Just say no, bros. #grickledoodle #mariobros #nintendo #games #drugs #cartoon #art #drawing #funny
Just say no, bros. #grickledoodle #mariobros #nintendo #games #drugs #cartoon #art #drawing #funny
Senior Trump administration officials have held three meetings at the White House this week to discuss options for possible military operations in Venezuela, amid a growing U.S. military presence in the Caribbean. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/world/trump-officials-venezuela-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #venezuela #missiles #drugs #gangs
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday a military operation to remove "narco-terrorists," amid growing concerns that a U.S. naval build-up in Latin American waters could presage a wider conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/world/us-latin-america-new-military-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #petehegseth #drugs #gangs #venezuela
Mike Sabin has come a long way since his MethCon days (and a con it certainly was);
But he's still stuck in a 20th century paradigm where there is a single 'just say no' approach to "drugs", as a general category. One that nobody would accept if it included 3 of the most dangerous recreational drugs; alcohol, tobacco and pharmaceutical opioids.
#podcasts #NZHerald #TheElephant #drugs #DrugLawReform #MikeSabin #MethCon
U.S. Senate Republicans have blocked a resolution that would have prevented U.S. President Donald Trump from attacking Venezuela without congressional authorization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/world/politics/us-senate-trump-venezuela/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #venzuela #donaldtrump #drugs #gangs
U.S. President Donald Trump uses false narratives to justify aggressive policies, including military strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats, while deflecting U.S. responsibility for the opioid crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/04/japan/lie-behind-trumps-venezuela-boat-strikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #nicolasmaduro #venezuela #donaldtrump #drugs #fentanyl
Chris Fowlie warns that if you've made cannabis brownies, or tinctures, or do any processing of it, you're now at risk of being charged with manufacture of a class B drug;
https://feeds.95bfm.com/link/22115/17199561/marijuana-media-with-chris-fowlie-october-30-2025
The MODA drug classification system is such bullshit. You know what else is in class B? Cocaine, one of the 5 most physically and societally dangerous recreational drugs in use, according to the famous Lancet paper by David Nutt et al;
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61462-6/abstract
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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had a Republicans-only briefing about strikes on alleged drug vessels near Venezuela, which a Democratic senator called a dangerous trend of partisanship in national security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/politics/democrats-us-briefing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #democrats #republicans #us #venezuela #drugs #gangs
While the U.S. military blows up boats it claims are transporting drugs from Venezuela, tankers shipping Venezuelan oil in violation of a U.S. embargo continue to navigate the very same Caribbean waters undisturbed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/venezuela-us-oil-violations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #venezuela #oil #us #drugs #gangs #donaldtrump
U.S. President Donald Trump has been meddling in Latin America in ways harkening back to an earlier era in U.S. history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/trump-latin-america-interventionist/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #venezuela #gangs #drugs
Families lined up at a morgue in Rio de Janeiro to identify relatives killed in Brazil's deadliest ever police raids, and funerals began to take place for four police officers who died taking part in the operation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/brazil-morgue-police-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #brazil #drugs #gangs #riodejaneiro
A 19th-century showdown between China and the West began, much as today’s did, with mounting Western anger over a huge Chinese trade surplus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/asia-pacific/politics/19th-century-opium-war-xi-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #uk #opium #drugs #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Bodies piled up in poor neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday as police launched their biggest ever raids on the city's drug traffickers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/world/crime-legal/rio-neighborhood-drug-raids/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #brazil #drugs #gangs
Mapping the off-target effects of every FDA-approved drug in existence
https://www.owlposting.com/p/mapping-the-off-target-effects-of
#HackerNews #Mapping #Drugs #Off-Target #Effects #FDA #Approval #DrugResearch #Healthcare #Innovation
Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight
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Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Congress #Senate #Law #FDA #Drugs #Safety #Health #PublicHealth
Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight
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Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Congress #Senate #Law #FDA #Drugs #Safety #Health #PublicHealth
In case you missed it: We found that the FDA allowed 20+ foreign factories to continue to send certain medications to the U.S. even after those facilities were banned because of concerns about contamination and other breaches.
The agency kept the practice largely hidden from the public and Congress.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-loophole-sun-pharma?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight
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Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Congress #Senate #Law #FDA #Drugs #Safety #Health #PublicHealth
The US is building the 2 machines to ensure the country has enough #supercomputers to run increasingly complex experiments that require harnessing enormous amounts of data-crunching capability. The machines can accelerate the process of making scientific discoveries in areas the US is focused on.
#science #law #EnvironmentalLaw #AI #tech #energy #electricity #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
#Energy Secy Wright said the systems would "supercharge" advances in #NuclearPower & #fusion energy, #technologies for #defense & #NationalSecurity, & the development of #drugs.
Scientists & companies are trying to replicate fusion, the reaction that fuels the sun, by jamming light atoms in a plasma gas under intense heat & pressure to release massive amounts of energy.
#science #law #EnvironmentalLaw #AI #tech #electricity #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis