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FBI: Marijuana Arrests Rise For Third Straight Year, Outpace Arrests For All Violent Crimes

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The total number of persons arrested in the United States for violating marijuana laws rose for the third consecutive year, according to data released by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, police made 663,367 arrests for marijuana-related violations in 2018.

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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. Adult use-sales go into effect.

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Cannabis – The study that blew my mind

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ciency illnesses, congenital metabolic defects, hemoglobinopathies, and myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative syndromes (Weisdorf, 2007). GVHD is currently managed with a host of immune-suppressing drugs that support the body’s uptake of the donated tissue (Shlomchik, 2007). 2007) ‘GVHD—The Nuts and Bolts’, Hematology.

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Marijuana article strikes a nerve

Cannabis Chronicles

Gladwell’s article and a subsequent New York Times op-ed by Berenson, was quickly rebuked by marijuana researchers and legalization advocates, who took issue with Gladwell’s selective use of data and Berenson’s linking marijuana use to schizophrenia. In 2017, for example, Washington had 304.5

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New Mexico State Supreme Court Rules….”medical cannabis purchases in the state are not subject to the state’s gross receipts tax”

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New Mexico launched its medical cannabis program in 2007 and, as of January, the program had more than 130,340 enrolled patients, according to state Department of Health data. NM Supreme Court tosses cannabis tax case.

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Former member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse (NACDA) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Joins Ehave, Inc; Ehave Appoints Psychopharmacologist, Board-Certified Psychiatrist, And Licensed Physician, Bankole Johnson To Its Medical Advisory Board

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He was also listed in “Best Doctors in America” in 2007, 2009, and 2010. He served on the National Advisory Council for NIH/NIDA from 2004 – 2007 and was a member of the Medications Development Subcommittee of NIDA’s Advisory Council on Drug Abuse during the same period. Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer.

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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. Prescription data reported to the Drug Enforcement Administration for nine opioids used for pain (e.g., They examined dispensing trends for nine prescription opioids used for pain (e.g.,