USA: RESOLUTION MONTH S.A.M.

• Big Marijuana continues its profits-over-people business model to hook new users from the young to the elderly. For example, The National Survey on Drug Use and Health found monthly marijuana use for those 12 and older is up 42% in Nevada while the same study found more and more older Americans are using marijuana than ever before.
• Education is the best line of defense- Knowing the facts about marijuana and its harms will shield people from addiction.
• Addiction is real and treatable- Cannabis Use Disorder is linked to psychotic and depressive symptoms, but the National Institutes of Health has several options to kick the habit.
• The Marlboro Man is investing in marijuana vaping- Altria is spending big bucks to grab a piece of Big Marijuana, investing 1.8 billion dollars in Canadian marijuana company Cronos Group, and there’s word the e-cigarette company Juul could be next. There’s good reason. According to the 2018 Monitoring the Future survey, vaping marijuana is up 63 percent for eighth and tenth graders across America.

• Marijuana addiction is real, but treatable. https://bit.ly/2Opwx3O
• Drop the pot in 2019 and show others what’s wrong with commercialized weed. https://bit.ly/2xNbhvi
• Big Tobacco wants to take over Big Marijuana and has its sights on you. https://cnn.it/2jXoU3U
• Listen to the facts, not the rhetoric, when it comes to commercialized marijuana. https://bit.ly/2xToiU2

• National Institutes of Health: Treating Addiction
• Marijuana Legalization Quick Facts
• General Marijuana Talking Points

• Corinne LaMarca-Gasper Opinion Piece in Chicago Tribune
• SAM Slams Weed For Rails Proposal: How to Handle Pro-MJ News
• Annual HHS Survey Finds Marijuana Use Higher in “Legal” States: How to Handle Study Results

2019 is here, and with the new year ahead, many people are making resolutions for the next 365 days. Make one of them educating others on the hazards of commercialized marijuana, or if you are using, make it your goal to kick the habit.

Look to the future of a world without Big Marijuana and what it brings to society, including skyrocketing drugged driving, the targeting of  children and the  low-income communities as well as  arrest disparities.

Moreover, if you do know someone with a  Cannabis Use Disorder, use this information to inform them and give them hope from the hopeless brought by Big Marijuana.