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Recreational Marijuana: Impact on Traffic Deaths

CannaMD

Luckily, states such as Colorado, Washington, and California have had marijuana laws in place long enough for researchers to collect data and better understand the effects of legalization on behaviors such as driving under the influence. Their results may assuage some of these concerns. FACTORS INFLUENCING RESULTS. INADEQUATE TESTING.

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Federal Report: Youth Marijuana Use Steadily Declining

NORML

The self-reported use of marijuana by teenagers continues to decline nationally, according to federal data reported by the United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The agency’s 2018 report finds that past-year marijuana use by those ages 12 to 17 has fallen consistently since 2002, from 15.8

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

Veriheal

Currently, 23 states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, including California, Massachusetts, Arizona, and Washington, D.C. 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. As many states across the U.S. in 2022).

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

The Cannigma

The number of employees testing positive for cannabis has soared over the past decade, especially in states with legal recreational marijuana, a recent report found. The 2021 Drug Testing Index carried out by Quest Diagnostics found that in states with legalized recreational marijuana , positivity rates for marijuana testing rose 118.2%

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Colorado may see its biggest overhaul of marijuana laws since recreational legalization – Cannabis Business Executive

SpeedWeed

As recently as 2014, the vast majority of medical and recreational cannabis sold in Colorado was flower and only 11% was the high-potency concentrates consumed through dab rigs or vape pens. They don’t make cannabis products like they used to, and there’s an increasing number of Colorado lawmakers who think that’s problematic.

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Report: Gen Z Would Rather Smoke Cannabis Than Consume Alcohol

Veriheal

These surveys explore the motivations and methods behind cannabis usage for both medical purposes and recreational enjoyment. In this piece, we aim to delve into the use of cannabis among Generation Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) for purposes of happiness, healing, and relief. Several reasons are attributed to this change.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

Veriheal

New York Recreational Licenses Not Coming Until Spring 2023. The head of New York’s Cannabis Control Board, Tremaine Wright, announced during a symposium on Wednesday that state licenses for recreational dispensaries most likely will not be issued until spring 2023 at the earliest, according to WXXI.

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