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Dear Friends,

I wanted to share that we have recently launched a new Substack! ([link removed]) It is called The Drug Review, and it will showcase original content from us on all things drug policy and discourse, especially with regards to marijuana. We also think there is room to showcase the personal and human elements that makeup this story too.

A case in point is our first post which tells the story of twenty-one year old Randy Bacchus III and the devastation marijuana brought to his life until he took matters into his own hands. His parents, now activists, work to educate others about the harms of marijuana in Randy’s name. Feel free to read it below and please consider subscribing!

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“Randy Michael was getting high on 4/20. For a high schooler who was at the time relatively new to marijuana, the holiday was nothing short of an opportunity to demonstrate his commitment to the drug. His best friend, Aaron, had reached out to him to play video games, but Randy declined the offer for the express purpose of getting high with other friends of his.

Aaron took his life the next day. It’s been said that when someone ends their life, their pain does not necessarily disappear but is passed on to those who cared for and loved them. Randy Michael basically proved this years later, when his mom found a diary entry recalling the wound of his best friend committing suicide, and the other of feeling like he could have been there to prevent it. ‘My best friend… took his life, and I smoked the pain away, but not for good,’ Randy Michael mused.”

Click here to read the rest of the piece. ([link removed])

Finally, we will be considering submissions for The Drug Review. As implied in this email, our scope is broad. From policy analyses to personal and opinion pieces, we are happy to consider a piece or even a pitch. We ask, however, that you limit the subject of your submission to drug and especially marijuana policy and discourse. Please email submissions or pitches to [email protected].

Sincerely,

Dr. Kevin A. Sabet

CEO & President

Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)

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Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) ([link removed]) is an alliance of organizations and individuals dedicated to a health-first approach to marijuana policy. We are professionals working in mental health and public health. We are bipartisan. We are medical doctors, lawmakers, treatment providers, preventionists, teachers, law enforcement officers and others who seek a middle road between incarceration and legalization. Our commonsense, third-way approach to marijuana policy is based on reputable science and sound principles of public health and safety.

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