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New Study Finds Smoking Weed Has Less COPD Risks Than Tobacco

Veriheal

Reviewing data collected during the longitudinal study, the authors conclude that cannabis smoking may pose fewer lung troubles than cigarettes. While these and many related data from decades of research hold tobacco smoking liable for COPD, there are inadequate research-backed connections between cannabis smoking and COPD.

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It is Time to Acknowledge Reality and End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

NORML

Today, we stood with Representatives Tulsi Gabbard and Don Young as they introduced the Ending Federal Prohibition Act and Marijuana Data Collection Act. Currently, ten states and the District of Columbia have legalized the adult use of marijuana and thirty-three states and DC have medical marijuana programs.

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Leafly Launches New Report to Score Legalized Cannabis Markets on Social Justice

Cannabis Law Report

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Leafly , the world’s leading cannabis marketplace and resource, released Seeds of Change : Strategies to create an equitable cannabis industry , a first-of-its-kind report that measures states’ efforts in making social equity a foundational part of cannabis legalization.

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Kelley Drye & Warren: CBD and Hemp Legal and Regulatory Roundup – August 2021

Cannabis Law Report

Welcome to our weekly roundup of CBD and hemp-related legal and regulatory news: CBD. The study will utilize Radicle Science’s data analytics platform and a virtual, direct-to-consumer model to deliver objective health outcome data across diverse populations and conditions. s history. A jury awarded 25 eastern Mont.

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

Cannabis Law Report

From the systemic history of racism in the United States, African Americans exclusion from economic opportunities leads to maximizing profits for the White elite (Hirschman, 2019). What public policy barriers are African Americans facing when attempting to enter the legal cannabis industry? Central Research Question.

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Legal Framework for the Use of Psychedelics in Switzerland

Cannabis Law Report

analyse the history and applications of psychedelic substances such as LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and mescaline. The legal framework regarding the use of psychedelics in patients is very pragmatic in Switzerland and unique internationally. The Legal Framework. In this documentary series, author Michael Pollan and Co.

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ITEP Report – Taxing Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

While much of the debate around legalization has rightly focused on potential health and criminal justice impacts, legalization also has revenue implications for state and local governments that choose to regulate and tax cannabis sales. billion) already rival total excise tax revenues collected from all forms of alcohol ($1.16