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Surgeon General’s Advisory Highlights Need for Further Cannabis Regulation, Not Criminalization

NORML

According to an August 2019 federal report , past-year marijuana use by those ages 12 to 17 has fallen consistently since 2002, from 15.8 percent to 12.5 Since 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to regulate adult-use access, past-year youth use has fallen eight percent.

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CBD Enhances Glucose Metabolism via Nuclear Receptors

Project CBD

The first evidence of an endocannabinoid interacting with PPARs came in 2002, when a research team in Tennessee showed that a metabolite of 2-AG activated PPAR- a. 2019, doi:10.1177/2045125319881916 Rebelos, Eleni et al. 2019, doi:10.1177/2045125319881916 Matrisciano, Francesco, and Graziano Pinna. 2016, doi:10.3389/fphar.2016.00422

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Australian Study Finds That Harm Reduction Could Prevent Overdoses At Music Festivals

Veriheal

A new study analyzing drug overdose deaths at music festivals in Australia between 2000 and 2019 takes a look at what caused the overdoses and what policies may have helped prevent them. What Causes Overdoses at Music Festivals? The study, which was published by the International Journal of Drug Policy , looked at 64 total deaths.

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Report Says Cannabis Use Among Pregnant Women Increased During the Pandemic

Veriheal

From January 2019 to December 2020, a team of researchers at Kaiser Permanente “examined urine toxicology tests for cannabis from the first prenatal visit for 100,005 pregnancies (involving 95,412 women) at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California…comparing positive tests in the pre-pandemic period with those during the pandemic period.”

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Executive Spotlight: George Jage

Cannabis Law Report

Prior to founding Jage Media and its properties, George was Co-founder & Exec VP of the Off-Price Show (1993 – 2001), Co-founder & CEO of World Tea Media (2002 – 2012), and Group Director of the Beverage Group at F&W Media (2013 – 2014).

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Mass Roots: Deadly Dietrich Is Back & He Has A New Buddy, Mr Meeks & They Are Embroiled In A $12 Million Arbitration Claim By A Caymans Investment Fund.

Cannabis Law Report

… I used to work in politics ,he says in this 2019 interview, if that doesn’t ring warning bells what does? In a federal lawsuit filed Monday in the Southern District of New York, MassRoots counters that it’s not subject to the warrant, which Iroquois bought from a third-party in 2019. The Good Old Days !! B t Detector

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

Cannabis Law Report

From the systemic history of racism in the United States, African Americans exclusion from economic opportunities leads to maximizing profits for the White elite (Hirschman, 2019). 2019, April 16). Before the civil war, there were more cannabis farms than cotton farms (Green, 2005). London, UK: Pavilion Book. Hirilman, G. Hirschman, D.,

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