1%." Why? That's from the report with the questioned-by-me statement, “A $1 increase in cannabis taxes leads to a $4–$6 increase in cannabis prices." #marijuana