Dec 09 2022
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection has notified licensed marijuana retail outlets that they may begin selling cannabis products to all adults 21 and starting Tuesday, January 10, 2023. “I am proud of the hard work our team has done to meet the goal of opening adult-use sales in a safe, well-regulated market,” said DCP Commissioner …
Dec 09 2022
Colombia’s Senate has voted 56 to 3 to pass a constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana for all adults. “Historic plenary approval of the project to regularize #CannabisDeUsoAdulto in its fourth debate”, said Senator María José Pizarro Rodríguez in a translated Twitter post following the vote. “We made progress in changing the country’s drug policy.” If signed into …
Dec 08 2022
The legalization of medical marijuana “was associated with a lower rate of opioid dispensing and pain-related hospital events” among some new cancer patients, finds a new study published in the journal JAMA Oncology. According to researchers from Cornell University the objective of the study was to “assess the associations between medical marijuana legalization and opioid-related …
Dec 07 2022
Indiana is one of only 13 states with no effective medical cannabis law and one of only 19 that still imposes jail time for simple possession of cannabis, but new polling shows a strong majority of adults want that to change. According to the 2022 Hoosier Survey, conducted by Ball State University’s Bowen Center for …
Dec 07 2022
The Washington D.C. Council has passed legislation to significantly expand the district’s medical marijuana program. The Medical Cannabis Amendment Act was passed by the council through its first reading by a vote of 7 to 4. It will now be required to received one final vote by the council before it can be sent to …
Dec 06 2022
Medical cannabis sales in Canada are associated with a large decrease in alcohol sales, according to a new study published in the journal Health Policy. Conducted at Brock University in Canada, the full text of the study can be found by clicking here. “The extent to which legalizing cannabis use might lead to increased or …
Dec 06 2022
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced today that thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession are set to have these records cleared in January using an automated erasure method. Records in approximately 44,000 cases will be fully or partially erased, according to a press release. The policy is “an integral part of the 2021 legislation Governor …
Dec 06 2022
During last month’s election Missouri voters approved Constitutional Amendment 3 with 53% voting in favor, and this week the initiative goes into effect. On Thursday, Missouri’s constitution will officially be amended to add Amendment 3, making legalized marijuana a constitutional right for everyone 21 and older. The amendment removes the state’s prohibitions on purchasing, possessing, consuming, …
Dec 05 2022
Late last week the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that medical marijuana patients can sue employers if they were fired for off-the-job marijuana use. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed in November, 2019 by Jim Roushkolb in the Eight District Court. Roushkolb used cannabis to ease PTSD symptoms and anxiety stemming from a physical attack against …
Dec 04 2022
According to a new study published by the journal Respiratory Research, activation of the body’s cannabinoid-2 receptor ameliorates (makes better) pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced lung injury and inflammation, “thus paving the path for new therapeutic avenues against PA pneumonia.” As noted by the study’s abstract, bacterial pneumonia is a major risk factor for acute lung injury (ALI) …
