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Opponents of marijuana legalization have long argued that it will only lead to increased use in teens, but a new study has proven that to be wrong.
The latest Washington State Healthy Youth Survey found that the 2016 rate of teen marijuana use has remained steady since the state voted to legalize the substance in 2012, reports the Washington Post.
The state-run survey of 37,000 middle and high school students found no measurable effect on the rate of teen marijuana use, either from the state’s 2012 decision to legalize recreational use, nor the 2014 implementation of retail dispensaries.
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Watch: Chris Hayes explains how he walked into a GOP convention with weed
Chris Hayes may seem like a mild-mannered political commentator, but that hasn’t stopped him from bringing weed into a massive conservative political event.
The MSNBC host on Monday visited “Late Night with Seth Meyers” to discuss his new book, “A Colony in a Nation,” which is partly inspired by the time a Philadelphia police officer caught Hayes with marijuana at the 2000 Republican National Convention.
“We go through one checkpoint, and I think, ‘Oh my goodness, I’ve got $30 worth of weed in an eyeglass case,’” Hayes explains in the interview.
Dramatic Changes to New Mexico’s MMJ Program Need One Signature
Passed by the New Mexico legislature last Friday, a new bill could make dramatic changes to the state’s medical marijuana law. Allowing for the inclusion of opioid addiction as a qualifying condition for NM’s MMJ program, Gov. Susan Martinez might soon make history with one simple signature.
In addition to adding reciprocity and opioid addiction to the list of qualifying conditions, HB 527 would protect New Mexico’s lawful MMJ participants from interference by Child Protective Services.
Colorado Home Grow Bill Aims to Eradicate the Black Market
A Colorado House committee voted 11-2 Tuesday in favor of House Bill 17-1220, a bill that would definitively limit Colorado home growers to 12 cannabis plants per residential home in an effort to eradicate Colorado’s black market. Colorado residents and medical marijuana patients would be restricted to growing six mature (flowering) plants and six immature (non-flowering) plants.
The bill was just introduced on March 2 and passed by a House committee just five days later, blindsiding Colorado’s medical marijuana patients and caregivers.
Class Actions Launched Against Medpot Producers Mettrum and OrganiGram Over Pesticide-Laced Marijuana
Two of Canada’s largest licensed producers of medical marijuana are facing class action lawsuits after recalling product that tests confirm contained banned pesticides myclobutanil and bifenazate.
On March 6, Toronto law firm Roy O’Connor LLP issued a proposed class action against Mettrum Ltd.
San Bernardino Mayor Asks Feds for Help with Marijuana
Concerned by growing violence in the City of San Bernardino, the Mayor sent an ill-advised letter to Pres.
Nearly 80% of Los Angeles Voters Said Yes to Measure M
The second largest city in the United States is officially set to become the largest in the world with a regulated cannabis market, as Los Angeles voters passed Measure M yesterday in a crushing victory.
More than 242,000 Los Angeles residents showed up to the polls to cast their ballots yesterday, and Measure M was approved by 79.36% of voters, according to the L.A. Times.
Measure M will allow the City of Los Angeles to issue licenses to marijuana businesses for the first time.
Pro-pot arguments fly higher with likely voters
Four states legalized recreational marijuana in November, nearly doubling the number of states where recreational pot is legal.
Draft of medicinal cannabis bill submitted in the Philippines
President Rodrigo Duterte has made headlines around the world with his deadly drug policy. But despite the bloody drug war, which the "Asian Trump" kicked off in 2016, the Philippines might still approve medicinal cannabis shortly. More about this here. Duterte already indicated back in 2016 that he had no problem with medicinal cannabis: “I will not deprive the Filipinos of the benefits of medical marijuana.” He later added when speaking to the media in the Philippines: “Medical marijuana, yes, because it is really an ingredient of modern medicine now.
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Germany expects cannabis-growing program to be going in 2019
German authorities say they expect to have a cannabis-growing program up and running in 2019 after the country approved legislation allowing some patients to get the drug as a prescription medication.
Germany's Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices said Friday that it's setting up a "cannabis agency" to oversee the growing program. It plans to solicit bids from throughout the European Union to find companies to run it.
The program's first cannabis is expected to be available in 2019.