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Today’s Answer of the Day

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Did the number of naloxone prescriptions increase, decrease or stay the same during the time span of 2010 to 2018? According to research conducted by the Urban Institute, prescriptions for naloxone increased by more than 70-fold from 2010 to 2018. The most significant increase in naloxone prescriptions occurred after 2016.

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Law Offices of Omar Figueroa Open NY Outpost

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The law firm that began practicing out of Sebastopol in 2010 leases a 50-square-foot workspace in Brooklyn to be staffed and managed by attorney Andrew Kingsdale. New York is going to be good for us as a law firm,” Figueroa said, referring to the Golden State’s 2016 passage of Proposition 64, approval of recreational cannabis sales.

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

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Sales began January 1. Adult-use passes by ballot. Adult use-sales go into effect. Four years into adult-use sales, net fatalities below 2002 despite rise in population and increased miles traveled.

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Singaporean President Offers Unlimited Stay Of Execution For Convicted Drug (96.07g of heroin) Traffickers

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They were convicted in 2010. On April 22, 2010, after a 15-day trial, they were convicted and sentenced to the then mandatory death penalty. In June 2016, they applied to be given life imprisonment, arguing that they were suffering from an abnormality of mind.

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New Jersey Cannabis Legalization Guide (Public Question 1)

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However, medical cannabis was legalized in 2010 when then-Governor Jon Corzine signed the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (CAMMA) into law. Since 2010, however, the laws have loosened surrounding which patients qualify for medical cannabis use. What are the current laws surrounding cannabis in New Jersey?

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Study: Washington Teens Not Using More Marijuana Following Legalization

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For the study researchers from Washington State University, the University of Massachusetts, and the Colorado School of Public Health assessed trends in teen marijuana use and employment in the years immediately prior to and immediately following the enactment of retail marijuana sales (2010 to 2016), reports NORML in a news release.

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Study: Marijuana Decreases Migraine Pain

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An earlier, much smaller University of Colorado study from 2016 looked at 121 people who suffered from regular migraine headaches and used marijuana daily to prevent attacks or ease pain. The study appeared in the peer-reviewed journal, Pharmacotherapy , and followed migraine patients between 2010 and 2014.

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