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

NORML

The New York State Association of Police said traffic safety is a major concern, citing an increase in vehicle-related fatalities by 62 percent in Colorado the first year cannabis was legalized in the state. 2 years before medical legalization, the largest number of vehicle-related fatalities in the last 17 years. Sales began January 1.

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

Marijuana policies in the United States have become more permissive, motivating research on demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use. The Traffic Safety Culture Index is an annual survey with national scope and multiple measures relevant to driving after marijuana use.

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Clarence Thomas Legal Opinion “A prohibition on intrastate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal government’s piecemeal approach”

Cannabis Law Report

Thomas wrote that a 2005 Supreme Court ruling – Gonzales v. Whatever the merits of Raich when it was decided, federal policies of the past 16 years have greatly undermined its reasoning,” Thomas wrote. to define criminal law and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens.’

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Warning For Immigrants: Marijuana Could Impact Your Immigration Status

Cannabis Law Report

As a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act, marijuana has a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States and lacks accepted safety for use under medical supervision. How Does Federal Law Affect Immigration? Gonzales v. Raich , 545 U.S. INA § 101(f)(3).

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Understanding the American Heart Association’s Statement on Marijuana

CannaMD

Little time will be devoted to opening sections which cover well-documented topics such as historic and current cannabis use, definitions, formulations, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and policies on use. Thirdly, the statement notes that there are currently no “well documented” cardiovascular benefits of cannabis.

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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

I was appointed to the NCUA in 2005 under President Bush and served a four-year term that ended in 2009. Here’s a basic reality: as a rule, regulators really don’t like to get out too far ahead of the policy process. We always seek to respect the existing statutes and to defer to Congress as the policy-making arm of the government.

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Thai Embassies Warn Travelers About Cannabis Possession Penalties

Veriheal

This policy change legally allows Thailand’s cannabis industry to form. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were caught in Bali’s capital of Denpasar in April 2005 for the attempted illegal trafficking of heroin, which was valued at around A$4 million (USD $2.7 kg of heroin to Australia.