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Federal Report: Youth Marijuana Use Steadily Declining

NORML

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). 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

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

NORML

.” Specifically, federal and state data finds that teen cannabis use has declined in past years – during the same time that many states have legalized and regulated the use of cannabis by adults. 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

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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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Marijuana use doubles in U.S. pregnant women

Cannabis Chronicles

That’s from a nationally representative health survey in 2016-17 and compares with a little over 3 percent in 2002-03. The editorial warned against relying on imperfect data to make judgments about potential harms from marijuana use and said more rigorous research is needed.

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Positive Cannabis Drug Tests in the Workplace at the Highest in 25 years

Veriheal

Quest Diagnostics started analyzing yearly workplace drug testing data 25 years ago in 1988, and the result of their recent study was published on May 18. Between 2002 and 2009, there was a progressive decline in positive post-accident drug tests for American workers. The positivity for cannabis in the U.S. in 2021 and 4.3%

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Beware, Bad Boy Bloomberg, No Fan Of Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

Bloomberg served three terms as mayor of New York City, beginning in 2002. From 2002 to 2012, the NYPD made about 440,000 arrests for cannabis possession alone, collectively spending about one million hours processing those cases, according to a report from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA).

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CBD Ban: Brits Take Up Fight And Send Lawyers To Brussels

Cannabis Law Report

It has also recently began flexing extra-territoriality muscles in regards to data regulation, positioning itself as a world police of consumer data, to the chagrin of Silicon Valley’s luminaries. It has long kicked back against trends emerging from the US in financial and other markets, not least since the 2008 financial crisis.

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