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The Truth About Smoking Marijuana and Lung Health

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Even though the JAMA study got significant media attention, it is nothing new under the sun. It is interesting to note that in all the media stories about the JAMA article, there were a multitude of caveats and warning intoned by researchers not to consider cannabis safe just because they found it was.

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The Criminalization of Legal Cannabis Consumption

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Despite his legal consumption and the passing of several days between his consumption and being pulled over—meaning there was no risk of him still being intoxicated—he was still technically breaking the law in Pennsylvania. However, we must quit assuming that cannabis consumption automatically equals intoxication or impairment.

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The Truth About Smoking Marijuana and Lung Health

Cannabis Cheri

Even though the JAMA study got significant media attention, it is nothing new under the sun. It is interesting to note that in all the media stories about the JAMA article, there were a multitude of caveats and warning intoned by researchers not to consider cannabis safe just because they found it was.

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Rethinking the War on Drugs: A Call for Reform

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While some media reports that a few states enacted laws to ban or otherwise regulate drugs in the 1800s, the very first congressional act to levy taxes on drugs took place in 1890 and was on morphine and opium. The War on Drugs has created a racial disparity in the criminal justice system.

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Psychedelic Users Tend to Be ‘One With Nature’ and Are More Passionate About Climate Change, Study Finds

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Researchers recruited 641 participants from Western Europe and America via Facebook groups, university mailing lists, and social media forums. In an August 2022 study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) , psilocybin appears to be an effective tool for reducing problematic alcohol consumption.

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Jamaica’s ‘Good Ganja Sense’ Campaign Aims to Correct Misconceptions About Cannabis

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Thanks DEA. The rainforested country’s law also permits residents to hold a maximum of five plants for personal consumption. Mainly, the country claimed media attention for taking strides towards greater acceptance (and adoption) of cannabis and psychedelic substances. Specifically, a U.S. Jamaica’s Cannabis Laws.

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United States: Hemp And CBD Regulation: Beyond Delta-8 THC

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The DEA, which enforces the CSA, has indicated that it may consider delta-8 derived from hemp to be a “synthetically derived tetrahydrocannabinol” which still belongs on Schedule I of the CSA. Reprinted with permission from the June 30, 2021 edition of the New York Law Journal © 2021 ALM Media Properties, LLC.

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