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It is a lot better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.

.NYS Office of Cannabis Management Mayor Eric Adams Julie Menin Kathy Hochul @CPDD Kevin Sabet Gale A. Brewer How is it legal for the NYS government to encourage, promote and advertise cannabis use while it is illegal for the government to promote tobacco & alcohol products?

Thank you, Legislator Hahn. You made Brookhaven & Suffolk a better, healthier place for all. “I really feel like I was able to make a difference and help people, and that is good for the soul." U did & U are an inspiration! James Rhee Carolyn Everson

If licensing new shop in lovely Hudson Valley achieves equity in economic racial disparities, great! Allowing HUNDREDS of unlicensed shops to sell unregulated #cannabis in #NYC makes clear that #NYS is not prioritizing equity in racial health disparities. 😢

. Sarah Sinclair Presenting cannabis use as an effective strategy to reduce alcohol use contradicts all empirical evidence. I would be glad to discuss this work w u. The public has the right to complete, truthful data. Forbes Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions Julie Menin

Youth are most vulnerable, especially those with asthma, yet have no say nor derive any benefit in the political and financial gains of commercialization. Public education is completely absent. Contact me if interest to join our PSA work! Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions

Amidst the chaos that permeates much of #NYC these days, wisdom pops up when you are least expecting it This morning from a construction site on 3rd Avenue ⬇️ Imagine this sign was posted at all workplaces @NAMI #population #health #depression #equity

AGREE. This is the American way: there is no money to be made in prevention. Treatment makes money (e.g., Medicaid pays for ~2 trials of NRT per year (to quit smoking) yet pays closet to $1M for a lung transplant. This is backwards. Systemic change is needed.

.NYS Office of Cannabis Management Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions Julie Menin Will regulations outline how to avoid exposing children who live in the home to the plants? Many parents are also asking for advice on what to tell teens about why NYS govt advises cannabis use for all adults Tx!

Not surprising. What is remarkable is that in contrast to tobacco and alcohol, there is NO public health education, dose/potency information for conscientious consumers on risks and benefits of use, even for ppl with asthma. ColumbiaPublicHealth American Thoracic Society (ATS)

So, in addition to cannabis, Governor Kathy Hochul is now actively encouraging #alcohol use. Simultaneously making all of #NY more vulnerable to #DWI-related tragedies. Where is #PublicHealth ? Dr. James McDonald U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Chinazo Cunningham Chelsea Clinton

Great PSA from a #cannabis dispensary operating illegally throughout #NYC. Dr. Michelle Morse Mayor Eric Adams, why do we have alcohol & tobacco public education for youth and none, but this, for cannabis? Cynthia Nixon Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes

"Public health officials should carefully consider the potential impact of expanding #commercialization of #cannabis as a "wellness" product on #youth cannabis use, especially with regard to minoritized populations & co-use with #tobacco & #alcohol." ⬇️

More families face prescription drug price shocks: lifesaving food allergy rescue meds @ $2400 nbcnews.com/health/health-… Great overdose rescue meds are now free & widely available in #NY Don't #kids w #foodallergy warrant the same protections? FARE | Food Allergy Research & Education

In 2024, it is fair to assume all children wld benefit from prophylactic measures against anxiety escalation Preventive public health coping skill building is as essential as Art in K-12 schools. Wld save years of suffering, years of life lost and $$$ 4 tx.

Unlicensed cannabis shop within 100 ft of K-5 school #PS9 #UWS Gale A. Brewer shut down due to a seizure in shop, which was selling unregulated products for 2 yrs . Is a seizure required to protect public health in #NYC? Dr. Michelle Morse Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions

NYS Office of Cannabis Management provides extensive education on how to grow different #cannabis strains Mayor Eric Adams refuses to provide ANY education to #NYC public on potential effects of using any of these strains WHY? megan twohey Kevin Sabet Carl Hart Dr. Michelle Morse

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Grateful for the oppty to write this Editorial w our new EIC (!) on the use of the term, "Smokers" (e.g., vs. "Addicts") in the scientific literature. ColumbiaPublicHealth The College on Problems of Drug Dependence Columbia Psychiatry Columbia Epidemiology Rutgers Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies Tobacco Control Dr. Sten Vermund @DrugAlcoholDep