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Opioid Distribution Drops Post-Marijuana Legalization, Finds Study

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The study reports a greater than 30% reduction in opioid dispensing in Colorado between 2007 and 2017. Other national research more clearly showed that marijuana policies were associated with reductions in analgesic opioid use. They examined dispensing trends for nine prescription opioids used for pain (e.g.,

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

NORML

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. Adult use-sales go into effect.

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Canadian Listed “Asia Cannabis Corp” Looks At Hemp Opportunities In Cambodia

Cannabis Law Report

Neither the CSE nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. TSXV:SHM) (since December 2017) and was a director of Synstream from May 2007 to August 2013 and then from December 2017 to present. 403) 612-5655.

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Beyond Blue Dream: A Haze strain family genealogy

SpeedWeed

The Super Silver Haze went for a three-peat at the High Times Cannabis Cup in 1997, 1998, and 1999, and the Super Lemon Haze took home the title in 2007 and 2008. 2007: Super Lemon Haze wins HT Cannabis Cup. Ellen Holland is an Oakland-based journalist who has written about cannabis since 2013. What can I say? Ellen Holland.

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Tax Court’s decision in Harborside A Big Challenge For CA Cannabis Dispensaries

Cannabis Law Report

million for the fiscal years 2007 through 2012. Steve DeAngelo, Harborside’s co-founder and Chairman Emeritus, also commented, “Harborside’s policy towards the federal government has always been to exhaust all reasonable available legal options to pursue justice.

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Californian Cannabis Lawyers In Court Tussle

Cannabis Law Report

In March 2011, the IRS audited Sosa and Mid City for tax years 2007 to 2009. On January 27, 2012, the IRS issued an Income Tax Discrepancy Adjustment to Sosa, stating that he owed approximately $35,000 for tax years 2007 to 2009 (January 2012 Demand Letter). Mahaffey (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th Citation.]

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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. 1988, Jones et al.,