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04.08.26 - 00:06
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Study Finds Daily Marijuana Use Surpasses Daily Alcohol Consumption Among US Adults (ZeroHedge)
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Study Finds Daily Marijuana Use Surpasses Daily Alcohol Consumption Among US Adults
Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness,
Daily or near-daily marijuana use has surpassed daily alcohol consumption in the United States, reaching 20.9 million to 21.4 million daily users compared to roughly 17.2 million daily or frequent alcohol drinkers.
Fox News reports that new data from the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), reveals that daily marijuana users outnumber the the 19.9 million people who smoke cigarettes and the 17.2 million who consume alcohol.
While tobacco and alcohol use has been plummeting, down 28 percent and 24 percent since 2021, daily pot use — including smoking and edibles — surged 21 percent.
Marijuana has officially surpassed both alcohol and cigarettes as the most-used daily substance among U.S. adults.
21.4 million use marijuana daily or almost daily, compared to 19.9 million daily ...
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21.07.26 - 03:42
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Inside California′s Battle With The Marijuana Black Market (ZeroHedge)
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Inside California's Battle With The Marijuana Black Market
Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times,
A convoy of sheriff's deputies heads into a vast network of illegal marijuana grow operations in the foothills of Mount Shasta in California's Siskiyou County.
They drive into a dusty encampment strewn with garbage and piles of empty plastic fertilizer containers, a blight on the otherwise scenic landscape.
Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue participates in marijuana enforcement operations outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. The sheriff's department is spread thin, with limited staff to cover nearly 6,300 square miles. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
The morning raid is nothing new for Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue.
Thousands of makeshift greenhouses known as "hoop houses" - each one containing hundreds of illegally grown cannabis plants - are operating in the county at any given time, LaRue told The Epoch Times, as his deputies scoured the Mount Shasta Vista subdivisio...
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14.07.26 - 01:18
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About 2,040 Pounds Of Cocaine, 5,800 Pounds Of Marijuana Seized At Sea (ZeroHedge)
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About 2,040 Pounds Of Cocaine, 5,800 Pounds Of Marijuana Seized At Sea
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
U.S. authorities have seized about 2,040 pounds of cocaine and almost 5,800 pounds of marijuana in three separate maritime interdictions carried out with international partners.
Action by JIATF-S and Costa Rican authorities led to the capture of a boat allegedly involved in drug smuggling. Courtesy of the JIATF-S
The most recent interdiction involved the Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South and Panama's National Aeronaval Service intercepting a go-fast vessel following a rapid aerial and surface pursuit, JIATF South said in a July 10 post on X. The operation led to the seizure of roughly 2,010 pounds of cocaine.
JIATF South, based in Key West, Florida, is an international alliance that monitors and facilitates the interdiction of drug traffickers in maritime and air domains. Operating across a 42-million-square-mile area, JIATF South involves cooperation from 13 dom...
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