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Marijuana Legalization in NY & Driving: Response to NYS Association of Police Chiefs from Roc NORML

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Four years into adult-use sales, net fatalities below 2002 despite rise in population and increased miles traveled. . % Change ( +/-) from previous year. 2 years before medical legalization, the largest number of vehicle-related fatalities in the last 17 years. 1 year prior to legalization. Sales began January 1.

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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. Between 2002 and 2009, there was a progressive decline in positive post-accident drug tests for American workers. The positivity for cannabis in the U.S. in 2021 and 4.3%

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New American Medical Association Study Shows Cannabis Legalization Not Linked to Increased Psychosis

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The Relationship Between Marijuana Use and Psychosis Using the Optum Clinformatics DataMart Database , which functions as an anonymous Medicare Advantage and commercial claims database, scientists were able to gather data with unprecedented precision. How Several Sources of Data Were Used in the Research In 2019, an estimated 48.2

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CBD Ban: Brits Take Up Fight And Send Lawyers To Brussels

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It has also recently began flexing extra-territoriality muscles in regards to data regulation, positioning itself as a world police of consumer data, to the chagrin of Silicon Valley’s luminaries. Called Lincoln’s Inn 1995; Silk 2010. You’ll already be aware of the Mackrell Turner Garrett Cannabis practice.

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Open Secrets.Org Releases Numbers on Cannabis Industry Lobbying Numbers in The US

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Data for the most recent year was downloaded on October 23, 2019. Data for the most recent year was downloaded on October 23, 2019. All lobbying expenditures in the report come from the USA Senate Office of Public Records. Here’s the lowdown. From almost zero spend across the industry in 2011 to almost $US4 Million this year. .

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

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The journal Science retracted George Ricaurte’s paper on the neurotoxic effects of MDMA in primates after MAPS sent multiple letters to the journal and an investigation revealed that the data were invalid due to a drug labeling error. The FDA received MAPS’ protocol for a new study of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. Lyle Craker, Ph.D.,

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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

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Studies of crash or driving data suggest that, although permissive marijuana policies are associated with higher prevalence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) presence among drivers [ 1 , 2 ], there is mixed evidence that these policies are associated with motor vehicle crashes [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ]. never vs. at least once). (2)

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