Money helps smokers quit better than e-cigarettes, study finds – CBS News
[snicket] No shit?
Category: Drugs & Drink,
Hassan Says Mexico, U.S. Need More Police to Fight Drug Trafficking
Hassan Says Mexico, U.S. Need More Police to Fight Drug Trafficking | New Hampshire Public Radio
More police? Because that helped so much in the eighties and nineties? Should we trot of a hologram of Nancy Reagan and imprison small users for longer than heads of cartels too, Becky?
…Because redoing the mistakes of the past is what this misguided moron is all about.
To slow fentanyl deaths, Sen. Hassan wants Mexican border security
Typically myopic, completely off-topic, and cheerfully racist reaction from NH’s Becky Hassan.
Where does fentanyl come from? China is primary source in U.S., and much is ending up in Ohio
Where does fentanyl come from? China is primary source in U.S., and much is ending up in Ohio
Well, Maggie, what now? Ya gonna build a wall of racism against China?
#fuckingbecky
Software to identify potential opioid abusers
…Uses multiple demographic and clinical variables that are automatically identified and retrieved from the patient’s electronic medical records or other sources. The algorithm then …create(s) a quantified …risk profile for each patient based on reference data gleaned from tens of millions of patients who have previously been treated with opioids. …Then calculates each patient’s risk score and predicted probability of experiencing OIRD during the next six months.
Venebio – How Venebio Opioid Advisor Works
hmmmm
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High Alert: State Warns Drivers To Use Caution On 4/20
High Alert: State Warns Drivers To Use Caution On 4/20 « CBS Boston
What an odd mix of unsubstantiated alarmist craziness and bizarre wanna-be urban legend…
The quaint fantasy about high schoolers and the Grateful Dead is just, well…. It sounds like a game of paranoid suburban soccer mom telephone gone wrong.
Army veteran deported to Mexico after drug conviction
A veteran who did two tours of Afghanistan has been deported to Mexico after his citizenship was denied due to a felony drug conviction.
…Perez-Montes was sentenced to 15 years in prison and had his green card taken away after he was found guilty of delivering cocaine to an undercover cop, CNN reported. He served half of his sentence when deportation proceedings took place.
…“This case is a tragic example of what can happen when national immigration policies are based more in hate than on logic and ICE doesn’t feel accountable to anyone,” Duckworth said in a statement on Saturday.
Perez-Montes reportedly arrived in the U.S. when he was 8-years-old with his parents and sister who are now naturalized U.S. citizens. He has another sister who is an American citizen by birth.
Perez-Montes said his conviction was the result of his PTSD, according to CNN.
Army veteran deported to Mexico after drug conviction | TheHill
Sigh….
Marijuana Arrests Outnumber Those for Violent Crimes, Study Finds
Marijuana Arrests Outnumber Those for Violent Crimes, Study Finds – The New York Times
Because that’s a good use of tax pay dollars?
…Um, no.
Medical Marijuana and Gun Laws Collide
The [9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals] ruled 3-0 on Wednesday that a ban preventing medical marijuana card holders from purchasing firearms is not in violation of the Second Amendment, the Associated Press reports. There are nine western states under the appeals court’s jurisdiction, including Nevada, where the case originated.
Medical Marijuana and Gun Laws Collide | Fortune
hmmm
For all their risks, opioids had no pain-relieving advantage in a yearlong clinical trial
In the first randomized clinical trial to make a head-to-head comparison between opioids and other kinds of pain medications, patients who took opioids fared no better over the long term than patients who used safer alternatives.
“There was no significant difference in pain-related function between the 2 groups over 12 months,” researchers reported Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
…”Overall, opioids did not demonstrate any advantage over nonopioid medications that could potentially outweigh their greater risk of harms,” wrote the team led by Dr. Erin Krebs of the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System’s Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research.
… Over the course of a year, 41% of those taking opioids saw at least a 30% improvement in their pain severity, as did 54% of those who weren’t on opioids.
Measures of how pain interfered with things like work, sleep, mood and general enjoyment of life were nearly identical in both groups. On a scale of 0 to 10, the average score was 3.4 for those on opioids and 3.3 for those who weren’t. After 12 months, 59% of those in the opioid group and 61% of those in the nonopioid group reported an improvement of at least 30%.
…Patients in the opioid group had significantly more trouble with medication-related symptoms.
For all their risks, opioids had no pain-relieving advantage in a yearlong clinical trial
No shit, Sherlock?!
At rally, Trump again calls for the death penalty for drug dealers
President Trump on Saturday again called for enacting the death penalty for drug dealers during a rally meant to bolster a struggling GOP candidate for a U.S. House seat here.
…Trump also delivered a profane attack on the news media, calling NBC News anchor Chuck Todd a “sleeping son of a bitch” and deeming CNN “fake as hell,” as the enthusiastic crowd booed at the mention of journalists and chanted “CNN sucks!”
And he rattled off several falsehoods, such as a claim that 52% of women voted for him in his presidential win (it was 52% of white women, according to exit polling).
…Midway through the rally, Trump hinted that he may not run for reelection, yet he rolled out a new campaign slogan (“Keep America Great!”) and took repeated swings at potential 2020 Democratic challengers, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), again pulling out his “Pocahontas” taunt. He also went after Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles), who has called for Trump’s impeachment , a “low-IQ individual.”
…Last month, Trump showed up at the Conservative Political Action Conference and gave an unscripted 75-minute address in which he attacked Democrats, mocked Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), encouraged campaign-style chants about locking up his political opponent and recited the lyrics of a song about a tenderhearted woman who cares for an ailing snake, a parable that he frequently uses to paint immigrants in the U.S. illegally as violent criminals.
At rally, Trump again calls for the death penalty for drug dealers
The full Duterte even.
NH House votes to ban sobriety checkpoints
The bill’s supporters argued that checkpoints are inefficient and said that according to one trooper, fewer than 1 percent of drivers who are stopped are charged with drunk driving.
Supporters also said checkpoints can erode relations between police and the public because drivers don’t like being stopped, and that because officers get paid overtime it makes the practice expensive as well.
NH House votes to ban sobriety checkpoints
hmmmm
New recovery center set to open at former Boscawen jail
The Merrimack County delegation voted in the summer of 2016 to spend a total of $6.8 million to transform the jail into a transitional center.
…The finished facility will house minimum-security inmates and provide both inpatient treatment and housing for work release. Multiple classrooms, a visitation area, segregated living quarters and a small dining hall make up the space that will be used by up to 34 men and 34 women at one time.
Monday through Friday, participants attend classes that teach them about substance abuse recovery, trauma recovery, cognitive therapy and fundamental life skills.
New recovery center set to open at former Boscawen jail
hmmmm
Bill To Overhaul Drug Sentences Faces Uncertain Fate; GOP Senator Lashes Out At DOJ
The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act would put more power in the hands of individual federal judges and pave the way for about 3,000 federal inmates punished under old crack cocaine drug laws to ask courts for leniency. It also creates incentives for low-risk prisoners to participate in programming* and ease their return to society.
The bill has attracted broad bipartisan support in the divided Senate, with nearly two dozen sponsors from both political parties. That’s a source of pride for Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
But this week, on the eve of the committee vote, Sessions went out of his way to send a letter to Grassley calling the legislation a “grave error” because he said it would “reduce sentences for a highly dangerous cohort of criminals.”
…Grassley noted that Sessions was a controversial choice to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement officer, but that the senator had shepherded him through the process. And, Grassley added, he defended Sessions again last year after President Trump moved to fire him — only to be paid back with an unwelcome letter targeting a bipartisan compromise he had worked hard to achieve.
Bill To Overhaul Drug Sentences Faces Uncertain Fate; Senator Lashes Out At DOJ : NPR
Um, Grassley? Have you been awake at all in the past two years? What would ever possess you to think you can count on the friendship of the Cheeto in Chief or any member of his cabinet? Just desserts for just plain stupidity, maybe?
*A tiny footnote here: “Programming” is an interest choice of turn of phrase…
With no state funding, Hope for N.H. Recovery announces it’s closing 4 of 5 resource centers
In the past, any progress [Stephanie Barry] made in drug rehabilitation facilities was quickly undone when she returned to the real world and found herself re-immersed in the social circles that had fueled her addiction in the first place.
…Now, Barry comes during her lunch break from work to go to meetings and volunteer. She said part of staying sober for her is more than just getting clean – it’s creating a new life and social identity.
Through Hope for N.H. Recovery, she’s been able to find peer supports who helped her craft her resume when she was looking for a job and helped her find affordable housing when she needed to find a place to live.
With no state funding, Hope for N.H. Recovery announces it’s closing 4 of 5 resource centers
Sigh….
SF will wipe thousands of marijuana convictions off the books
San Francisco will retroactively apply California’s marijuana-legalization laws to past criminal cases, District Attorney George Gascón said Wednesday — expunging or reducing misdemeanor and felony convictions going back decades.
The unprecedented move will affect thousands of people whose marijuana convictions brand them with criminal histories that can hurt chances of finding jobs and obtaining some government benefits.
Proposition 64, which state voters passed in November 2016, legalized the recreational use of marijuana in California for those 21 and older and permitted the possession up to 1 ounce of cannabis. The legislation also allows those with past marijuana convictions that would have been lesser crimes — or no crime at all — under Prop. 64 to petition a court to recall or dismiss their cases.
Rather than leaving it up to individuals to petition the courts — which is time-consuming and can cost hundreds of dollars in attorney fees — Gascón said San Francisco prosecutors will review and wipe out convictions en masse.
SF will wipe thousands of marijuana convictions off the books – SFGate
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Trump’s 24-year-old drug policy appointee was let go at law firm after he ‘just didn’t show’
…Because incompetent oafs hire more incompetent oafs.
New Hampshire police officers colluded with federal officers to circumvent state law.
The question: Can federal officers conduct a search that is prohibited under New Hampshire law, then turn over the evidence to state police so that state prosecutors can file charges in state court?
New Hampshire police officers colluded with federal officers to circumvent state law.
Answer: Not without spitting on the laws of the country and state they are operating in.
Right of feds to make drug arrests at I-93 immigration roadblocks challenged
District Court Judge Thomas Rappa is considering whether to dismiss state drug charges against 16 people stopped at federal Border Patrol immigration checkpoints on Interstate 93 in Woodstock in August and September.
Three Border Patrol canine handlers testified they had legal grounds to conduct a search of the vehicles involved. Because the amount of contraband was below Border Patrol guidelines for prosecution, the handlers said the materials were handed over to Woodstock police.
Gilles Bissonnette, legal director of the NH American Civil Liberties Union, said the Border Patrol could have brought charges in federal court, but chose not to. In choosing to delegate to the Woodstock Police Department, Border Patrol should have followed state law — which would have required search warrants, he said.
Bissonnette told Rappa that what the state was trying to say that the entire state of New Hampshire — because all of it is within the 100-mile zone in which Border Patrol has authority — is subject to warrantless searches.
Right of feds to make drug arrests at I-93 immigration roadblocks challenged | New Hampshire
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