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Colorado NORML and Denver NORML Host Citizen Lobby Day to Push for Consumer Protections

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” Never in modern history has there existed greater public support for ending the nation’s nearly century-long experiment with marijuana prohibition. Sixty-six percent of US adults believe that “the use of marijuana should be made legal,” according to national survey data compiled by the Gallup.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

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New York’s rec market is slowly but surely rolling out, a peer-reviewed study linked state cannabis prohibition to high race-based arrests, and an analysis of thousands of Army records revealed that recruits with a history of cannabis use are just as likely as their peers to excel. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews.

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Surgeon General’s Advisory Highlights Need for Further Cannabis Regulation, Not Criminalization

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In fact, it is precisely because marijuana use may pose potential risks to certain consumers — for example, adolescents or people with a family history of psychiatric illness — that NORML believes that lawmakers should regulate it accordingly. percent to 12.5

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Colorado to Vote on Increasing Cannabis Taxes in November

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Colorado has garnered a strong history of cannabis sales revenue and tax data since the state’s legalization bill was passed in 2012. The same reports show that since 2012, 16.4 The most recent reports of the state’s collection reveal that Colorado has surpassed over $10 billion in total sales so far.

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Debunked: Study Linking Cannabis Use and Metabolic Syndrome

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Researchers at the Georgia State University School of Public Health assessed the association between cannabis use duration and MetS in a cohort of 3,051 adults who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 2011-2012.

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

From the systemic history of racism in the United States, African Americans exclusion from economic opportunities leads to maximizing profits for the White elite (Hirschman, 2019). Data were analyzed based on the central question, and three themes emerged. Central Research Question. Refer Madness [Motion Picture]. Hirschman, D.,

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GROWING PAINS PT. 1 EMERGING PATTERNS IN THE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA MARKETPLACE

Cannabis Law Report

This movement was, of course, spurred by Colorado voters’ watershed passage of Amendment 64 back in 2012. . We have enough data now to analyze it and draw the right conclusions. Forbes recently reported that eighteen states could join that number, totalling 30 by the end of this year.