It was only a matter of time. Like every year since Colorado first legalized cannabis, law enforcement officers are using anticipation for All Hallow’s Eve to scare people about weed. According to Fox’s Philadelphia affiliate, police officials in Gloucester County, …
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Resident physicians feel unprepared to counsel patients on medical cannabis
A recent study from Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, highlights the need for further education among resident physicians in the use of medical cannabis. It found 38% of resident physicians thought medical marijuana was a prescribed …
Read More »New Study Finds Legal Cannabis Equals Fewer Pharmaceuticals
“Legal access to cannabis may reduce the use of multiple classes of dangerous prescription medications in certain patient populations,” according to the results of a new study. Regardless of what some officials in the Trump administration believe, Americans have a …
Read More »New Poll Shows Majority of New Jersey Voters Support Recreational Cannabis Legalization – News
As the lasting image of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie loafing around on a closed down beach lingers in Garden State residents’ heads, the tide is slowly turning on the state’s recreational cannabis debate. With Christie on his way out, …
Read More »New Poll Shows Support for Recreational Marijuana in New Jersey
A new Quinnipiac University poll surveyed 1,121 registered New Jersey voters for their opinion on a wide range of topics that included everything from Governor Chris Christie’s approval rating (very low) to support for background checks on all gun purchases …
Read More »With Gambling Profits Dwindling, New Jersey Politicians See Legal Weed as a Path to Financial Safety – News
In the not so distant past, America’s legal gamblers were largely restricted to only two places for government approved slot machines and blackjack games: the deserts of Nevada or New Jersey’s neon-soaked Atlantic City. However, lenient state laws and the …
Read More »New Jersey, Vermont, and Rhode Island State Legislatures Could Pass Marijuana Laws in 2018 – News
Although state legislatures all over the country have been apprehensive to pass measures pertaining to the legalization of marijuana, that could all change in 2018, according to a report from Marijuana Business Daily. A number of states are set to …
Read More »To solve the opioid crisis, go after Big Pharma, not drug users
Published: Aug 22, 2017, 11:17 am • Updated: Aug 22, 2017, 11:18 am By Laurie Garrett, Special To The Washington Post President Donald Trump announced this month that he intends to formally declare a state of emergency regarding America’s opioid …
Read More »2020 Presidential Hopefuls Take Steps to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition – News
Cory Booker is calling his party’s bluff. The Democratic Senator from New Jersey introduced a far-reaching piece of legislation earlier this month that would not only legalize marijuana, but also place sanctions on municipalities that don’t right the racist wrongs of …
Read More »New Jersey weighs in on Cory Booker’s marijuana legalization bill
Published: Aug 7, 2017, 9:35 am • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 9:36 am By Michael Catalini, The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. — An effort to legalize marijuana at the federal level inched ahead as New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker …
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