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Cannabis Policy Expert Morgan Fox Hired To Oversee NORML’s Federal Advocacy Efforts

Cannabis Law Report

Morgan Fox has worked professionally as a cannabis policy reform advocate since 2008, and he has been directly involved in dozens of state ballot initiative campaigns to establish medical and adult-use cannabis programs, among other successful campaigns at the local, state, and federal levels.

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USA: Students For Sensible Drug Policy Elect New Executive Director

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Students for Sensible Drug Policy today announces Jason Ortiz, a long-standing alumnus who first became involved with SSDP in 2008,… Read More. The post USA: Students For Sensible Drug Policy Elect New Executive Director first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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First Amazon & Now GM Are Having Employee Issues Due To Cannabis Testing Policies

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Now GM have admitted they are in the same boat but they, as yet, haven’t decided to change policies with regard to testing. GM’s Policy on Cannabis Use Partly to Blame for Worker Shortage: UAW. Additionally, there’s the odd-hour shifts and the company’s policy on drug testing for cannabis. The Drive reports.

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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

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In Indianapolis on January 29, a quiet, eager audience of nurses give their rapt attention to Jason Straw as he takes center stage at the 2020 ISNA Policy Conference. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. PURPOSE : .

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

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A pair of researchers from Temple University assessed annual drug treatments admissions among youth for the years 2008 to 2017. The decline in admissions rate was greater in Colorado and Washington compared to non-RML (recreational marijuana law) states” following the enactment of adult-use legalization policies.

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Weedmaps Dodges Class-Action Lawsuit by Implementing New Advertising Policy

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Weedmaps, founded in 2008 and based in Irvine, California, is a well-known website for those in search of a local marijuana dispensary. The policy change was likely influenced by an impending class-action lawsuit that was in the works by the law firm of Zuber Lawler.

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Pennsylvania: Marijuana possession arrests decline statewide

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cannabis arrest data since 2008. ” “This is likely the result of two major policy changes: More than twenty decriminalization or penalty downgrade ordinances passed by city councils across the Commonwealth, and approximately a quarter of a million registered medical marijuana patients,” said Goldstein.

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