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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

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We tabulated responses to questions about driving after marijuana use from the Traffic Safety Culture Index based on demographic factors, recreational and medical marijuana policies, and per-se marijuana laws. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws.

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Study on MDMA for Traumatic Brain Injury Boosted By $1.5M Donation

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Data collected from MAPS-sponsored Phase 3 clinical trials suggests that MDMA-assisted therapy appears promising in the treatment of TBI. The grant comes from Michigan’s 2021 Veteran Marijuana Research Grant Program , and is funded by the state’s recreational cannabis taxes. View original article.

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

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After the Mexican Revolution in 1910, there was a fear that the influx of Mexican immigrants would increase recreational use (Green, 2005). Data were analyzed based on the central question, and three themes emerged. Cotton plantation owners promoted cotton products, and society began to look at hemp clothing as inferior (Green, 2005).

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DOJ Report: The Cannabis Effect on Crime: Time-Series Analysis of Crime in Colorado and Washington State

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We observed no statistically significant long-term effects of recreational cannabis laws or the initiation of retail sales on violent or property crime rates in these states. Or, paradoxically, the article by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker, claiming (based on a book by Berenson, [ 2019 Berenson, A. ( 2019 ).

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High crimes and misdemeanors: Cannabis legalization and criminal justice reform – Cannabis Business Executive

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New York State is on the cusp of legalizing cannabis for recreational use. Will it have the social and economic impact many legislators and advocacy groups hope for? Both bills seek to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana and provide an economic boost to communities disproportionately impacted by the decades-long war on drugs.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

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Using a content analysis approach, we investigated articles about medicinal cannabis from 2000 to the end of 2019 in the Medical Journal of Australia, Australian Doctor , Medical Observer , Australian Journal of General Practice , Australian Family Physicia n , and Australian Medicine. Background. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ).

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Facebook Marketing for Cannabis Businesses and Cannabis-Related Businesses

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The company states that content and ads which promote advocacy and don’t promote the sale or distribution of cannabis are allowed, but ad accounts that follow those guidelines are shut down all the time. . Considering cannabis is now legal for recreational use in 16 states and Washington, D.C. View original article.