Elizabeth Smart

Elizabeth Smart says she's embracing her chance at life in a new bodybuilding adventure.

The 38-year-old, who was abducted for nine months when she was only 14, has competed in four bodybuilding competitions so far with no signs of slowing down.

She said her body has carried her through her worst days and now has created and nurtured her three kids.

She compared sharing her bodybuilding pictures to her trauma from her kidnapping, saying, quote, this past weekend, it struck me how eerily familiar these feelings and thoughts are for too many survivors.

I think it's easy to be labeled as one thing.

And honestly, that's not me, nor do I think it's any of us.

We are more than just one topic, one idea, one label.

As global cocaine use rises, nearly 25 million people used the drug last year, according to the UN, and scientists warn the impact is now showing up in the environment.

Marcus Michelangeli of Griffith University said, quote, We're finding higher and higher concentrations of not just illicit drugs, but all types of pharmaceuticals in our waterways.

This comes after Michelangeli co-authored a recent study in which researchers exposed wild Atlantic salmon in Sweden's Lake Vättern to cocaine and its byproduct, benzoylecanine, and then tracked their movement.

They found that the exposed fish swam nearly twice as far as those in clean water, evidence that even trace contamination can alter natural behavior.

Experts say that findings point to a growing problem, with drug pollution posing a, quote, major and escalating risk to biodiversity, and highlighting the need for stronger wastewater treatment and monitoring.

Since 1970, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I drug, placing it alongside drugs like heroin and LSD.

Many states have found carve-outs in the law to allow medical use as well as full legality, but the drug has remained illegal on the federal level and carries heavy restrictions.

Now, following directives from the president issued late last year, the DOJ is finalizing the reclassification of marijuana from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3, placing it alongside most normal prescription medications.

While the move will not fully legalize the drug nationwide, it does remove massive restrictions for research as well as production.

Marijuana producers will soon be able to make deductions on federal taxes for the first time for expenses like payroll and rent.

Many states have followed the growing trend of marijuana legality in recent years, with Idaho and Kansas being the only remaining states where the drug is fully illegal.

For all of you who are interested, we wanted to give you a little peek behind the curtain.

So we just released our regular episode called Survived Elizabeth Smart.