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Pennsylvania: Marijuana possession arrests decline statewide

NORML

Preliminary data*, released on request from the Pennsylvania State Police Uniform Crime Reporting System, reveals that overall arrests for marijuana possession showed a decline in 2019. In 2018 there were nearly 24,000 adults arrested for less than 30 grams of cannabis. cannabis arrest data since 2008.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

Veriheal

New York’s rec market is slowly but surely rolling out, a peer-reviewed study linked state cannabis prohibition to high race-based arrests, and an analysis of thousands of Army records revealed that recruits with a history of cannabis use are just as likely as their peers to excel. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews.

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UK: Recorded drug offences up a staggering 19% in England and Wales from 2019/20 – 2020/21

Cannabis Law Report

ByLine Times reports on the internal war in the UK Labour party about how to manage the “drugs issue” and cannabis specifically after Mayor of London’s announcement he wishes to decriminalize possession. increase, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiled in a new parliamentary report.

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Recreational Cannabis Legalization Sparks Increase in Consumption, Study Reveals

Veriheal

Does recreational cannabis legalization contribute to a spike in consumption? have fully legalized cannabis use for adults over 21, and an additional 21 states have legalized medical cannabis. To conduct the study, the university researchers pulled and analyzed data from the 2008–2017 National Surveys of Drug Use and Health.

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Open Secrets.Org Releases Numbers on Cannabis Industry Lobbying Numbers in The US

Cannabis Law Report

Data for the most recent year was downloaded on October 23, 2019. The Cannabis Trade Federation have spent $760K of their members hard earned cash or should we say hard raised cash !! Cannabis Trade Federation. National Cannabis Roundtable. National Cannabis Industry Assn. California Cannabis Industry Assn.

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Good news, governor: Cannabis will not kill your kids

The Cannigma

The governor of Nebraska made international headlines earlier this month by staking his opposition to allowing medical cannabis on the claim that doing so would kill children. That’s what the data shows from around the country and that’s why it’s dangerous to go around the established process that we have.”.

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Where Does California’s $635M in Marijuana Tax Money Go?

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

And tax dollars collected from the cannabis industry are already showing great impact across a variety of sectors. Since its passing in 2016, Prop 64 has earmarked its entire cannabis industry tax revenue, minus regulatory costs, to supporting public health, repairing the environment, and bettering public safety.