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Study: Cannabis Legalization Associated With Fewer Hospitalizations Among Schizophrenia Patients

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"These results illustrate that cannabis regulation, coupled with consumer education, can provide sufficient safeguards to protect -- and potentially even improve -- mental health outcomes, particularly among more vulnerable populations." The post Study: Cannabis Legalization Associated With Fewer Hospitalizations Among Schizophrenia Patients appeared first on NORML.

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Analysis: Cannabis Smoking Not Linked To Increased Risk of Emphysema, Other Tobacco-Related Harms

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"The findings highlight the distinct patterns of pulmonary and cardiovascular manifestations associated with smoking and marijuana use. In general, marijuana users do not appear to develop emphysema or pulmonary hyperinflation." The post Analysis: Cannabis Smoking Not Linked To Increased Risk of Emphysema, Other Tobacco-Related Harms appeared first on NORML.

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Maryland: Senate Advances Bill Protecting Certain Public Employees From Being Fired Over Medical Cannabis Use

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"Just as patients taking traditional medications do not face punishment in the workplace unless their on-the-job performance is impaired, those who use medical cannabis during their off-hours should not face sanctions solely because of their status as a medical marijuana patient." The post Maryland: Senate Advances Bill Protecting Certain Public Employees From Being Fired Over Medical Cannabis Use appeared first on NORML.

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FBI: Marijuana-Related Arrests Comprised Over 40 Percent of All Drug Arrests in More Than a Dozen States in 2023

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“Marijuana-related prosecutions remain the primary driver of drug war enforcement in those states where marijuana-related activities remain criminalized. It is shameful that hundreds of thousands of Americans continue to be arrested annually in these jurisdictions for cannabis-related violations that the majority of voters no longer believe should be a crime.

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Texas Expands Patients’ Access to Medical Cannabis

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The new law opens the Texas Compassionate Use Program to include those suffering from chronic pain and other newly eligible conditions. It also expands the variety of cannabis formulations that patients possess and significantly increases the total number of state-licensed dispensaries that can operate in the state. The post Texas Expands Patients’ Access to Medical Cannabis appeared first on NORML.

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Texas: Lawmakers Advance Bill Expanding State’s Medical Cannabis Access Program

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Provisions in the bill open the program to those suffering from chronic pain, among other newly eligible conditions. It also expands the variety of cannabis formulations that may be possessed by patients and significantly increases total number of state-licensed dispensaries that can operate in the state. The post Texas: Lawmakers Advance Bill Expanding State’s Medical Cannabis Access Program appeared first on NORML.

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Florida: Governor Signs Law Making It Harder to Place Ballot Initiatives Before Voters

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Lawmakers in other states, including Idaho and Texas, are also seeking to make it more difficult for voters to decide on marijuana-related ballot initiatives. The post Florida: Governor Signs Law Making It Harder to Place Ballot Initiatives Before Voters appeared first on NORML.

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