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THE TRUTH ABOUT FENTANYL REFERENCES

1. Fentanyl Factsheet, United States Drug Enforcement Administration
2. Fentanyl Drug Profile, European Union Drugs Agency
3. United States Sentencing Commission, Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogues: Federal Trends and Trafficking Patterns report, published January 25, 2021. Authors: Kristin M. Tennyson, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Office of Research and Data; Charles S. Ray, J.D., Assistant General Counsel; and Kevin T. Maass, M.A., Research Associate
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6. The Alarming Surge of Fentanyl-Laced Vapes: A Lethal Combination, PharmChek, June 26, 2023
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9. Fentanyl Facts, Overdose Signs to Look For and How You Can Help Save a Life, UC Davis Health, January 11, 2023
10. Long-Term Effects of Fentanyl, Rising Phoenix Center, June 8, 2023
11. Nonpharmaceutical Fentanyl-Related Deaths, Multiple States, April 2005–March 2007, Centers for Disease Control, Reviewed July 23, 2008
12. National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
13. Drug Overdose Deaths: Facts and Figures, National Institute on Drug Abuse
14. Opioid- and Stimulant-Related Harms in Canada, Updated December 23, 2024, Government of Canada Website
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16. Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2002–2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
17. Drug Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years for Selling Drugs, Causing Overdoses and Disposing of a Body, United States Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida, Press Release, August 23, 2022

THE TRUTH ABOUT MARIJUANA REFERENCES

1. Meeting of Technical Experts on Public Health Responses to Public Health Risks Associated with Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorders, World Health Organization
2. Highlights for the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
3. Marijuana Research Report, July 2020, National Institute on Drug Abuse
4. So Why Does Weed Even Have THC? Labroots
5. 5 Things to Know about Delta-8 Tetrahydrocannabinol—Delta-8 THC, US Food and Drug Administration
6. U of A Researchers Identify More than 100 Toxic Chemicals in Cannabis Smoke, June 25, 2020, University of Alberta
7. Cannabis (Marijuana) and Cannabinoids: What You Need to Know, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
8. Research Topics: Cannabis (Marijuana), National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse
9. The Effects of Marijuana on Your Body, Healthline.com
10. Do You Have the Heart for Marijuana? October 26, 2020, The New York Times
11. Cannabis and the Lung, November 9, 2014, New Zealand Centre for Political Research
12. Drug Facts, Marijuana Concentrates, National Institute on Drug Abuse
13. Mapping Cannabis Potency in Medical and Recreational Programs in the United States, March 26, 2020, PLOS One, National Library of Medicine
14. What to Know about Hash Oil, Healthline.com
15. What Are Dabs Drugs? We Level Up Texas
16. Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: Public Health Implications and a Novel Model Treatment Guideline, National Institutes of Health
17. Cannabis Use among US Adolescents in the Era of Marijuana Legalization, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine
18. Toxicant Formation in Dabbing: The Terpene Story, ACS Omega, 2017
19. Moke: Mixing Marijuana & Tobacco Unhealthy for Teens, January 25, 2018, Newport Academy
20. Diseases and Death, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
21. Drug Alert: Marijuana Edibles, Just Think Twice, US Drug Enforcement Administration
22. Cannabis Edibles Aren’t as Safe as People Think, Healthline.com
23. Don’t Harsh Our Mellow, Dude, by Maureen Dowd, June 3, 2014, The New York Times
24. Denver Coroner: Man Fell to Death after Eating Marijuana Cookies, by John Ingold, October 2, 2016, The Denver Post
25. Lessons Learned from State Marijuana Legalization, 2020–2021 Edition, Smart Approaches to Marijuana
26. Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with the Use of E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Products, February 25, 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
27. Teen Receives Double Lung Transplant after Vaping-Related Illness, by Jen Christensen, November 12, 2019, CNN
28. Vaping Illness Update: FDA Warns Public to Stop Using Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-Containing Vaping Products and Any Vaping Products Obtained Off the Street, US Food and Drug Administration
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30. A Visual Guide to the Most Common Measurements of Weed, Business Insider
31. The Problem with the Current High-Potency THC Marijuana from the Perspective of an Addiction Psychiatrist, by Elizabeth Stuyt, Missouri Medicine, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine
32. Drug Facts, Drugged Driving, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse
33. What the Research Shows about Marijuana and Driving, July 2020, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse
34. Fatal Crashes Involving Drivers Who Test Positive for Marijuana Increase after State Legalizes Drug, January 30, 2020, AAA Newsroom
35. Pot Not So Harmless for Teens, April 30, 2019, Duke Research Blog
36. Associations between Marijuana Use Trajectories and Educational and Occupational Success in Young Adulthood, April 28, 2018, Springer Nature
37. Marijuana Violence and Law, 2017, Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
38. Male Marijuana Use Might Double Partner’s Miscarriage Risk, October 16, 2019, The Brink, Boston University
39. How Does Marijuana Affect Male Fertility? May 29, 2020, Urology Associates
40. Menstrual Cycle in Women Who Co-use Marijuana and Tobacco, May–June 2018, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine
41. Maternal Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Child Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, August 10, 2020, Nature Medicine
42. Marijuana Use and High School Dropout: The Influence of Unobservables, Wiley Online Library
43. Cannabis Effects on Driving Skills, December 7, 2017, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine
44. Cannabis Use Disorder in Young Adults with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Trend Inpatient Study from 2010 to 2014 in the United States, Cureus.com
45. Know the Risks of Marijuana, SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
46. Marijuana Smokers Five Times More Likely to Develop an Alcohol Problem, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and City University of New York
47. Cannabis Use and Risk of Prescription Opioid Use Disorder in the United States, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine
48. Young Adult Compared to Adolescent Onset of Regular Cannabis Use: A 20-year Prospective Cohort Study of Later Consequences, January 26, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Review, Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD)
49. Cannabis and Work: Implications, Impairment and the Need for Further Research, June 15, 2020, National Institute on Drug Abuse
50. When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Improves, October 30, 2018, NPR
51. How Does Smoking Marijuana Affect Academic Performance? Two Researchers Explain How It Can Alter More than Just Moods, October 13, 2021, The Conversation