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State lawmakers in Delaware have been pushing to legalize, tax and sell recreational use cannabis for months, and on the path to that eventual outcome, legislators passed a resolution late last week to create an Adult Use Cannabis Task …
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What Do Legalized Marijuana Laws Mean for HR Professionals?
As more states legalize cannabis with either medical or adult-use/recreational laws, the topic of cannabis use in the workplace is increasingly more timely. What do legalized marijuana laws mean for HR professionals? We recently posted an article about this that …
Read More »Delaware Is Making a Push to Legalize Marijuana
On the heels of the historic passing of a recreational marijuana bill in Vermont, legislators in Delaware also took steps this week toward the legalization of a full-scale cannabis market.
On Wednesday, the General Assembly’s House Revenue and Finance Committee approved the “Marijuana Control Act,” which is designed to establish a taxed and regulated cannabis industry similar to what is currently underway in several legal states.
The goal at this point, according to supporting lawmakers, is to dig deep into the language of the measure and give it a bit of fine-tuning before dragging it in front of the
Bullied in 5th grade, prone to drug abuse by high school
(HealthDay)—A child bullied in fifth grade is more likely to show signs of depression in seventh grade, and abuse substances like alcohol, marijuana or tobacco in 10th grade, researchers say.
Their study of more than 4,000 kids in Los Angeles, Houston and Birmingham, Ala., suggests a dangerous trajectory between not-uncommon childhood abuse and worrisome behavior in high school.
"Our study suggests that it's important to take peer victimization seriously," said study co-author Valerie Earnshaw. She's an assistant professor in human development and family studies at the University of Delaware.
Omnibus Budget Restricts Sessions and DOJ In MMJ States
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Congress blocks feds from interfering with state marijuana laws
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A bipartisan group of House Democrats and Republicans recently hashed out a $1 trillion budget for government spending, but none of which will be used to crack down on legal pot.
A new government funding bill will block the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prosecute law-abiding medical marijuana companies operating in legal states, reports the Orange County Register.
The budget’s full text of the marijuana provision is as follows:
None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the States