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DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Spike, Arrests Fall in 2019

NORML

Federal law enforcement agents and their partners made fewer marijuana-related arrests in 2019, but seized a far greater number of plants than they did the year before, according to annual data compiled by US Drug Enforcement Administration. In 2011, for instance, the DEA seized over 8.7 ” DEA data for 2019 is online here.

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NORML Members Call On NFL’s Goodell To Allow Players Access To Medicine

NORML

In his state-of-the-NFL address the Friday prior to Superbowl LIII, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell remained vague about the NFL’s future policies regarding medical marijuana and drug testing. They look at this constantly, they look at the data, they look at the science and they make those recommendations to us on that basis.”

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Cannabis and Obesity: New study ties cannabis to lower rates of obesity

Veriheal

The researchers used obesity data in Washington State between 2002-2018 because it is one of the first states to have legalized recreational or adult-use cannabis. ” Their attempt to answer the question included a 2011 study conducted on a group of cannabis consumers and non-consumers. from 2000-2020. .

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NORML: DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests

Cannabis Law Report

million cultivated marijuana plants and made more than 6,600 marijuana-related arrests in 2021, according to annual data compiled by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. . The totals are the highest reported by the agency since 2011, when it reported making an estimated 8,500 marijuana-related arrests and seized some 6.7

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

NORML

2 years before medical legalization, the largest number of vehicle-related fatalities in the last 17 years. 1 year prior to legalization. Sales began January 1. Adult-use passes by ballot. Adult use-sales go into effect.

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DEA Report Shows Marijuana Arrests And Seizures Up In 2020

SpeedWeed

Data recently released by the U.S. According to the data published in the DEA’s yearly Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program Statistical Report, approximately 4.54 The data in the DEA report also showed that nearly 5,000 arrests for federal marijuana-related offenses were made by law enforcement officers in 2020.

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It’s Time to Refute the Cannabis Gateway Theory Once and For All

Veriheal

Coleman Drake is an assistant professor that specializes in health policy and management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. ” Drake and his team of researchers studied data collected from Nevada, Massachusetts, California, and Maine. I guess it’s showing a step in the right direction.

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