Medical Marijuana Assists Veterans With PTSD   With the over 30 states legalizing medical marijuana in some form, comes some hope for American Veterans who are suffering from PTSD. Baton Rouge a Marine veteran struggling with PTSD became one of the first people to purchase medical marijuana in Louisiana this month. Having tried medical marijuana…

I have long believed that recreational marijuana reduces opioid use.  Recent studies have shown that giving access to legal marijuana has significantly reduced opioid related deaths. In fact the reduction is big, a staggering 20 – 35% reduction in drug overdose cases within a state. The first study in Massachusetts and Colorado claims to show…

  A study, published July 1st 2019 in the journal “Lancet Public Health”  highlighted the community’s economic situation and its incarceration rates and drug mortality are linked. Increases in admission rates to state prisons is associated with a 2.6% rise in fatal drug overdose rates. While a similar 1.5% uplift in fatal overdose rates is…

Great News !! On Friday, May 31, Illinois became the 11th state to legalize recreational cannabis for recreational use. Illinois recreational cannabis will be available from 2020 to those over the age of 21. Residents will be able to possess up to 1 ounce (approx 30grams) of cannabis. Visitors to the state will be limited…

Living with drugs is about providing information on drugs and drug use.  Drugs affect millions of lives everyday from those who take drugs to those who have to live with people who do so it shouldn’t be a taboo subject and kept in the shadows.  Our aim is to provide useful topics, prominent guest speakers,…