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Thailand’s Cannabis Turn-Around, Texas GOP’s Drug Policy Platform, and a New Study on Cannabis Road Safety

Veriheal

Though it’s now home to one of the most progressive cannabis policies on the planet , a look back at Thailand’s recent history reveals just how far the nation has come. In 2001, Thai voters elected Thaksin Shinawatra as their new prime minister due in large part to his popular “war on drugs” platform.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

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New York Recreational Licenses Not Coming Until Spring 2023. The head of New York’s Cannabis Control Board, Tremaine Wright, announced during a symposium on Wednesday that state licenses for recreational dispensaries most likely will not be issued until spring 2023 at the earliest, according to WXXI.

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

Marijuana policies in the United States have become more permissive, motivating research on demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws.

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New Study Says. Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minors

Cannabis Law Report

The study , entitled “What is the likelihood that underage youth can obtain marijuana from licensed recreational marijuana outlets in California, a state where recreational marijuana is legal?” Objective: Since 2012, 19 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the recreational use of marijuana for adults ages 21 and older.

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Gallup Poll: Record-Breaking 68% of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana

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It did not exceed 30% until 2000 but has risen steeply in the two decades since then, and is now twice what it was in 2001 and 2003. According to Gallup, the latest data are from Sept. They join 11 other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing pot for recreational purposes. 3 election. 3 election.

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DOJ Report: The Cannabis Effect on Crime: Time-Series Analysis of Crime in Colorado and Washington State

Cannabis Law Report

We observed no statistically significant long-term effects of recreational cannabis laws or the initiation of retail sales on violent or property crime rates in these states. As Garland ( 2001 Garland, D. ( 2001 ). The culture of control. Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press.

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Luxembourg Planning to Legalize Cannabis

WeedAdvisor

Furthermore, the drug was decriminalized in 2001. Etienne Schneider, an economist and member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers Party, said to Politico that: “This drug policy we had over the last 50 years did not work. Schneider is correct in his assertion that drug policies have failed. Seeking Support. . Proposed Rules. .