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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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How Good Is Cannabis for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?

Greencamp

In 2005, a group of researchers was looking into the effectiveness and long-term safety of tetrahydrocannabinol for MS. In Canada, patients suffering from MS are eligible for becoming medical cannabis users. Cannabis for Lupus: Here’s How Cannabinoids Relieve Inflammation. Using cannabis to treat general symptoms of MS.

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What Is Nanoemulsion and What Does It Mean for Cannabis Beverages?

The Cannigma

There is not extensive safety data available, however. One study from 2005 stated that oral THC “is only 4% to 12% bioavailable and absorption is highly variable.”. Nanoemulsions can improve the bioavailability of pharmaceuticals and their uptake, and require less energy to break them down.

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Ukraine’s Freedom March….call on the global cannabis community to help us in the fight for the future of Ukraine

Cannabis Law Report

Freedom March is an independent organization operating in Ukraine since 2005. We must help evacuate them to safety with the surviving members of their families and take care of their well-being for a while. We, the Freedom March activists, call on the global cannabis community to help us in the fight for the future of Ukraine!

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Badder, budder, and shatter: what’s the difference?

The Cannigma

The creation of budder is often credited to a Canadian man named the BudderKing , who was quoted in 2005 as saying “I make something called ‘Budder,’ and it’s the strongest, cleanest, stoniest stuff in the world.”. After extraction, the solvent needs to be purged from the extract for safety reasons.

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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

The Traffic Safety Culture Index is an annual survey with national scope and multiple measures relevant to driving after marijuana use. Because THC presence is an imperfect proxy for impairment [ 10 ], driving data may be limited in clarifying what traffic safety risks, if any, are associated with permissive marijuana policies.

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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. Thomas further acknowledged that times have changed significantly since 2005, when the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 (in Gonzalez v Raich ) that federal law prohibited any state-sanctioned use of marijuana as a medicine – even in instances where there was no interstate commerce.