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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

Marijuana policies in the United States have become more permissive, motivating research on demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws.

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Study: Youth Marijuana Use Not Up Since Uruguay Legalized Marijuana in 2013

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“In 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize recreational cannabis, instituting a non-commercial state regulatory model of production and supply”, states the study’s absract. The post Study: Youth Marijuana Use Not Up Since Uruguay Legalized Marijuana in 2013 appeared first on TheJointBlog.

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U.S. States with Legal Recreational Marijuana

The Herb Collective

And, other states allow people to use marijuana for recreational use. Here are those states: Alaska Marijuana has been legal for recreational use since February 2015 in Alaska. Maine It has been legal to use recreational marijuana statewide in Maine since 2016. However, it was legal in Portland since November 2013.

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Article: Uruguayan Legalization, Nothing To See Here, The Sky Didn’t Fall In, “Gangs of Zombies” Nowhere To Be Seen!

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.- Five years after Uruguayan pharmacies began selling cannabis for recreational use, the pioneering law that ushered in that new business has gained greater public support and the worst fears about “gangs of zombies” or spiraling addiction rates have been allayed.

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Opioid Distribution Drops Post-Marijuana Legalization, Finds Study

The Joint Blog

The study reports a greater than 30% reduction in opioid dispensing in Colorado between 2007 and 2017. Colorado, after legalizing recreational marijuana, had a significant decrease in prescription opioids distributed for pain. Utah and Maryland, two states that had not legalized recreational marijuana, were selected for comparison.

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Article: In the Weeds: Marijuana Legalization & Employment Laws

Cannabis Law Report

have legalized medical marijuana use, and 11 states have legalized recreational marijuana use. [2]. In 2012, Washington and Colorado became the first two states to legalize marijuana for recreational use. [8] In August 2013, amid various states’ marijuana legalization efforts, the U.S. Published On JD Supra: [link].

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Canada: Marijuana Body Gives Recommendations to Boost Industry

The Joint Blog

Ontario is home to more than half the licensed producers of recreational cannabis in Canada and a majority of employment, said Michelle Eaton, vice president of communications and government relations of the OCC. It is time for Congress to step up and take similar action to harmonize our nation’s state and federal marijuana policies. “As