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How high is too high? KIRO tests pot-smoking drivers to find out
ByOSadminThis article originally appeared at https://www.kiro7.com/news/how-high-too-high-kiro-7-tests-pot-smoking-drivers/246320721/ THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — In a test that’s never before been done in Washington, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News had volunteers smoke marijuana and then put them behind the wheel to show what stoned driving looks like and the danger on the road. To find out how much marijuana is…
The effect of marijuana legalization on neighborhood crime
ByOSadminThis originally appeared at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016604621830293X# Abstract This paper studies the effects of marijuana legalization on neighborhood crime and documents the patterns in retail dispensary locations over time using detailed micro-level data from Denver, Colorado. To account for endogenous retail dispensary locations, we use a novel identification strategy that exploits exogenous changes in demand across different…
Characteristics of pregnant illicit drug users and associations between cannabis use and perinatal outcome in a population-based study
ByOSadminThis originally appeared at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20171023/ Marleen M H J van Gelder 1 , Jennita Reefhuis, Alissa R Caton, Martha M Werler, Charlotte M Druschel, Nel Roeleveld; National Birth Defects Prevention Study PMID: 20171023 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.01.007 Abstract Background: According to the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 4.6% of American women reported use of an illicit drug during pregnancy. Previous…
Cannabidiol (CBD) Makes Its Way To The Forefront
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Nixon Policy Advisor Admits He Invented War On Drugs to Suppress ‘Anti-War Left and Black People’
ByOSadminDan Baum, writing in support of drug legalization at Harper’s, has unleashed a frank 1994 quote from former Nixon policy advisor John Ehrlichman, and as inadvertently salient an argument for legalizing drugs as any I’ve ever seen: At the time, I was writing a book about the politics of drug prohibition. I started to ask…
Summary of international legal frameworks for Cannabis
ByOSadminImplications of adult-use legalisation for compliance with international law The central basis for international control of the movement of cannabis around the globe is the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotics (the “Single Convention”), which is enforced by the International Narcotics Control Board (the “INCB”). The key provisions are as follows: Regarding Article 36, ‘possession’…
