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Marijuana Legalization May Decrease Crime in Nearby States

CannaMD

Law enforcement, policy makers, and public citizens have long debated how recreational marijuana legalization influences crime and public safety. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy , and PLOS One – discovering a buffer effect and decreased crime rates. Most existing research focuses on crime in legalized states.

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One Marijuana Arrest Occurs Every 58 Seconds

CannaMD

You might think that cannabis legalization would lead to a significant decrease in marijuana-related arrests, but that hasn’t been the case. Not only did marijuana arrests initially increase as states legalized the plant, but there are still more people arrested for marijuana possession than for all violent crimes combined.

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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. 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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NORML Publish Book Summarizing Hundreds of Studies Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Cannabis for Patients ….Now Available on Kindle

Cannabis Law Report

NORML is pleased to announce that its newly updated and revised publication, Clinical Applications for Cannabis & Cannabinoids: A Review of the Recent Scientific Literature, 2000 — 2021 , is now available for download on the Kindle app. Proceeds from the purchase of the new book directly fund NORML’s cannabis advocacy efforts.

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MJ Biz Publish Their 2021 Edition: Women and Minorities in the Cannabis Industry

Cannabis Law Report

Also missing: hard data about it. First published in 2017, and updated in 2019, the new 2021 Women & Minorities in the Cannabis Industry , is now available for download here. Challenges to Diversity and Equity (includes data application and licensing fees, start up costs, net worth by race, banking, drug related arrests, etc).

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Report: Federal Marijuana Legalization Would Create $86 Billion in New Tax Revenue by 2025

The Joint Blog

New Frontier Data , which claims to be “the authority in data analytics and business intelligence on the global cannabis industry”,?today today announced new economic data detailing the potential impact of federal cannabis legalization in the United States. cannabis market by 2025, states the report.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Gather robust data and share it widely. As new states legalize cannabis, Seeds of Change lays out what we can learn from the most equitable state markets and how it can be used to create thoughtful and intentional policy,” said Janessa Bailey, author of Seeds of Change and creator of the Leafly Equity Score. Methodology.