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Twitter appears to have ended a federal partnership that had presented users who searched the site for certain drug-related keywords, including \u201cmarijuana,\u201d with a suggestion they consider entering drug treatment. No such suggestion had appeared for \u201calcohol\u201d searches.<\/p>\n
Launched in 2020, the feature has been a source of contention for advocates<\/a>, who\u2019ve criticized the social media company for suggesting that any interest in marijuana is indicative of a potential substance misuse problem. It did not disaggregate searches for policy news and products, for example.<\/p>\n At some point this month, the feature\u2014which was rolled out in concert with the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)\u2014was suspended without notice.<\/p>\n It\u2019s possible that an agreement between Twitter and SAMHSA for the search feature expired, or that it was removed amid new site owner Elon Musk\u2019s efforts to pare back various services since taking over the company. Marijuana Moment reached out to Twitter about the timing and reasoning for the change, but a representative was not immediately available.<\/p>\n \u201cHelp is available. If you or someone you know is struggling with substance use, you are not alone,\u201d the prior warning said. It directed users to SAMHSA\u2019s help line and website.<\/p>\n Via Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n While promoting substance misuse treatment isn\u2019t necessarily problematic on its own, advocates have pushed back about the fact that Twitter chose to peg these notices to marijuana and certain other currently illegal drugs in particular while allowing alcohol search results to be displayed on the platform without a similar warning.<\/p>\n Interestingly, while the SAMHSA treatment resources were flagged for Twitter users who searched for \u201cmarijuana,\u201d \u201ccocaine\u201d and \u201cheroin,\u201d searches for \u201ccannabis,\u201d \u201cLSD,\u201d \u201cMDMA,\u201d \u201cpsilocybin,\u201d \u201cpills,\u201d \u201cadderall\u201d and other drug-related terms came with no such invitation to consider getting help\u2014further highlighting the arbitrary nature of the past feature on the social media platform.<\/p>\n It\u2019s possible that SAMHSA proactively sought to end the partnership, especially considering that the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which the agency falls under, has been taking to Twitter in recent weeks to discuss federal marijuana policy<\/a>\u2014including more than one tweet posted at precisely 4:20 PM.<\/p>\n A SAMHSA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n Musk, meanwhile, has inserted himself in the marijuana debate on several occasions, including on Twitter.<\/p>\n He got into hot water for puffing a blunt during a podcast interview with Joe Rogan<\/a> in 2018 (he later claimed he never inhaled it<\/a>), prompting a federal investigation over his company SpaceX\u2019s \u201cworkplace safety\u201d and \u201cadherence to a drug-free environment.<\/p>\n The next year, when shares of his other company, Telsa, hit $420, he responded on Twitter with crying laughing emojis and said<\/a> \u201cWhoa\u2026the stock is so high lol.\u201d<\/p>\n He also raised the attention of the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2018 after he said he was considering taking Tesla private at a share price of $420\u2014an announcement that SEC described as \u201cfalse and misleading\u201d and that was made without required notification to regulators.<\/p>\n D.C. Lawmakers Approve Bill To Automatically Expunge Marijuana Records, Sending It To Mayor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The post Twitter Stops Suggesting People Who Search For \u2018Marijuana\u2019 May Need Drug Treatment<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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