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“Legal = Safe” Trap: Why We Need to Talk About Cannabis Poisoning

We’ve reached a point in our culture where cannabis is increasingly legal, commercialized, and—most importantly—normalized. But there is a dangerous side effect to this normalization: our collective guard has dropped. I recently read a sobering investigative piece in The New York Times that everyone, especially parents and grandparents, needs to see. The Core Issue In their report, “Cannabis Poisonings Are Rising, Mostly Among Kids,” authors Danielle Ivory, Julie Tate, and

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“Legal = Safe” Trap: Why We Need to Talk About Cannabis Poisoning

We’ve reached a point in our culture where cannabis is increasingly legal, commercialized, and—most importantly—normalized. But there is a dangerous side effect to this normalization: our collective guard has dropped. I recently read a sobering investigative piece in The New York Times that everyone, especially parents and grandparents, needs to see. The Core Issue In their report, “Cannabis Poisonings Are Rising, Mostly Among Kids,” authors

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Stories That Stay With Us

Kyle Hamilton

I want to open the eyes and hearts of those who have not experienced addiction or watched it demolish the lives of loved ones. I want to provide some form of encouragement to those who struggle with addiction. I want to shine a beacon of hope and community to the families and friends who love an addict.

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Jessica Almasy

As her mother I don’t think there will ever be a day that I don’t get that sinking feeling in my stomach and that pain in my heart when I think about her. Tears come so easily now. There are days her life seems like it was a dream and then I remind myself, she was here and she mattered and she was loved. Oh how she was loved.

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