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Marijuana Legalization in NY & Driving: Response to NYS Association of Police Chiefs from Roc NORML

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The New York State Association of Police said traffic safety is a major concern, citing an increase in vehicle-related fatalities by 62 percent in Colorado the first year cannabis was legalized in the state. 2 years before medical legalization, the largest number of vehicle-related fatalities in the last 17 years. Sales began January 1.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

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Salama was Assistant Branch Chief of the California Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch. Lee served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Vince Chhabria at the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California from 2015 to 2016, Law Clerk for the Honorable Michelle T. Friedland at the U.S.

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Ukraine’s Freedom March….call on the global cannabis community to help us in the fight for the future of Ukraine

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Freedom March is an independent organization operating in Ukraine since 2005. We must help evacuate them to safety with the surviving members of their families and take care of their well-being for a while. We, the Freedom March activists, call on the global cannabis community to help us in the fight for the future of Ukraine!

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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

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The Traffic Safety Culture Index is an annual survey with national scope and multiple measures relevant to driving after marijuana use. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws. Materials and methods. Study sample. never vs. at least once). (2)

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Clarence Thomas Legal Opinion “A prohibition on intrastate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal government’s piecemeal approach”

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Thomas wrote that a 2005 Supreme Court ruling – Gonzales v. Aside from taxes, Thomas also noted that marijuana businesses could run afoul of criminal laws that penalize the use of firearms while trafficking in controlled substances just by hiring armed security. 20-645_9p6b. MJ Biz reports.

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New Commission Formed in the United Kingdom Plans to Publish Recommendations on How the UK Can Become a Global Leader in Cannabinoid Innovation

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Such a review is long overdue,” said Jeremy Willcocks, Partner at law firm Arnold & Porter. He graduated from New College, Oxford in 1976 and worked for 28 years in major City of London law firms, latterly as a partner in CMS Cameron McKenna, specialising in product regulation, product liability and class actions.

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National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Critcizes Congress On Their Tardiness On Reforming Cannabis Laws.”The bottom line is this: Legalization in some form is going to happen, and the abdication of responsibility to address these issues in Washington is simply ludicrous.”

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It is time for federal action to clarify and harmonize the laws and regulations surrounding the state-legal cannabis industry and marijuana-related businesses, so that this industry can take part in the legitimate financial services industry.”. Marijuana Moment reports.

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