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10/19/2017 / By JD Heyes

14 years of rising opioid deaths in Colorado REVERSED after marijuana was legalized

As the country and lawmakers in Washington continue to debate the merits (and legality) of marijuana, the state of Colorado has made a startling discovery: The quasi-legalization of recreational pot use there has had a dramatically positive effect on the rate of opioid deaths. As reported by Reason Magazine, since the legalized sale of recreational […]

12/20/2016 / By JD Heyes

Heroin and opioid related deaths surpass gun homicides for first time in US history

It’s not a statistic that will please the nation’s anti-Second Amendment, gun-grabbing politicians, but sometimes facts can be inconvenient things when you’re pushing an agenda. As reported by Zero Hedge, “Guns don’t kill people, heroin does.” For the first time ever, researchers have found that the illicit street drug has become more deadly than firearms, […]

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