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

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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. Marijuana policy should be evidence based. Dispel the myths with the NORML Fact Sheets. For more information follow Colorado NORML on Facebook , Twitter , and visit their website !

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Positive Cannabis Drug Tests in the Workplace at the Highest in 25 years

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Quest Diagnostics started analyzing yearly workplace drug testing data 25 years ago in 1988, and the result of their recent study was published on May 18. They also stated that there has been a steady increase in positive post-accident cannabis tests since 2012, when the first states legalized recreational marijuana. in 2021 and 4.3%

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

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Kathy Hochul in September—are currently working on building policies for the newly legal adult-use cannabis market , which Wright says should be ready in about 18 months. The board members—who were just appointed by Gov.

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

Cannabis Law Report

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Authored By: By Dr. Ayoka Nurse.

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Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) Reports Says States Have Collected $US10 Billion In Cannabis Taxes So Far

Cannabis Law Report

Since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. Colorado has a robust medical program, with about 1.6% Legalizing cannabis for adults has been a wise investment. of the population enrolled.

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Colorado to Vote on Increasing Cannabis Taxes in November

SpeedWeed

Initiative 25 is also referred to as the “Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program,” or LEAP , and is proposing a three percent increase in recreational cannabis taxes starting in 2022. Colorado has garnered a strong history of cannabis sales revenue and tax data since the state’s legalization bill was passed in 2012.

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Cannabis and climate crisis: Do consumers need to take more responsibility?

The Cannigma

An estimate from 2012, when cannabis production was much lower than it is today, found that indoor cannabis cultivation consumes 20 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and produces 15 million metric tons of CO2 that is released into the atmosphere each year. “The ’ (Sonya Yruel/Drug Policy Alliance).