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

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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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Johns Hopkins Receives $4M To Research Impacts of Psilocybin on Tobacco Addiction

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In 2008, he published psychedelic safety guidelines. He conducted the first blinded human research study into the psychoactive effects of salvinorin A in 2011 and published data on MDMA pill testing services in 2017. He has also conducted seminal research on the behavioral economics of drug use, addiction, and risk behavior.

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US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: “Crash rates jump in wake of marijuana legalization, new studies show”

Cannabis Law Report

Crash rates spiked with the legalization of recreational marijuana use and retail sales in California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, a new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and another by the affiliated Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) show. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

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Where Does California’s $635M in Marijuana Tax Money Go?

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

Since its passing in 2016, Prop 64 has earmarked its entire cannabis industry tax revenue, minus regulatory costs, to supporting public health, repairing the environment, and bettering public safety. 20 percent to public safety initiatives. million in grants to support public health and safety initiatives.

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

Cannabis Law Report

London law firm Mackrell Turner Garrett, together with a leading food and trading standards barrister, were instructed by the Cannabis Trades Association UK (CTA) to make representations to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

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New Study Says. Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minors

Cannabis Law Report

was published in the Journal of Safety Research and made available online on May 18. Journal of Safety Research. Even absent strict enforcement, an abundance of research has shown the MLDA-21 policy to be very effective in reducing underage impaired driving (Dang, 2008, Decker et al., Available online 18 May 2022.

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Doctor Block…….”A Physician Botanist’s Insight to Cannabis species: The Naming of Plants and Products”

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A 2017 federally commissioned report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) recognized several conditions that have substantial and/or conclusive evidence-based data to support Cannabis’ efficacy. Retrieved 2008-06-20. More on potency will be discussed in future blogs. erowid.org. Sawler, et al.

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