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TSX plunges before trading halt while U.S. on path to worst week since 2008

Cannabis Life Network

on path to worst week since 2008 appeared first on Latest Cannabis News Today - Headlines, Videos & Stocks. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 324.48 points or 1.9 per cent at 16,717.44 before trading ended at 1:54 […]. The post TSX plunges before trading halt while U.S.

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Study: Adult-Use Legalization Associated with Decline in Youth Treatment Admissions

NORML

A pair of researchers from Temple University assessed annual drug treatments admissions among youth for the years 2008 to 2017. The enactment of adult-use cannabis legalization laws is not associated with an increase in marijuana-related youth drug treatment admissions, according to data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

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South Africa: Webinar: The Child Justice Act, 2008 (Act 75 of 2008) and the Use/Possession of Cannabis by Children

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Is Weedmaps in hot water with federal prosecutors?

Leafly

A leaked grand jury subpoena demanded nearly all company documents dating back to 2008. Here's what it could mean. The post Is Weedmaps in hot water with federal prosecutors? appeared first on Leafly.

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Pennsylvania: Marijuana possession arrests decline statewide

NORML

cannabis arrest data since 2008. The new data shows 19,990 adults arrested for the same offense in 2019. Chris Goldstein, a writer and regional organizer for NORML, has gathered Pa. He called this “a significant shift.”

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War and Peace and Cannabis

Cannabis Life Network

His 2008 campaign is a testament to how the left used to be antiwar. Since it is almost always the poor sent to fight wars, the political left has correctly used the metaphor of pawns in a larger, murderous chess game. This tide started to turn under Obama. But once he became president, not only […].

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Is Cannabis Recession-Proof? 

Cannabis Life Network

During the last major recession in 2008 and 2009, the legal cannabis industry didn’t exist. Is cannabis recession-proof? Colorado and Washington didn’t legalize it until late 2012. Canada didn’t have a recreational sector until 2018. We can look at tobacco and alcohol trends during recessions to make some predictions.