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Virginia, Marijuana, and How Medical Legalization May Unfold in the South

NORML

So, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Virginia didn’t launch a medical marijuana program until 2015, nearly two decades after California. Then, in 2017 and 2018, Virginia finally made some moves to establish its own medical marijuana industry. Furthermore, Virginia’s consumption/product regulations are smoke-free.

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Johns Hopkins Receives $4M To Research Impacts of Psilocybin on Tobacco Addiction

Veriheal

Veriheal does not support illegally consuming therapeutic substances such as psilocybin but acknowledges that it transpires because of the current illicit status, which we strive to change by advocating for research, legal access, and responsible consumption. The CDC reports that in 2015, almost 70% of all adult smokers (22.7

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Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) Reports Says States Have Collected $US10 Billion In Cannabis Taxes So Far

Cannabis Law Report

The special retail tax rate was 10% until the legislature and governor increased it in July 2017. Also, until July 2017, a 2.9% million) | Tax rate: 37% at retail since July 2015; 6.5% Until July 2015, taxes were quite high — 25% at three points of transfer — making it hard to compete with illegal sales. 46,104,922.

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Policy Study: The impact of California’s cannabis taxes on participation within the legal market

Cannabis Law Report

Realizing this need, California lawmakers passed the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) in 2017. Part 5 uses data calculated in prior sections to model California consumers’ expected behavior due to changes in retail price in response to a change in tax policy.

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Medical cannabis studies offer hope to opioid users

Healer

Since 2015, the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse has funded research surrounding the therapeutic benefits of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) for the treatment of pain as an alternative to opioids, addiction and other disorders. In 2015, the institute devoted $21 million to the research.

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New Study Says. Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minors

Cannabis Law Report

The objective of the current study was to assess the ease of access to marijuana by underage patrons at recreational marijuana outlets in California, where recreational marijuana was legalized in 2016. In other areas of concern, a survey by Cerda (2017) studied the effects of marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington.

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

The Joint Blog

We compare biennial high school student self-reported survey data from Montevideo and regions in the interior of Uruguay post-legalization (2014–2018) and post initial implementation (2015–2018) to a synthetic counterfactual constructed using a weighted combination of 15 control regions in Chile.”