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

NORML

Remarks made today by the United States Surgeon General highlighting “the importance of protecting our nation from the health risks of marijuana use in adolescents and during pregnancy” fail to acknowledge the role that a regulated market can play in mitigating the use of cannabis by potentially high-risk populations.

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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. The post Australian Study Finds That Harm Reduction Could Prevent Overdoses At Music Festivals appeared first on Cannabis Central.

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

Veriheal

Several studies have been investigating the possibility of psychosis resulting from cannabis use. However, a 2023 study debunks many myths about the potential dangers of legalizing cannabis. How Several Sources of Data Were Used in the Research In 2019, an estimated 48.2 Following more than 63 million participants from Jan.

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The Top Cannabis Reform Groups to Follow (and Join)

PrestoDoctor

Cannabis is just one case that represents the uphill battle it takes to overcome misinformation, fear, and even the hatred of groups of people, to gain sensible legislation. The gains created so far are largely credited to the work of cannabis reform groups. Prominent Cannabis Reform Groups in America and Beyond.

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The Top Cannabis Reform Groups to Follow (and Join)

PrestoDoctor

Cannabis is just one case that represents the uphill battle it takes to overcome misinformation, fear, and even the hatred of groups of people, to gain sensible legislation. The gains created so far are largely credited to the work of cannabis reform groups. Prominent Cannabis Reform Groups in America and Beyond.

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Article – Faegre Baker Daniels: Key Considerations for U.K. Investment in the Legal Cannabis Industry Abroad

Cannabis Law Report

investors in cannabis-related entities, where the activity is legal in its jurisdiction but not legal in the U.K., risk committing money laundering offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). businesses with regards to cannabis-related activity and significant discrepancy in opinion within the U.K. Robert Wieder.