Veriheal

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Many cannabis advocates have pointed to cannabis decriminalization and legalization as a means of freeing up resources for handling more serious, violent crimes. They found that “the legalization of marijuana for adults is associated with improvements in police clearance rates for multiple types of violent crimes.”.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This November 2020 election, cannabis legalization initiatives will appear on the ballots of five states: Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota. In South Dakota, the possession or consumption of any amount of cannabis is illegal. Additionally, cannabis is not decriminalized.

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Veriheal

JUNE 24, 2020

times more likely to be arrested for the offense compared to white people despite similar cannabis consumption rates. Cannabis Legalization Isn’t Enough. Cannabis arrests nationally are down 18% since 2010, but there has been an uptick since 2015—even though more states are enacting legalization or decriminalization policies.

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Freedom Leaf

MAY 14, 2019

In February 2018, I heard about a group that wanted to decriminalize psychoactive mushrooms in Denver, but didn’t know much about it. He’d listened to a podcast I did on the topic of “psychedelic law,” a term I coined in 2010. Out of the 418,546 registered voters in Denver, 40% weighed in on magic-mushroom decriminalization.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

At the state level, the North Dakota House of Representatives defeated a decriminalization bill on the House floor by a narrow 43-47 vote. On the same day, LegalizeND announced that they will try again with a 2020 legalization ballot initiative. Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! MD resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 10, 2021

In short the study learns that legalized states tend not to have their roads overcrowded with stoned drivers and cannabis users like alcohol users self police their behaviour. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws. RM and MM Legal vs. 82.6%

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Colorado, which opened recreational stores in January 2014, has the longest-running legalized marijuana market in the United States. Historically, the legality of cannabis—a generalized term used to describe the plants from which both marijuana and industrial hemp are derived—has evolved over time in the United States.

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