States that have legalized marijuana have discovered the social costs to local communities and the State are overwhelming. Drug use leads to rising healthcare and social services costs, as users face substance abuse and addiction, hospitalizations, overdoses and accidental poisonings, and the lives of the sickest and most vulnerable are endangered.
Read More"Medical marijuana" as allowed in State programs, as well as the CBD under Texas' Compassionate Use program, are not like prescription medications that have been approved and are regulated by the FDA. That means, they've also bypassed FDA regulations for manufacturing purity and safety, and contain unpredictable and unlabeled amounts of psychoactive ingredients and other unlabeled ingredients.
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