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Behind the Spotlight: Only Congress Can Change Cannabis Laws for Patients

Americans for Safe Access

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has been at the forefront of fighting for patients’ rights to access medical cannabis across four presidencies since our founding in 2002. We've crafted briefing materials and “100-day campaigns” for three incoming administrations on medical cannabis policy.

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Federal Report: Youth Marijuana Use Steadily Declining

NORML

The agency’s 2018 report finds that past-year marijuana use by those ages 12 to 17 has fallen consistently since 2002, from 15.8 The self-reported use of marijuana by teenagers continues to decline nationally, according to federal data reported by the United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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Marijuana Legalization in NY & Driving: Response to NYS Association of Police Chiefs from Roc NORML

NORML

Four years into adult-use sales, net fatalities below 2002 despite rise in population and increased miles traveled. Here are the number of vehicle-related fatalities, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation: Year. Total Number of Vehicle Related Fatalities. Change ( +/-) from previous year. 1 year prior to legalization.

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Beyond the Oval Office: Only Congress Can Change Cannabis Laws for Patients

Americans for Safe Access

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has been at the forefront of fighting for patients’ rights to access medical cannabis across four presidencies since our founding in 2002. We've crafted briefing materials and “100-day campaigns” for three incoming administrations on medical cannabis policy.

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Surgeon General’s Advisory Highlights Need for Further Cannabis Regulation, Not Criminalization

NORML

According to an August 2019 federal report , past-year marijuana use by those ages 12 to 17 has fallen consistently since 2002, from 15.8 percent to 12.5 Since 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to regulate adult-use access, past-year youth use has fallen eight percent.

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CBD Enhances Glucose Metabolism via Nuclear Receptors

Project CBD

The first evidence of an endocannabinoid interacting with PPARs came in 2002, when a research team in Tennessee showed that a metabolite of 2-AG activated PPAR- a. 3 Since then many more breakthroughs have been made, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors are now viewed as an extension of the classic endocannabinoid system (ECS).

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Malta: Prison over 0.02 grams of cannabis, and a 20-year wait for justice to be served

Cannabis Law Report

He was only arraigned 18 months later, in 2002, and then again in 2006 for his first sitting. The appellant was arraigned in October 2002, 18 months after releasing his statement. The court of Criminal Appeal handed a 63-year-old man a suspended sentence for cultivating just 0.02 But now the case had been pending for 20 years.