Marijuana use by young people is not predictive of later conduct problems, such as school truancy or theft, according to data published in the journal Addiction. A team of investigators from the United States and the Netherlands assessed the long-term association between self-reported marijuana use and conduct problems in a cohort of 364[…]
One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies is diving into the cannabis market with a $2.4 billion buy-in. Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc. is taking a 45 percent stake in Cronos Group, the Canadian medical and recreational marijuana provider said Friday. Altria will pay another $1.4 billion for warrants that if exercised, would[…]
As part of an October compromise between advocates and opponents of the 2018 medical marijuana ballot initiative, Utah lawmakers replaced the voter-approved law with a more restrictive policy In a special session today, the Utah Legislature enacted a compromise medical marijuana law that will replace the ballot initiative approved by[…]
Counties that permit the operation of medical cannabis dispensaries possess reduced rates of opioid-related mortality, according to the findings of an academic research paper published on the SSRN online network. Researchers from Claremont McKenna College in California, the University of Georgia, and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock assessed the localized[…]
New Jersey’s Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Assembly Appropriations Committee both approved bills on Monday to legalize marijuana for everyone 21 and older. A proposal to legalize and regulate marijuana for adults 21 and older advanced in the New Jersey Legislature Monday. The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee[…]
One of the United States Senate’s leading marijuana prohibitionists, Iowa Republican Charles Grassley, will no longer serve as chair of the Judiciary Committee come January. Representative Grassley announced recently that he is stepping down as leader of the Committee. As Chair, Grassley refused to hold any hearings or votes on[…]
As of today, November 20th, adults over the age of 21 are able to legally purchase marijuana in the state of Massachusetts for the first time in over a century. As noted by NORML, Massachusetts was the first state to enact marijuana prohibition — doing so on April 29th, 1911. Voters decided in[…]
The enactment of laws legalizing marijuana on the state level is associated with a reduction in the use of schedule III opioid drugs among Medicaid enrollees, according to a new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators with the University of California, San Diego assessed the relationship between recreational marijuana[…]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he guarantees that the legalization of hemp will be included in the final version of an upcoming farm bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that completing work on a new farm bill looms as one of his top priorities when Congress reconvenes[…]
Patients suffering from Tourette syndrome (TS) report symptomatic benefits following the use of medical cannabis, states new research. The research was published by the journal Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. During the study researchers surveyed 42 patients with TS who had approval from the Health Ministry to use medical marijuana in Israel.[…]