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Marijuana Legalization May Decrease Crime in Nearby States

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Law enforcement, policy makers, and public citizens have long debated how recreational marijuana legalization influences crime and public safety. Most existing research focuses on crime in legalized states. But how does cannabis legalization impact crime in neighboring states? Researchers Francis D.

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

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However, a 2023 study debunks many myths about the potential dangers of legalizing cannabis. This groundbreaking research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry (JAMA), challenges previous claims that marijuana legalization increases psychosis and other mental health issues. 1, 2003, to Dec.

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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

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Now, he is the Vice-Chair of Indiana NORML — an organization who is currently focused on changing cannabis laws for the access to Medical Cannabis as therapeutic treatment in Indiana. This position statement does not extend to the current debate on the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes. www.nursingworld.org.

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Canada: The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker

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Canada emerged as the first federal G7 and G20 nation – the second country ever – to legalize the cultivation and consumption of cannabis and its by-products. This article is about R v Parker , the leading medical marijuana case that represented the first legal crack to bring down the prohibition-era wall.

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Jay-Z’s Weed Brand Posts Ads Calling Out Contradiction in Cannabis Laws

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While many states, and the entire country of Canada, have embraced full cannabis legalization, other states are still holding off, and many areas with legal cannabis still have work to do when it comes to expunging past cannabis charges. titled Houseplant, compared the way legal cannabis has been treated in Canada and the U.S.

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New Hampshire Just Made Autism and Insomnia Qualifying Conditions for Medical Marijuana Program

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Although this new law will allow thousands of new patients to access medical marijuana, the Granite State is still lagging behind the rest of the Northeast when it comes to cannabis reform. New Hampshire did decriminalize minor pot possession back in 2017, but lawmakers have failed to advance a full adult-use legalization bill.

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AIMS v. Garland: A Disappointment for Psilocybin Advocates, but Progressive Policy May Still be on the Horizon

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Psilocybin’s therapeutic benefits are so promising that Denver, Colorado became the first city to decriminalize psilocybin in May 2019, and in 2020, Oregon passed Measure 109, which paved the road for a program allowing for legal manufacture, delivery, and administration of psilocybin to clients at supervised, licensed facilities in the state.

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