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Colorado NORML and Denver NORML Host Citizen Lobby Day to Push for Consumer Protections

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Sixty-six percent of US adults believe that “the use of marijuana should be made legal,” according to national survey data compiled by the Gallup. ” Never in modern history has there existed greater public support for ending the nation’s nearly century-long experiment with marijuana prohibition.

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Positive Cannabis Drug Tests in the Workplace at the Highest in 25 years

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Quest Diagnostics started analyzing yearly workplace drug testing data 25 years ago in 1988, and the result of their recent study was published on May 18. They also stated that there has been a steady increase in positive post-accident cannabis tests since 2012, when the first states legalized recreational marijuana. in 2021 and 4.3%

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In legal weed states, employees are failing drug tests at record pace

The Cannigma

from 2012 to 2020 (from 2.2% In states with only medical programs or where marijuana is not legal at all, positive test rates also rose, but by roughly half that amount. . “Our data suggest that marijuana positivity has increased sharply nationwide since states began to legalize marijuana in 2012.

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According To DEA Data Do You Know Which State Grows The Most Illegal Cannabis ?

Cannabis Law Report

You might think it’s California,but actually it is …… According to recently published DEA data about illegal grows it is Kentucky, where both recreational and medical marijuana are still illegal. Massachusetts and Wyoming tied for last place with zero cultivated plants seized by the DEA in 2018. million plants in 2017.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

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Researchers from Eastern Virginia Medical School and Saint Louis University analyzed data across 43 states and found a pattern of arrests associated with cannabis prohibition. The study concluded that the Army “should be less concerned with these recruits if they have no misconduct offenses.”.

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Gut Feeling

Project CBD

As of March 2022, approximately 120,000 patients were registered in the program. Cannabinoid usage in IBD treatment comes with promising results as reported in the majority of the selected studies,” reads a systemic review of the literature from 2012 to 2022 published in the journal Cureus.

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Urge Kentucky Lawmakers to Support Medical Cannabis Reform Today!

NORML

according to a 2012 study issued by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. It’s understandable lawmakers want reliable data before making a decision. The good news for Kentucky legislators is the data already i s available. We can all agree on objective scientific data. 8 – state Rep.

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