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Study: Adult-Use Legalization Associated with Decline in Youth Treatment Admissions

NORML

The enactment of adult-use cannabis legalization laws is not associated with an increase in marijuana-related youth drug treatment admissions, according to data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Self-reported use of marijuana by young people has also been in decline both nationally and in legal marijuana states.

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Study: Far Fewer Incidences of Vaping Illness Reported in States with Legal Cannabis Markets

NORML

Incidences of the vaping-related lung illness EVALI (e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury) are primarily concentrated to jurisdictions where adult-use cannabis consumption is prohibited, according to data published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open.

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NYC’s Rooftop Cannabis Cultivation, NM’s First Consumption Lounge, & NJ’s Recreational Market Launch

Veriheal

New York City’s mayor has a bold plan to kick start cannabis cultivation, New Mexico got its first cannabis consumption lounge, and New Jersey finally opened its recreational cannabis market. New Mexico Celebrates Its First Cannabis Consumption Lounge. Its first day of legal cannabis alone resulted in over $1.9

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Florida Lawmakers Push To Legalize Recreational Cannabis

MassRoots

In a joint effort, two state representatives submitted legislation to legalize, regulate, and tax a recreational cannabis market in Florida. ” What would legalization look like under HB 1117? ” What would legalization look like under HB 1117? Public consumption would be punishable with up to a $100 fine.

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Oregon: Cannabis Social Consumption Bill SB 639 Is About Civil Rights

NORML

Nearly 10 years after opening the first cannabis cafe in the United States , Oregon NORML ( ornorml.org ) executive director Madeline Martinez is appealing directly to legislators in Salem to pass a bill sponsored by Senator Lew Frederick (D-Portland) that would finally legalize her trademark business, The World Famous Cannabis Cafe.

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

NORML

Chief Petitioners Madeline Martinez, Leia Flynn, and Angela Bacca filed a ballot measure to be known as “The Legalization Justice Act of 2020” at the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, March 18. The OJL seeks to right these wrongs as well as provide a model for other states to implement a more just version of cannabis legalization.

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Celebrating Legal Recreational Cannabis Sales in New Mexico

Veriheal

New Mexico’s Recreational Adult-Use Cannabis Market Already Seeing Great Success. Recreational cannabis sales kicked off in New Mexico on April 1st with a blazing success. Cannabis dispensaries across the state of New Mexico welcomed recreational cannabis customers 21 years and older into their stores for the first time.