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Report – Australia: Illicit drug data report 2017-18 (6 Aug 2019)

Cannabis Law Report

In its 16th year, the Illicit Drug Data Report 2017–18 (IDDR) provides an authoritative picture of illicit drugs in Australia. It continues to inform policy and operational decisions across government, industry and the not-for-profit sector and focuses efforts to reduce the impact of illicit drugs on our communities.

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The STATES Act Reintroduced: Bipartisan Measure Limits Federal Government’s Ability To Interfere With State-Sanctioned Marijuana Business, Policies

NORML

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), along with Representatives David Joyce (R-OH) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), have reintroduced The Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act of 2019. “The majority of states now regulate either the medical use or the adult use of marijuana. .

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Pennsylvania: Marijuana possession arrests decline statewide

NORML

Preliminary data*, released on request from the Pennsylvania State Police Uniform Crime Reporting System, reveals that overall arrests for marijuana possession showed a decline in 2019. The new data shows 19,990 adults arrested for the same offense in 2019. cannabis arrest data since 2008.

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Bipartisan Legislation To End Marijuana Prohibition Filed

NORML

Introduced was The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2019, to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances list and allow states the freedom to regulate marijuana as they choose, without federal interference. Marijuana legalization is here to stay and it is time that federal policy reflect that.”

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Research Finds That Legalized Cannabis Does Not Increase Youth Use

Veriheal

A federally funded study on the effects of adult-use legalization looked at data on middle schoolers in New Mexico and Nevada between 2017 and 2019. percent in 2017 to 13.3 percent in 2019. However, new research has found that this may not necessarily be the case. Similarly, past 30-day use rose from 6.3

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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. Marijuana policies in the United States (U.S.) Introduction.

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Sen. Schumer And Rep. Jeffries To Introduce Comprehensive Marijuana Reform Legislation

NORML

Those without the means to defend themselves from the state bear the greatest burden and lifelong consequences of this ongoing failed federal policy. According to the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report , police made 659,700 arrests for marijuana-related violations in 2017. Thirty-three states, Washington, D.C. and the U.S.