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

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are increasingly relaxing their cannabis laws, it’s no surprise that the drug’s consumption has grown , especially among American workers. Currently, 23 states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, including California, Massachusetts, Arizona, and Washington, D.C. As many states across the U.S. in 2021 and 4.3%

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Cannabis and Obesity: New study ties cannabis to lower rates of obesity

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However, another stereotype-smashing study found that cannabis legalization is tied to lower obesity rates as more citizens and patients take to cannabis consumption. The researchers used obesity data in Washington State between 2002-2018 because it is one of the first states to have legalized recreational or adult-use cannabis.

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

Cannabis Law Report

and derived products containing cannabinoids are considered novel foods as a history of consumption has not been demonstrated. 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.

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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

We tabulated responses to questions about driving after marijuana use from the Traffic Safety Culture Index based on demographic factors, recreational and medical marijuana policies, and per-se marijuana laws. 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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Report: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City -“Is the Colorado Marijuana Industry Showing Signs of Maturation?”

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 31, 2019 | This issue of the Rocky Mountain Economist provides an update on the economic impacts of the marijuana industry in Colorado and evaluates signs of maturation within this industry nearly six years after the first recreational marijuana storefronts opened. The State of the Cannabis Industry in the Nation.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

At the same time, the outlook on cannabis research data is largely positive. The recreational use of cannabis is well known and attributed to its power as a psychotropic plant, specifically due to the cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The outlier is ACT which in 2020 legalised cannabis for recreational use. Bonini et al.

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Cannabis Trends of 2022

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

Our ancestors consumed cannabis flower for recreational, medicinal, and spiritual purposes. As policies become more data-driven and progressive, cultivation and production technologies have continued to improve drastically over the past several years. Other consumers simply enjoy the pleasant feeling of relaxation and contentment.