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Study: Marijuana Use Trends In The United States

MassRoots

Researchers examined data from before and after the majority of states adopted legislation legalizing at least some form of cannabis. The study, authored by William Mitchell, Roma Bhatia, and Nazlee Zebardast, used data collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2005 to 2018. . In 2005, 61.5

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In states with legal cannabis, teen use triggers concerns

Cannabis Chronicles

DENVER — The first two states to legalize recreational marijuana are starting to grapple with teenagers’ growing use of highly potent pot, even as both boost the industry and reap huge tax windfalls from its sales. Underage kids have unbelievable access to nuclear-strength weed,” said Andrew Brandt, a Boulder, Colo.,

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Beto O’Rourke Makes an Oath to Legalize Cannabis for Texas Veterans

Veriheal

On Tuesday, March 2, a former El Paso congressman announced that he received immense support for cannabis legalization at several veteran town halls. “And don’t you think it’s time we legalize marijuana in the state of Texas? Some years later, in 2005, he was elected to serve as a member of the El Paso City Council.

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

Before the civil war, there were more cannabis farms than cotton farms (Green, 2005). Cotton plantation owners promoted cotton products, and society began to look at hemp clothing as inferior (Green, 2005). What public policy barriers are African Americans facing when attempting to enter the legal cannabis industry?

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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

Cannabis Law Report

Now, he is the Vice-Chair of Indiana NORML — an organization who is currently focused on changing cannabis laws for the access to Medical Cannabis as therapeutic treatment in Indiana. This position statement does not extend to the current debate on the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes. American Nurses Association.

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Missouri Medical Cannabis Program Adds Some 56,000 New Patients in Second Year

SpeedWeed

16, 2020, but a report released earlier this month revealed the extent to which licensed patients were lined up for access. Sixty-five percent of Missouri voters passed Amendment 2 to legalize medical cannabis during the November 2018 election. Voters there approved State Question 788 to legalized medical cannabis on June 26, 2018.

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National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Critcizes Congress On Their Tardiness On Reforming Cannabis Laws.”The bottom line is this: Legalization in some form is going to happen, and the abdication of responsibility to address these issues in Washington is simply ludicrous.”

Cannabis Law Report

NCUA’s Rodney Hood said at the PBC Conference that he’s “concerned that the legal and regulatory infrastructure surrounding the cannabis industry is not evolving quickly enough,” and congressional inaction is largely to blame. He also said that he feels legalization at the federal level is an inevitability. Read full article.

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