Monthly News & Updates

The Every Brain Matters supports and advocates for families harmed by industrialized marijuana. 

The specific issue of toxic heavy metal contamination is an accurate snapshot of the cannabis industry as a whole – products that are marketed as safe and harmless and even as medicine are in actuality unregulated, impure, contaminated, and harmful to the user’s health.

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This free online resource offers guidance to help you incorporate the One Choice message and supporting data into new and existing prevention initiatives

Prevention works if done consistently! Know Your Neuro puts brain-based, social-emotional, and prevention skills training right in the hands of schools and caregivers. Designed to be integrated into a school's health or homeroom curriculum, Know Your Neuro videos and class activities can be easily integrated and tailored to fit the developmental needs of K-12 youth.

Kyle wants everyone to know that cannabis-induced psychosis is real, and so is recovery. Please watch and share this valuable video to bring hope to families.

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In this new era of industrialized THC, families need support and hope. We gain courage and strength by hearing other people's valuable experiences about recovery. Click the image to register for this meeting.

The effects of marijuana are dangerous and increasing.

The Every Brain Matters advocates for drug prevention and recovery efforts. We want to encourage you to do each task listed below to protect our families.

Federal

From the Parent Action Network - URGENT…Act Today!!!

SAFER Banking Act:

Tell Congress: Don’t Increase Investment in the Marijuana Industry.

This week, the Senate Banking Committee will vote to advance the bill now known as the SAFER Banking Act to the full Senate. Proponents of this bill won't be able to pass it easily, but your elected Representatives need to hear that you are against this dangerous legislation!

Click here to tell Congress not to put public health and safety further at risk!

Big Pot is lobbying for the inclusion of the SAFER Banking Act, a bill that would grant the industry access to the federal banking system and institutional investors. This bill would permit banks to be out of compliance with federal law while opening the doors to Wall Street investment into the marijuana industry, accelerating the creation of the next Big Tobacco.

This bill is about maximizing profits, regardless of the effects on public health or safety.

Ohio

Protect Ohio from industrialized marijuana. Learn more here.

The Moms Strong and Every Brain Matters community is grateful for Patrick Kenneally and his work to restrict predatory practices from the marijuana industry and mandate warning labels in McHenry County, Illinois. Click the image below to learn more, and please consider sending Mr. Kenneally a thank you note for his hard work. His contact information is at this link.

2023, September - This paper evaluates the causal effect of drug decriminalization on unintentional drug overdose deaths in a context with relatively poor access to drug treatment services. Using the synthetic control method, I find that when Oregon decriminalized small amounts of drugs in February 2021, it caused 182 additional unintentional drug overdose deaths to occur in Oregon in 2021. This represents a 23% increase over the number of unintentional drug overdose deaths predicted if Oregon had not decriminalized drugs.



2023, Sept 6 - This cross-sectional study found large increases in cannabis involvement in ED visits for traffic injury over time, which may have accelerated following nonmedical cannabis commercialization.

2023, Sept 25 New study shows: 1 in 5 online dispensaries “required no formal age verification,”>80% took “nontraceable” payment methods, “enabling youth to hide their transactions,” 95% delivered to states with different marijuana laws

2023 Setp 27 - A study found that individuals with ED visits for substance use with and without psychosis were at 163 and 9.8 times the risk of developing schizophrenia compared to the general population. Cannabis was the highest-risk substance, particularly in young men.

2023, Sept 27 - Canadian adults with cannabis use disorder appear to have an approximately 60% higher risk of experiencing incident adverse cardiovascular disease events than those without cannabis use disorder.