Feb 2, 2022 | National
The use of cannabis products is associated with a reduction in pain patients’ daily consumption of opioids, according to data published in the journal Pain Physician. A team of investigators affiliated with the Institute for Pain Medicine in...
Jan 14, 2022 | National
State-authorized sales of retail marijuana products have yielded more than $10 billion in new tax revenue, according to an analysis compiled by the Marijuana Policy Project. “Legalizing cannabis for adults has been a wise investment,” authors of the...
Dec 13, 2021 | National
Representatives Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have introduced legislation to incentivize state and local governments to expunge the criminal records of those who have previously been convicted of marijuana offenses. Their bill,...
Dec 5, 2021 | National
The legalization of marijuana is associated with improvements in police clearance rates for multiple types of violent crimes, according to data published online ahead of print in The International Journal of Drug Policy. A pair of researchers...
Oct 26, 2021 | National
A plurality of US adults desire to reside in a jurisdiction where “marijuana is fully legal.” In a survey of new movers compiled by the real estate brokerage firm Redfin, 46 percent of respondents said that they would either “prefer” to live in a...
