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Federal Report: Youth Marijuana Use Steadily Declining

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The self-reported use of marijuana by teenagers continues to decline nationally, according to federal data reported by the United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The agency’s 2018 report finds that past-year marijuana use by those ages 12 to 17 has fallen consistently since 2002, from 15.8

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

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.” Specifically, federal and state data finds that teen cannabis use has declined in past years – during the same time that many states have legalized and regulated the use of cannabis by adults. 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

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

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Currently, 23 states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, including California, Massachusetts, Arizona, and Washington, D.C. 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. As many states across the U.S.

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Marijuana use doubles in U.S. pregnant women

Cannabis Chronicles

That’s from a nationally representative health survey in 2016-17 and compares with a little over 3 percent in 2002-03. women who were questioned during a period when rising numbers of states legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. Overall, 7 percent of pregnant women, or 1 in 14, said they used marijuana in the past month.

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

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A team of researchers wanted to assess the impact of recreational cannabis legalization on obesity, beginning by stating, “obesity in the US arguably constitutes the most significant health epidemic over the past century.” Adult-use Legalization is Associated with Decreased Levels of Obesity. from 2000-2020. .

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Report: Global Legal Cannabis Market Will Mature Significantly by 2031

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This currency exchange data is provided as a means of assisting industry leaders in making informed business-related decisions. Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. Included in the report by Research and Markets is a segment covering the market’s overall size and forecast in five dominant currencies — USD, EUR GBP, JPY, and AUD.