Coffee Shop FAQ 09/05/2016 |
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Even a minor law infraction results in a coffee shop closure. It has been estimated, that from 1500 coffee shops in 2007, there are no more than 650 – 700 left in the whole Netherlands, with about a third of them in Amsterdam.
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You should go inside a coffee shop, or smoke inside your home or a private garden. Thus, not in public view.
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Netherlands |
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The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado The Impact - Volume 4 09/01/2016 |
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Colorado, Report |
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Complexities in understanding and addressing the serious public health issues related to the nonmedical use of prescription drug 09/01/2016 |
A common theme among every article in this issue is the overlap be- tween NMUPD, excessive drinking, and marijuana and other forms of substance use. In every investigation, nonmedical users were observed to have a history of using alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, and other psycho- active substances. Kalyanam, Katsuki, Lanckriet, and Mackey (2017)
Kalyanam, J., Katsuki, T., Lanckriet, G., & Mackey, T. K. (2017). Exploring trends of non- medical use of prescription drugs and polydrug abuse in the Twittersphere using un- supervised machine learning. Addictive Behaviors, 65, 289–295. http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.019.
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Studies, Research, Prescription, epidemic, 2017 Legislation |
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The Legalization of Marijuana In Colorado- The Impact 09/01/2016 |
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Colorado, Report |
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What Scientific & Medical Journals & Experts Say About Marijuana 08/31/2016 |
30 Referenced Resources
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Arizona, Research |
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Position Statement: Use of Medical Marijuana for Neurologic Disorders 08/31/2016 |
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is a professional organization of over 28,000 practicing neurologists and neuroscientists with a deep and abiding interest in assuring the best possible care of patients with all types of neurologic disorders. With officials at state and federal levels adopting policies regarding the use of medical marijuana, it is important for the AAN to have an official position on the issue that can assist policymakers.
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Neruology, position paper |
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PolitiFact Florida Clears The Haze On Competing Medical Marijuana Claims 08/24/2016 |
"What is also important to know is that although some debilitated patients may require higher levels of THC than others based on their specific medical condition, medical-grade marijuana alone, will not get that patient ‘high,’ no matter what level of THC, CBD or any other compound is found in the plant," McCray wrote.
THE TRUTH
1) No such thing as "medical" grade marijuana
2) THC high potency will get a person high every time!
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ESTIMATED THE # OF POT SHOPS/DISPENSARIES TO BE 2000. NOT THE VOTE NO CAMPAIGN.
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politifact, Myth, medical-grade |
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Doctors to give Trudeau an earful for his marijuana legalization plans 08/24/2016 |
“While marijuana can cause anxiety and paranoia, addiction, decreased cognition, behavioural problems and impaired driving,” doctors said, Trudeau’s promise to legalize it means all they can do is try to persuade him to anticipate future health costs, introduce measures to protect public safety, and ensure there is appropriate surveillance of consequences.
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Canada, Doctors |
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Colorado districts wrestle with new law allowing students to use medical marijuana at school 08/22/2016 |
“Ultimately, the school districts can figure it out,” Singer said, “or the state will figure it out for you.” So far, some school districts — including Boulder Valley, Jefferson and Douglas County — are working on policies or have produced them.
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Colorado, School, School District |
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Characterization of edible marijuana product exposures reported to United States poison centers. 08/20/2016 |
Edible marijuana exposures are increasing and may lead to severe respiratory depression.
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edibles, poisoning |
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For The PUSHER 08/20/2016 |
Florida is a target for THC pushers who are already bringing in THC-infused “edibles” which are often disguised as cookies and candy that are marketed to escape detection.
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Amendment 2 |
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PubMed 08/20/2016 |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=marijuana
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PubMed, Studies |
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Detroit’s Marijuana Dispensaries Get Lit At Night 08/19/2016 |
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Detroit, Michigan, pot shops |
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08/19/2016 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13og70PUjN4 John Morgan at The West End Trading Co.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsEMilK8QQk John Morgan At The West End Talking About Free Chicken
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Morgan, video, youtube |
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Ballotpedia 08/19/2016 |
No medical association to include the AMA or any of the related organization associated with the disease(s) "medical" marijuana claims to cure or help proponents bring false hope and misinformation to thousands of families.
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Amendment 2 |
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City limits medical marijuana distribution, cultivation 08/17/2016 |
The ordinance limits the approved area of medical marijuana dispensaries to just under 4 acres next to South Florida Baptist Hospital and Maryland Fried Chicken in the C1-B Neighborhood Business District. Additionally, medical marijuana dispensaries in Plant City must be at least 500 feet from any pre-existing school, church, daycare facility, substance abuse treatment facility, public park or residential area.
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plant city, Florida, limits |
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Marijuana Concentrates 08/16/2016 |
So the basic difference between concentrate and extracts is that all extracts are concentrates. But all concentrates are not extracts. The terms may be used interchangeably but their primary difference lies in the manner in which trichomes are collected.
However, a new concentrate user or what they call dabber should avoid vaping or dabbing too much of the concentrate at once. Otherwise, an infrequent smoker may experience quite adverse reactions in terms of concentrate consumption like paranoia, rapid heartbeat, and even hallucinations.
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Concentrates |
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Despite obvious signs, care home killer slipped through the cracks 08/15/2016 |
The Japanese man who stabbed and killed 19 disabled people in 2016 frequently advocated for marijuana legalization. Just weeks before his attack, Uematsu had been diagnosed with cannabis-induced psychosis and paranoia.
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knives, japan, mass killings, Uematsu, violence |
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Colorada approves Medical Marijuana Use at Schools 08/10/2016 |
The bill allows a student to use medical marijuana on school grounds, on a school bus, or at a school activity and requires each school district to adopt a policy allowing the medical marijuana use. If the department of education or a public school loses any federal funding as a result of adopting the policy, the general assembly shall appropriate state money sufficient to offset the loss of federal money. http://openstates.org/co/bills/2016A/HB16-1373/
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Colorado, School |
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El Chapo and the Secret History of the Heroin Crisis 08/09/2016 |
If you wonder why America is in the grips of a heroin epidemic that kills two hundred people a week, take a hard look at the legalization of pot, which destroyed the profits of the Mexican cartels. How did they respond to a major loss in revenue? Like any company, they created an irresistible new product and flooded the market. The scariest part: this might not have happened with El Chapo in charge.
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heroin |
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Marijuana candy sickens 19 at quinceañera 08/08/2016 |
"Anyone who attended the quinceañera and may have taken home some of the gummy rings is urged to discard them immediately," said Dr. Tomas Aragon, health officer for the city and county of San Francisco.
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edibles, Children, california, Ohio |
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Not Your Mom’s Pot: How Increased Potency Has Changed Marijuana Consumption 08/05/2016 |
Marijuana is typically four-times stronger than it was a couple decades ago. On top of the boosted potency, since legalization, growers have been able to refine their skills to grow strains for unique and specific ailments. Not to mention the exploding market of concentrates and dab culture.
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Potency, THC, THC levels |
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Feds fund $35,000 giant joint billboard in Downtown Denver to combat pot-impaired driving 08/04/2016 |
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denver, Feds, Colorado, car crashes |
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The DEA warns marijuana grow spots are the 'new meth houses' 08/04/2016 |
A June report by the DEA's Denver division warns of potential dangers and annoyances posed by large-scale marijuana growing operations hidden in residential neighborhoods. These operations can be a nuisance to neighbors, prompting complaints about "strong odors, excessive noise from industrial air-conditioning units, blown electrical transformers, and heavy vehicle traffic," according to the DEA.
Beyond that, a big indoor marijuana operation requires lots of high-powered lighting, water, and ventilation. People making these modifications in a haphazard or amateurish way risk doing serious damage to their homes.
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DEA, Electricity, Water, neighborhood, grow sites |
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Why Florida's Medical Marijuana System Is Ripe for Corporate Takeover 08/04/2016 |
Through public records requests, it appears Alpha/Surterra has falsified information in order to meet the state’s requirements, in violation of both Florida and federal statutes.
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medicine, big marijuana |
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Florida Medical Association to oppose Amendment 2 08/02/2016 |
“There is nothing medical about this proposal, and the lack of scientific evidence that pot is helpful in treating medical conditions is far from inclusive.”
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AMA, Amendment 2 |
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Posada- Bringing Pueblo Home 07/31/2016 |
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Colorado, Pueblo, homeless, powerpoint |
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FDA APPROVES SYNTHETIC LIQUID MARIJUANA COMPOUND 07/28/2016 |
The FDA just approved a new, synthetic THC product for use in treating a variety of ailments, in liquid form. But despite being the first liquid THC replacement on the market, this may not be worth the buzz.
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FDA, Prescription, dronabinol |
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A minute of secondhand marijuana smoke may damage blood vessels 07/27/2016 |
“Arteries of rats and humans are similar in how they respond to secondhand tobacco smoke, so the response of rat arteries to secondhand marijuana smoke is likely to reflect how human arteries might respond,” Springer said.
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American Heart Association, second hand smoke |
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Legalized marijuana sends more kids to the hospital in Colorado 07/25/2016 |
The exposures can make kids really sick, she said. The majority of the children had symptoms including sleepiness or trouble with balance, which typically goes away within six to 24 hours. But about 20 percent needed to be admitted to the hospital and 15 percent of cases were so severe they ended up in the intensive care unit. "Marijuana exposures in young children have resulted in respiratory compromise requiring the use of a ventilator and intensive care unit admission in a handful of cases,"
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Colorado, edibles, Children, hospitalization |
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First Home Delivery- Pasco 07/24/2016 |
Dispensing organizations can do mail delivery throughout the state. Six approved organizations have received cultivation authorization but Trulieve is the only one that has received dispensing authorization. According to an Office of Compassionate Use webinar held last month, dispensaries are expected to be in 18 cities by the time all organizations are up and running.
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Florida, Pasco |
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Being Blunt About Marijuana: Parent Communication About Marijuana with Their Emerging Adult Children. 07/22/2016 |
Risk communication was the most common form of communication. In multivariate models, risk communication was associated with increased odds of a student remaining abstinent but not with frequency of marijuana use or negative consequences. Greater permissive communication was associated with more approving student attitudes, greater odds of non-abstinence, more frequent use in the past year, and more negative consequences. These findings highlight the need to consider the different types of messages parents deliver when designing interventions aimed at engaging parents in marijuana prevention efforts.
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parents, college |
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Marijuana Legalization Has Led To More Use And Addiction While Illegal Market Continues To Thrive 07/15/2016 |
The illegal marijuana market thrives in competition with the legal market by offering products at considerably lower prices because it neither complies with regulations on growth and sale, nor pays taxes on sales or their profits. It is particularly disturbing that the public is unaware of the fact that of all Americans with substance use disorders due to drugs other than alcohol, nearly 60 percent are due to marijuana. That means that more Americans are addicted to marijuana than any other drug, including heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and the nonmedical use of prescription drugs.
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legalization, addiction, illegal |
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NORML Strategies 07/14/2016 |
9:50 to 14:30. - Temple Terrace and Lakeland strategies.
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norml |
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Marijuana Exposure Among Kids Under 6 Rises Sharply 07/04/2016 |
The children who were exposed to marijuana experienced mostly effects such as drowsiness and lethargy, followed by lack of coordination, irritability and confusion. Serious effects were less common, but some children experienced comas and seizures. Around 80 percent of the children experienced effects that last from between 2 hours and one day, according to the study.
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Side-Effects, poisoning, Children, edibles |
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How marijuana affects the Brain 07/01/2016 |
An increased risk of psychosis, changes in the brain's reward system and the scrambled neuron signals that may underlie "the munchies" are just some of the many potential effects of marijuana use on the brain.
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Brain, live science |
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Denver mayor says violence won’t be tolerated on 16th Street Mall 06/30/2016 |
The latest incident involved a man swinging a large pipe at pedestrians near the McDonald’s at the intersection of Cleveland Place and the 16th Street Mall. A video of the wild behavior was posted online and received hundreds of thousands of views.
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crime, violence, denver, Colorado |
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Arizona Catholic Conference Bishops’ statement opposing the legalization of recreational marijuana 06/30/2016 |
Legalizing the recreational use of marijuana sends a message to children and young people that drug use is socially and morally acceptable. As people of faith, we must speak out against this effort and the damaging effects its passage would have on the children and families of Arizona.
Studies have shown that adolescents who use marijuana have significant differences in brain structure and cognitive functioning compared to those who do not use marijuana and experience up to an eight-point drop in IQ. Furthermore, based on what happened in just two years after Colorado legalized marijuana, it is estimated that if Arizona passes this measure, tens of thousands of additional 8th graders here will smoke marijuana for the first time.
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faith-based, religious leader, Catholic Bishops |
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$9M illegal marijuana grow near Willamette River raided 06/29/2016 |
A massive marijuana grow connected to a Mexican drug trafficking organization was raided early Tuesday morning, resulting in one arrest and the seizure of more than 6,500 plants.
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trafficking, raid |
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Study: Teens' likelihood of trying marijuana peaks at 16, 18 06/29/2016 |
“Many existing marijuana intervention programs target students age 15 and older,” Chen said. “Our findings demonstrate the need to start drug education much earlier, in the fourth or fifth grade. This gives us an opportunity to make a preemptive strike before they actually start using marijuana.”
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youth usage, prevention |
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Yale Study Shows Danger of Marijuana 06/26/2016 |
“In this observational study,” it found that “initiating marijuana use after treatment was associated with worse PTSD symptoms, more violent behavior, and alcohol use. Marijuana may actually worsen PTSD symptoms or nullify the benefits of specialized, intensive treatment. Cessation or prevention of use may be an important goal of treatment.”
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Veterans, PTSD, Studies |
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Florida man had 84 bags of THC-laced gummy candy in car 06/25/2016 |
Officers searched Calloway’s vehicle after smelling the pot. Officers say they found 22.9 grams of hash oil, 2,320 grams of pot and 84 bags of gummy candies laced with THC.
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edibles, Florida, tampa |
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Marijuana Legalization: Pot Brings Poor People To Colorado, But What’s Being Done To Help Them? 06/21/2016 |
“I am going to get the highest I’ve been here,” he said between coughs of smoke, gazing across the rolling grasslands that stretched to hazy Rocky Mountain foothills far to the west. “This place is awesome. You don’t get anything like this in Texas.”
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Colorado, homeless |
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Marijuana Legalization: Pot Brings Poor People To Colorado, But What’s Being Done To Help Them? 06/21/2016 |
In Colorado, homeless programs are severely overextended, housing costs are skyrocketing and while marijuana might be legal, public consumption of it isn’t — which means those like Butts who don’t have private residences can still face harsh consequences for using it. It doesn’t help that marijuana jobs are difficult, if not impossible, to obtain by those struggling with homelessness.
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Colorado, homeless |
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Colorado Youth Marijuana Use: 06/21/2016 |
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The 2013/2014 survey results show Colorado youth ranked No. 1 in the nation for past month marijuana use, up from No. 4 in 2011/2012.
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Colorado youth past month marijuana use for 2013/2014 was 74 percent higher than the national average (12.56 percent vs. 7.22 percent).
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Colorado, youth usage, School |
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Cannabis use during pregnancy may affect brain development in offspring: Thicker prefrontal cortex 06/20/2016 |
Summary: Cannabis use during pregnancy is associated with abnormal brain structure in children, according to a new study. Compared with unexposed children, those who were prenatally exposed to cannabis had a thicker prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain involved in complex cognition, decision-making, and working memory.
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Pregnancy, Brain, science daily |
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Marijuana Legalization In Colorado: How Recreational Weed Is Attracting People, But Spiking The State’s Homeless Rate 06/20/2016 |
All told, several hundred marijuana migrants struggling with poverty appear to be arriving in Colorado each month. Some of them, like Butts, come to use cannabis recreationally or medically without the fear of arrest. Others are hoping to get jobs in the new industry. But many arrive to find homeless services stretched to the breaking point, local housing costs increasingly prohibitive and cannabis use laws that penalize those without private residences.
Fresh off the bus from Texas, Butts didn’t know any of this. He was still optimistic that legal marijuana would be his lifeline as he struck out on a new path. “I’m going to get clean, man,” he said. “That’s what the marijuana industry is for. I think being here in Colorado is going to help.”
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Colorado, homeless, denver |
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16 People Who Thought They Could Handle Music Festivals And Lost 06/19/2016 |
It's certainly possible to go to a musical festival and take in the performances while consuming the substance(s) of your choice responsibly and having a genuinely enjoyable time, and it's just as possible to experience the exact opposite.
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Molly, Music Festival |
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Mixing Alcohol and Marijuana 06/18/2016 |
What research there is suggests that using alcohol and marijuana together can intensify the effects of both. Alcohol has been shown to increase the level of marijuana’s main psychoactive ingredient, THC, in the blood stream. (1) With increased heart rate and lowered judgment, driving and other activities can be very dangerous. As a person consumes more of either pot or alcohol, they are less likely to think rationally about how much or what they are consuming.
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alcohol, Marketplace |
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Marijuana use in adolescence may increase risk for psychotic symptoms 06/17/2016 |
Analysis indicated that for each year adolescent boys engaged in regular marijuana use, their projected level of subsequent subclinical psychotic symptoms increased by 21% and projected risk for subclinical paranoia or hallucinations increased by 133% and 92%, respectively.
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youth, adolescent, Psychosis |
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2002-2014 Colorado County Drug Overdose 06/16/2016 |
New data paint a grim picture of Colorado’s rising drug-related deaths.
And, two pager http://www.coloradohealthinstitute.org/uploads/downloads/Drug_deaths_2_p...
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Colorado, overdose |
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Edibles And Concentrates Are Red-Hot, According To Latest Numbers 06/14/2016 |
"The rapid growth in concentrates and edibles is the continuation of a two-year trend, as consumers increasingly prefer alternative consumption methods to smoking," BDS Analytics CEO Roy Bingham told Civilized in an e-mail.
Also, increased are hospitalization, ER visits and vehicle fatal accidents.
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edibles, Colorado, youth |
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Colorado Sales Chart 06/13/2016 |
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Colorado, sales |
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Police: Virginia Teen Killed 14-Year-Old Who 'Told on Him 06/06/2016 |
A 17-year-old boy beat a 14-year-old to death in Virginia last month after he asked the younger teen to smoke marijuana with him and the younger boy told an adult, law enforcement sources told News4.
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Death, Teen |
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Pot-related psychosis linked to early ‘dangerous’ use 06/06/2016 |
“They told me I was having a psychotic episode brought on by cannabis,” said Thibodeau, who requested that the Star use his grandmother’s surname as he is still recovering from the breakdown.
“I was shocked. We live in a society where there is such a culture around smoking dope that people think it is cool to be a stoner. Nobody ever talks about the pitfalls.”
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Psychosis |
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New law requires schools to adopt a medical marijuana policy 06/06/2016 |
The law and D49's policy only allows non-smokeable marijuana to be used on school grounds. The medicine would have to be brought, administered, and taken away from the school by the student's primary caregiver. No school employee would be required to give the student cannabis.
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Colorado, School, School District |
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Pesticide Use in Cannabis Production Information 05/26/2016 |
CDA has determined that there are less than two hundred pesticides that can be legally used in the cultivation of cannabis
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pesticide, Colorado |
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Prevalence and correlates of cannabis use in an outpatient VA posttraumatic stress disorder clinic. 05/26/2016 |
Recent research has documented high rates of comorbidity between cannabis use disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans.
Overall, 14.6% of participants reported using cannabis in the past 6 months. After controlling for age, race, service era, and combat exposure, past 6-month cannabis use was associated with unmarried status, use of tobacco products, other drug use, hazardous alcohol use, PTSD severity, depressive symptom severity, and suicidality. The present findings show that cannabis use is quite prevalent among veterans seeking PTSD specialty treatment and is associated with poorer mental health and use of other substances.
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PTSD, Veterans |
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Comments 05/25/2016 |
Kennesaw State University
I'm going to go ahead and say that I did not read the entire article before posting this comment. I had a question pop into my head and I had to ask it before I lost it. The article states " biggest risk of smoking weed is the smoke itself, which contains the same kind of cancer-causing chemicals as cigarette smoke". Now maybe I am just a super uneducated smoker but I didn't think that weed and cigarettes had the same chemicals in them. From what I've always been told, cigarettes have things like formaldehyde in them, whereas weed is just trimmed from the plant and put in a bag. And if you smoke it out of glass, then it truly is just smoking a plant from glass. Now, I am aware that smoking anything is bad for your lungs and also using lighters which contain butane has an effect but I just became a little confused when it was said that they have the same chemicals in them. I would love for someone with a little insight to help me out with this. Thanks.
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Kennesaw State University
I'm going to go ahead and say that I did not read the entire article before posting this comment. I had a question pop into my head and I had to ask it before I lost it. The article states " biggest risk of smoking weed is the smoke itself, which contains the same kind of cancer-causing chemicals as cigarette smoke". Now maybe I am just a super uneducated smoker but I didn't think that weed and cigarettes had the same chemicals in them. From what I've always been told, cigarettes have things like formaldehyde in them, whereas weed is just trimmed from the plant and put in a bag. And if you smoke it out of glass, then it truly is just smoking a plant from glass. Now, I am aware that smoking anything is bad for your lungs and also using lighters which contain butane has an effect but I just became a little confused when it was said that they have the same chemicals in them. I would love for someone with a little insight to help me out with this. Thanks.
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Comments |
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Driver in crash that killed state trooper charged with manslaughter 05/22/2016 |
The driver involved in the crash that killed a Massachusetts state trooper in March had visited a medical marijuana dispensary and had a half-burnt marijuana cigarette in his car, authorities said Wednesday.
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car crashes, medcine, Fatalities |
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Medical marijuana dispensaries will outnumber Walmarts and Walgreens in Florida 05/21/2016 |
"It’s the best educated guess that we have," United for Care director Ben Pollara said. "It’s up to the Department of Health and the Legislature. … It could be 2,000, it could be 20. It could be 5,000."
The state health department did project 1,993 medical marijuana dispensaries would be needed to serve potential patients, based on data from Colorado compared with Florida. That is more than the 840 Walgreens and 233 Walmart supercenters and discount stores in the state, although the comparison seems like a bit of a red herring.
It’s important to remember that while the health department report is the only real estimate available, this figure isn’t definite. The agency and the Legislature would decide the actual number of stores and how they are regulated after the amendment passes. That total is anyone’s guess.
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Amendment 2, pot shops, medical dispensaries |
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"SWAP" TAC Drug Drive Ad 05/21/2016 |
If you drive on drugs you are out of your mind.
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driving, drugged driving, youtube, Fatalities |
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Health Care Leaders Opt Out of Marijuana Commercialization 05/21/2016 |
Endangers health of community and drains precious health resources.
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Colorado, Dept. of Health, position paper |
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Hillsborough-grown medical marijuana to hit the market this summer 05/21/2016 |
TAMPA — Forget the strawberries of Plant City and the tomatoes of Ruskin. Hillsborough County has begun farming its latest money crop: reefer, pot, doobage, ganja, weed, Mary Jane, otherwise known to the masses as marijuana.
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tampa |
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State Estimates of Adolescent Marijuana Use and Perceptions of Risk of Harm From Marijuana Use: 2013 and 2014 05/21/2016 |
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SAMHSA, youth |
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Marijuana or Alcohol: Which is more harmful? 05/19/2016 |
PowerPoint Presentation comparing Marijuana & Alcohol,
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alcohol, harm, Potency, Pharmacokinetics, powerpoint |
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Educators Inforgraphics 05/19/2016 |
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Infographics, educators |
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Amendment 2- Top 5 Points to Understand 05/19/2016 |
An Amendment IS NOT legalizing an FDA approved medication... IT IS NOT A PRESCRIPTION.
NO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS AMENDMENTS or BILLS... not ethically or morally right to legalize via popular vote.
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Amendment 2, Florida |
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Ezzie Harris Rips The Scab Off: Orlando/Orange County 2016 Murder Rate Reaching For 100 05/16/2016 |
Friends, I make no bones about not being politically correct; neither do I apologize. But I would be the first to acknowledge that uneducated/unemployed weed-smoking/drug-crazed young black males are single-handedly responsible for the huge spike in the homicide rate. And this is being seen all across the country.
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crime, murder, homicide, Florida, orlando |
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John Morgan now admits he hoped pot initiative would help elect Charlie Crist 05/16/2016 |
Morgan, a major Democratic fundraiser who told the audience that former President Bill Clinton visited him at his home last week, quickly backpedaled from his apparent truth telling, however.
“I didn't really lie. What I did was, I said this could be two-for-one, because I started my marijuana deal before Charlie got in the race. … That's the truth. I got real fired up about it because I thought, hey, we could get marijuana and Charlie. So that really motivated me,” Morgan said.
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Morgan, Clinton, Crist, scam |
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Morgan Rant 05/16/2016 |
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Morgan, video |
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Stoned Drivers Are Killing More and More Innocent Victims 05/14/2016 |
Fatal driving accidents have risen 122 percent between 2010 and 2014, according to the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission.
The science is clear and unambiguous—pot is a dangerous substance. It is not like alcohol at all. There is a reason it is classified as a Schedule I controlled dangerous substance, right along with heroin, LSD, and ecstasy. The American Medical Association, the American Lung Association, and other reputable doctors and scientists all reject legalization.
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drugged driving, driving, car crashes, Washington, Colorado, Fatalities |
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Colorado Study Finds One in Six Children Hospitalized for Lung Inflammation Test Positive for Marijuana Exposure 05/14/2016 |
A new study to be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2016 Meeting found that one in six infants and toddlers admitted to a Colorado hospital with coughing, wheezing and other symptoms of bronchiolitis tested positive for marijuana exposure.
"Especially as marijuana becomes more available and acceptable, we need to learn more about how this may affect children's health and development." In the meantime, she said, "marijuana should never be smoked in the presence of children."
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Colorado, second hand smoke, Children |
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Morgan preaches to choir on medical marijuana 05/14/2016 |
Morgan peppered his 50-minute speech with f-bombs, attacks on the Florida Legislature and a declaration that the future of medical marijuana has reached a “tipping point” in Florida and the nation.
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Morgan |
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Police crack down on Craigslist marijuana sales 05/14/2016 |
“I think the black market in general is still very active and Craigslist is a perfect example of the active black market,” Lauren Harris said.
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Colorado, Black Market |
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Morgan concedes 2014 link between Crist, medical-pot initiative 05/12/2016 |
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Morgan |
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Lesson Plans and Printables 05/11/2016 |
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TEACHERS, LESSON PLANS |
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Let's Be Clear Georgia 05/11/2016 |
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Georgia, monitoring the future |
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Inforgraphics for Educators 05/11/2016 |
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Infographics, high school, School, academics |
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Addiction- Infographics 05/10/2016 |
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addiction, Infographics |
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Impaired Driving And Cannabis 05/10/2016 |
Fatal crashes involving drivers who recently used marijuana doubled in Washington after the state legalized the drug. Washington was one of the first two states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, and these findings serve as an eye-opening case study for what other states may experience with road safety after legalizing the drug.
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AAA, Washington, driving, car crashes, Colorado, Impairment |
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#AAADriveSober 05/10/2016 |
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AAA, Infographics |
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Death of Muslim teen was an accident, not a hate crime, police investigation finds 05/10/2016 |
Warsame told his schoolmate he had never smoked marijuana and would like to try it, and the two smoked together, according to the report.
A toxicology screen by the medical examiner found “relatively high levels” of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive constituent in marijuana, in Warsame’s system.
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youth, Death, Washington |
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Marijuana and teen brain 05/10/2016 |
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Infographics, NIDA |
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Fatal Road Crashes Involving Marijuana Double After State Legalizes Drug 05/10/2016 |
The percentage of drivers involved in fatal crashes who recently used marijuana more than doubled from eight to 17 percent between 2013 and 2014.
One in six drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2014 had recently used marijuana, which is the most recent data available.
“The significant increase in fatal crashes involving marijuana is alarming,” said Peter Kissinger, President and CEO of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. “Washington serves as an eye-opening case study for what other states may experience with road safety after legalizing the drug.”
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car crashes, Fatalities, Washington |
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Colorado Marijuana Distributor Wins Battle in “First of Its Kind” Pesticide Exposure Lawsuit, But Is the War Just Beginning? 05/08/2016 |
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Colorado, pesticide, lawsuit |
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Study shows marijuana users twice as likely to give birth prematurely 05/08/2016 |
For the researchers of the study, the results present a “a major public health concern” as a number of pregnant women would report taking marijuana to alleviate morning sickness or nausea – without knowing of the adverse side-effects.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0890623816300715#
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Marijuana increases the risk of spontaneous preterm birth independent of cigarette smoking status and socio-economic status.
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Women who continue to use marijuana at 20 weeks’ gestation are five times more likely to deliver preterm than those who do not.
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The rate of early SPTB is higher amongst women who continue to use marijuana at 20 weeks’ gestation.
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Pregnancy, Studies |
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Scientists want to study marijuana. Big Pot just wants to sell it. 05/08/2016 |
"The cannabis industry, with a capitalization in excess of $4 billion, has embraced the free market. Its opponents, such as Smart Approaches to Marijuana, counter that unfettered legalization means another Big Tobacco. The danger is that “better products” (mostly high-THC pot and more seductive ways to deliver it) will produce more addiction, accidents, psychoses and cognitive deficits, particularly among daily users who account for the vast majority of sales. When the core business model is phishing for phools by exploiting misinformed buyers, more research is not necessarily welcome. If rescheduling produces additional studies confirming that regular cannabis use causes abnormal brain development, memory impairment and diminished IQ, the drug would look more like lead exposure than a harmless party plant."
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big marijuana, SMART |
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Arizona court to rule on medical marijuana immunity issue 05/08/2016 |
PHOENIX - The Arizona Supreme Court says immunity provided doctors under the state's medical marijuana law for certifying patients to use pot only applies to the medical certifications, not other conduct such as making false statements in documents.
The ruling Friday overturns a lower court's decision that upheld dismissal of forgery and fraud charges against a physician on grounds that he was protected under the medical marijuana's law immunity provision.
Dr. Robert Gear was charged in Navajo County after signing a medical marijuana certification for a police informant based on his examination but before receiving a year's worth of the patient's records.
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lawsuit, Medical, Doctors, Arizona |
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So, something interesting happens to weed after it’s legal 05/04/2016 |
The effects on public health and safety and on the relationship of law enforcement to minority communities will take years to manifest fully, but one impact has become abundantly clear: Legalized marijuana is getting very cheap very quickly.
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Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Marijuana: Beliefs and Behaviors, United States, 2013-2015 05/02/2016 |
The purpose of this study was to provide estimates of the prevalence of self-reported use
and driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana, and related perceptions and
beliefs among drivers 18 and older in the United States, and to present an analysis of
changes in these behaviors between 2013 and 2015. The data analyzed were collected via
nationally-representative surveys administered during this period.
From 2013-2015, an estimated 14.0 percent of drivers drove with a BAC close to or over the
legal limit in the past year, and 4.6 percent drove within an hour of using marijuana.
Drivers are divided with regard to their perceptions of the effect of using marijuana an hour
prior to driving on one’s risk of causing a crash: 58.3 percent believe this risk is increased,
6.2 percent believe it is not affected, 3.6 percent believe it is decreased, and 31.8 percent
indicated that they do not know how using marijuana an hour before driving affects crash
risk. Drivers who reported using marijuana, and those who reported driving within an hour
of use in the past year were less likely to believe that using marijuana increases crash risk,
and more likely to believe that such use does not affect or decreases crash risk. Awareness
of per se DUI laws for marijuana was low: in states that did have a per se law, only 48.5
percent were aware of it; in states without a per se law, 44.7 percent indicated incorrectly
that their state had such a law. Irrespective of whether their state actually had a per se law
for marijuana, more than half of all drivers reported that they did not know whether or not
their state had such a law.
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Crime Map of Tampa 05/01/2016 |
http://gis.hcso.tampa.fl.us/crimemapping/ must use firefox
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crime, tampa |
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5 reasons marijuana is not medicine 04/30/2016 |
To approve a medicine, the FDA requires five criteria to be fulfilled...marijuana legalization via ballot amendments or legislative bills does not meet any of the FDA requirements.
Smoking dope, getting high and saying I feel better is not a criteria for medicine.
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medicine, madras, FDA |
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Heavy teen marijuana use may cut life short by 60 04/29/2016 |
Swedish researchers analyzed the records of more than 45,000 men beginning in 1969 and 1970. The scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm reported that 4,000 died during the 42-year follow-up period, and men who'd used marijuana heavily at ages 18 and 19 were 40 percent more likely to die by age 60 compared to guys who hadn't used the drug.
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Teens, usage, Death |
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STATE ESTIMATES OF ADOLESCENT PAST MONTH MARIJUANA USE 04/22/2016 |
With youth usage and perception of harm having significantly increased the past 4 it would be better to compare data to 10 years ago not last year.
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youth, SAMHSA |
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4/20 Tampa Bay 04/20/2016 |
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no2pot, 4/20 |
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Does this sound like medicine? 04/20/2016 |
2016 Amendment 2: "Does this sound like medicine?" What is the reality of legalizing marijuana under the guise of a medicine?
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video, Amendment 2, medicine |
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Do research before deciding whether to support legalizing pot 04/17/2016 |
Why is it called “medical” marijuana? It cannot be prescribed by a doctor, and you will not find it for sale in any pharmacy.
There is no scientific research from those who support the legalization of marijuana that is smoked or eaten.
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OpEd |
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Hazy legality: how legal is Dutch weed really? 04/15/2016 |
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The current laws mean I have to drive across the city transporting the weed and hash with no license to do so. It’s impossible to work normally this way, and I’m more scared of the police than the dealers I buy from.’
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While Dutch policy allows coffee shops to sell cannabis, cultivation remains illegal.
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‘The current system, in which you can sell cannabis but not grow it, is unsustainable,’
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Netherlands |
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In Defense of our Brain 04/13/2016 |
“This is not a war on drugs , it is a defense of our brains!” Dr. Bertha Madras, PhD
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powerpoint, Brain |
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