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Smartphone Sensor Data Could Detect Cannabis Intoxication With 90% Precision

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The investigation assessed the suitability of using smartphone sensor data to detect cannabis intoxication, and it had promising results. ” Repurposing Smartphone Sensor Data. To detect the incidents of use among study subjects, information was gleaned from telephone surveys, phone sensor data, and self-reported cases.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Eight of the laws were approved in 2020 or 2021, and in seven of those states, sales and tax collections have not yet begun. local sales tax on adult-use cannabis and has collected $237.5 million) | Tax rate: 37% at retail since July 2015; 6.5% The below figures do not count local sales tax revenues, which have been significant.

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Study Finds No Evidence Legal Medical Cannabis Increases Youth Marijuana Use • High Times

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A study of data from across the country has found no evidence that the legalization of medical cannabis and the establishment of dispensaries encourages marijuana use by young people. Lower Cannabis Use Among 9th Graders.

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Recreational Marijuana: Effects on Teen Use

CannaMD

Yet, data suggests otherwise. And according to that data, there appears to be little to no correlation between cannabis legalization and underage marijuana use on a state-by-state basis. decline in youth marijuana use from 2015 to 2017. Yet, once again, the data shows that this simply isn’t the case. California.

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The Week in Weed: May 7, 2021

The Blunt Truth

Also this week, another bipartisan, bicameral group introduced the Marijuana Data Collection Act. The case began in 2015 in the U.S. This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct research into the efficacy of medical marijuana in treating veterans with PTSD. supreme court. supreme court.

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College-Age Adults Getting High at Historic Levels

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The National Institutes of Health on Wednesday released data from the 2020 Monitoring the Future study, which has been collecting information on alcohol and drug use by young adults aged 19 through 22 since 1980. Among college students, 44 percent reported using marijuana during the past year in 2020, compared to 38 percent in 2015.

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One Marijuana Arrest Occurs Every 58 Seconds

CannaMD

MARIJUANA ARRESTS DECLINE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2015. In 2019, for example, FBI data shows 495,871 arrests made for violent crime – compared to the 500,395 individuals who were arrested for marijuana possession with no additional charges. MORE PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION THAN ALL VIOLENT CRIMES.

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