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California Awards $12 Million In Local Cannabis Equity Grants To Repair Drug War Harms

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California’s path to cannabis social equity: from arrests to advocacy Data from the California Department of Justice reveals that nearly half a million individuals were arrested on cannabis charges in the state between 2006 and 2015.

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

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2 years before medical legalization, the largest number of vehicle-related fatalities in the last 17 years. 1 year prior to legalization. Sales began January 1. Adult-use passes by ballot.

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Legal Cannabis Spurs Increase in Cookie Sales, According to Study

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Researchers from the University of Connecticut and Georgia State University reviewed high-calorie-food sales-data from states that have legalized cannabis, and a correlation was observed. The retail-data analysis covered more than 2,000 counties over a period of a decade, from 2006 to 2016. The Data Review.

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Cannabis – The study that blew my mind

Cannabis Law Report

Multivariate analysis of overall survival and nonrelapse mortality (NRM) data has shown GVHD likelihood can be impacted by age, prior acute GVHD, time from transplantation to cGVHD, donor type, disease status at transplantation, GVHD prophylaxis, gender mismatch, serum bilirubin, Karnofsky score, and platelet count (Arora et al. Implications.

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New Study Says. Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minors

Cannabis Law Report

One of the most successful alcohol control policies in the United States was the establishment of the minimum legal drinking age of 21 (MLDA-21). All states have a version of MLDA-21, with Congress passing legislation in 1984 pressuring all states to enact the policy if they had not already done so. 2006, Freisthler et al.,

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Cannabis & THC: Understanding the Effects & Liability

Cannabis Law Report

Insurance carriers assessing grower and/or dispensary facilities policy applications for D&O, liability, and/or workers compensation coverage. THC metabolism (adapted from Musshoff and Madea, 2006). Attribution of individual liability in forensic cases. The rapid metabolism of the psychoactive compounds (i.e., Howland, M.

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

Cannabis Law Report

MAPS hired Sylvia Thyssen as our first employee , celebrated the 50th anniversary of LSD , outlined perspectives on drug policy , and worked toward facilitating a pilot study for medical marijuana.