New federally funded study: Legalization "did not lead to increased frequency of cannabis use" among young adults.
ALSO: there was "lower frequency of alcohol and tobacco use coupled with increase in edibles"—suggesting a "substitution effect."
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NEW STUDY: Marijuana and opioids are "equally efficacious in reducing pain" but cannabis also "positively affected...emotion, functionality and overall sense of wellbeing," indicating it "alleviates pain through holistically altering the pain experience."
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USA. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows #cannabis use by teens has halved over the past 20 yrs. Adults are entitled to bodily autonomy and the law has no place interfering in their choice to consume cannabis. #drugspolicy https://t.co/JqCU6p4nkM
Traffic Death Rates Fell In States That Legalized Marijuana, New Study Finds, While Those That Kept Criminalization Saw 'Slight Increase': The findings examined traffic fatality data from California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada.
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BIG: A coalition of marijuana companies including Verano Holdings is suing Attorney General Merrick Garland over what they say is the "federal government’s unconstitutional ban" on cannabis.
All-star attorney David Boies is handling the case.
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A new study found that in states that legalized marijuana, "traffic fatalities declined or remained the same in the three years that followed, compared to a slight increase in states where it remained illegal."
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A new poll shows that New Jersey residents believe the right to use legal marijuana in one’s own home is more important than neighbors' right not to have to smell that cannabis.
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My piece @washingtonpost about how #cannabis should be descheduled not rescheduled -- enough moral panic, let's follow science! It is far safer (& more helpful) than tobacco & alcohol which are unscheduled.
Discussed in latest book:
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I understand how the political process works—and I almost always support achievable incremental wins as a way to build support for broader reform—but
it's objectively silly they're about to legalize marijuana money before they actually legalize marijuana
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An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support legalizing and taxing marijuana, much like we already do with alcohol.
It's time to join red and blue states across the country and get this done.
Advocates Mark 35th Anniversary Of DEA's Own Judge Calling For Marijuana Rescheduling As Agency Conducts New Review: "The DEA knew back then what we still know today: that the government has been lying about the effects of marijuana."
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It’s funny to realize that in the view of the US federal government health apparatus, cannabis attained accepted medical value sometime between 2016, when they said it must remain in Schedule I, and four days ago, when they said it should be reclassified.