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There are approximately 424,000 foster youths in America alone, according to iFoster. Despite nationwide efforts to decrease the number of children in foster care, the numbers continue to rise. But what does this have to do with cannabis? Well, a study found that cannabis legalization has resulted in a significant decrease in foster care placements.
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It's clear that cannabis consumers are targeted in Pennsylvania for arrest and the striking racial disparities to enforcement are getting worse. The post Pennsylvania Police Arrested Over 13,000 People for Marijuana Possession in 2021 appeared first on NORML.
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According to a 2020 observational study of 1000 patients in Canada, cannabis use and its substitution for medications and substances often occur without physician oversight. Is the lack of physician oversight of medical cannabis patients common in the US, too? The findings of a medical cannabis study published in 2021 seem to indicate that there may be a lack of physician oversight in the state of Michigan.
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What do coconut oil, avocados, and a lot of misconceptions have in common? Big sugar slandered fat into one slump of negative press. Science still misunderstands various fat in our diet, but industries have always been the spin doctor, pushing ideas for profit. But varieties of polyunsaturated fats exist that don’t exactly win the battle […].
Central Oregon Daily. The Oregon Psilocybin Services Act , legalizing supervised psychedelic mushrooms used statewide was approved in November 2020. It’s now a main topic for Deschutes County Commissioners this Wednesday at a public hearing. Commissioners will hear testimony and consider letting those in Deschutes County vote on prohibiting the production of these mushrooms.
Cannabis and the menstrual cycle have more in common than you might think. Both have been shunned by polite society, both have suffered from a campaign of misinformation, and both have undeniable effects on women’s mental, physical, and emotional health. Despite these benefits, and the fact that cannabis has been used for women’s health since ancient times, most women know very little about their hormonal cycle or what cannabis can do to help.
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The Hudson Reporter. Jersey City cannabis board hears six applicants in seven hour meeting. In a meeting that lasted until midnight, the Jersey City Cannabis Control Board heard from six applicants on their agenda, and they approved three, tabled two, and denied one. The three applicants approved include Uforia, who are looking to locate their business in the Heights, Cannabis Place 420 Corp., and Kushmart Jersey, who are proposing locations near each other in Greenville.
Is @latimes really in a position to lecture sports officials for the Sha’Carri Richardson suspension when @latimes still drug-tests new employees for marijuana use? @latguild has demanded an end to this archaic corporate policy. The time is now. [link]. — Matt Pearce ?? (@mattdpearce) July 7, 2021. Taco Times. Current and former L.A. Times staff say it’s hypocritical to test some employees for cannabis while allowing others to cover the industry and consume cannabis on the job.
The Press Release. The MED is excited to announce a new data dashboard that will provide an increased array of data collected and analyzed by the Division and will house the quarterly marijuana market updates going forward. The MED will now increase their data reporting to four times a year from the previous twice-a-year updates. Today, the Division also released the Q4 2021 Update.
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Ann Shuglin and now Ram Dass – all the pioneers are leaving. Ram Dass, the American spiritual teacher, academic, and clinical psychologist who did much to popularize LSD in the 1960s and ’70s, has died at the age of 88. Born Richard Alpert, he was a colleague of Timothy Leary in Harvard University’s psychology department, and the two later lived together in Millbrook, New York, where they pushed the limits of psychedelic experimentation.
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