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

NORML

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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Oregon NORML, In Partnership With The Oregon Justice League, Files “Legalization Justice Act of 2020”

NORML

She generated international headlines when she opened the World Famous Cannabis Cafe in 2009, the nation’s first public-facing cannabis consumption lounge. “I would sum up our policy as ‘do the right thing’ Let’s create legal cannabis policy that acknowledges both science and reality,” Bacca says.

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Japan: Ace Attorney series will be used in campaigns to curb cannabis use by “young people”

Cannabis Law Report

Capcom has been working with regional governments in Japan since 2009 in the prevention of crime and raising civic awareness, such as raising the awareness of gubernatorial elections (turnout among young people in Japanese elections is low). Marijuana remains illegal for both recreational and medicinal use.

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Cannabis Freedom Alliance Publish Their Inaugural Monthly Newsletter

Cannabis Law Report

The Cannabis Freedom Alliance (CFA) will take this opportunity to provide you each month with relevant news, policy, and legislative updates on how CFA and its members are marching towards the goal of ending cannabis prohibition. A new report from the Marijuana Policy Project shows that states have collected $7.9 billion in 2020 alone.

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Paper: 10 years of drug policy in Asia: How far have we come? A civil society shadow report

Cannabis Law Report

Countries in Asia implement some of the harshest drug policies in the world. Meaningfully reflect upon the impacts of drug policies on the UN goals of promoting health, human rights, development, peace and security, especially for those most marginalised and vulnerable. Copyright: International Drug Policy Consortium Publication 2019.

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In states with legal cannabis, teen use triggers concerns

Cannabis Chronicles

The increase was most notable in the years following legalization of medical sales in 2009 and retail use in 2014, according to a study in the Journal of Adolescent Health published in 2018. Policy seems to have outpaced science, and in the best of all possible worlds, science would allow us to set policy.”.

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Transplant Denied To Med Marijuana Patient With Liver Cancer

Otherside Farms

Smith was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer in 2009 and sought treatment from the internationally known Cedars-Sinai in L.A. The letter also urges Cedars-Sinai to change its transplant eligibility policy. Sixty-three-year-old medical marijuana patient Norman B. Dr. Steven D.