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

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Total % change from pre-legalization (2003) until 5 years post (2009) = -27.3%. 2 years before medical legalization, the largest number of vehicle-related fatalities in the last 17 years. 1 year prior to legalization. Sales began January 1. Adult-use passes by ballot. Adult use-sales go into effect. as estimated by the US Census.

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Study: Marijuana Use Trends In The United States

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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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Trulieve Appoints New Chief Technology Officer – He Was Previously At Hallmark Cards!

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He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Asian American Professionals and has shared his expertise as a Faculty Member at Strayer University since 2009, teaching software engineering and data warehousing.

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NBC Story: High potency weed linked to psychotic episodes, mysterious vomiting illness in young users

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The ER at Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo saw only five scromiting cases in 2009. By 2018, the number had risen to more than 120, according to data compiled by Dr. Brad Roberts, an emergency room physician at the hospital.

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

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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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Are Cannabis Users 22% More Likely to Need Emergency Care?

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Data that’s been published on the subject have been contradictory. The population-based cohort study used data from the Ontario portion of the 2009-2010 and 2011-2012 Canada Community Health Survey (CCHS). The population included residents of Ontario, Canada, between the ages of 12 and 65.

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Marijuana use among pregnant teens has spiked in California

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Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland looked at data collected from 279,000 pregnant women who completed a screening for marijuana use as part of standard prenatal care. Across all age groups in the study, marijuana use by pregnant women saw a modest increase from 4 percent in 2009 to 7 percent in 2016.