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Surgeon General’s Advisory Highlights Need for Further Cannabis Regulation, Not Criminalization

NORML

. “These regulations should include age restrictions, prohibitions on the unlicensed commercial production or retail sale of the plant and rational limits with regard to product marketing.” Since 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to regulate adult-use access, past-year youth use has fallen eight percent.

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How Can Cannabis Professionals Better Educate Consumers?

The Cannigma

Barker, who was named one of the Top 25 Budtenders by Green Entrepreneur in 2019, joined cannabis advocate and entrepreneur Mara Gordon, Six Labs Co-Founder Joe Ori, and cannabis advocate and comedian (and former budtender) Rachel Wolfson on “Cannabis Education in Dispensaries” on Monday night. The frontline workers of cannabis.

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Federal Report: Youth Marijuana Use Steadily Declining

NORML

Since 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to regulate adult use access, past-year youth use has fallen eight percent. ” Separate evaluations of marijuana use patterns specifically in cannabis legalization states show little if any change in cannabis use or access by teenagers. percent to 12.5

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/15/20

NORML

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access. AL resident? KY resident? MD resident?

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Oakton College at forefront of cannabis education in Illinois

Illinois News Joint

Now, Oakton College is one of the leaders in cannabis education, offering several certificate options and more as part of its Cannabis Studies curricula. The post Oakton College at forefront of cannabis education in Illinois appeared first on Illinois News Joint. A video tour of the lab can be found here.

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What are cannabis coaches and how can they help close the cannabis education gap?

The Cannigma

Cannabis coaching can also serve as a means to expand upon the cannabis retail experience, where budtenders are on the front line of legal cannabis, but often don’t have sufficiently deep expertise on the ins and outs of the cannabis plant. A cannabis coach is ‘a well-trained, experienced and certified health coach’.

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Colorado Will Vote on Increasing Cannabis Taxes To Fund Research and Education

Veriheal

Proposition 119 , if approved, would increase Colorado’s state marijuana retail sales tax rate from 15% to 20% to fund an out-0f-school education program. A group of educators in support of the measure have spearheaded the Vote Yes on Prop 119 campaign, which has since been endorsed by many state politicians.