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❌ Dozens of Massachusetts elected officials are publicly voicing their opposition to a November ballot initiative, Question 8, that seeks to repeal key elements of the state's voter-approved marijuana legalization law.
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❌ Dozens of Massachusetts elected officials, including @SenWarren, @SenMarkey, Congresswoman @AyannaPressley, Governor @Maura_Healey, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu have all expressed their intention to vote 'no' on Question 8. They join over 50 state lawmakers, including Massachusetts House Speaker @RonMariano and Senate President Karen Spilka, who have lined up against the initiative.
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NORML retweeted
Look - it isn't my thing but Iowa is facing a budget crisis to the tune of $1.4 billion.
A common-sense way to help address that would be to fully legalize adult-use cannabis in Iowa. And to solve the problems that come with it - we treat it like alcohol.
Read my full plan here: robsand.com/issues/cannabis-…
🌿 REALITY CHECK: Few heavy, daily consumers of marijuana meet the diagnostic criteria for either "moderate" or "severe" cannabis use disorder, and many don't meet any criteria for CUD.
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🌿 REALITY CHECK: Few heavy, daily users of marijuana meet the diagnostic criteria for either "moderate" or "severe" cannabis use disorder (CUD), and many don't meet any criteria for CUD, according to data published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine.
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🗳️ Nearly 8 in 10 cannabis consumers say that a candidate's views on marijuana policy will influence their decision whether to vote for them in November, according to survey data compiled by @NuggMD for NORML.
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🗳 Is a candidate's position on cannabis policy important to you when casting your ballot?
Nearly 8 in 10 cannabis consumers say that a candidate's views on marijuana policy will influence their decision whether to vote for them in November, according to survey data compiled by @NuggMD for NORML.
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🚫 The DEA judge tasked with issuing a recommendation on whether to reschedule marijuana denied a request by opponents to reopen the hearing.
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🚫The Administrative Law Judge, Derek C. Julius, tasked with issuing a recommendation on whether to reschedule marijuana denied a request by opponents to reopen the hearing.
He found no justification to reopen the hearing, which "already includes over 2,500 pages of witness testimony and multiple thousands of pages of documentary evidence."
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💨 Consumers in states where marijuana is still illegal are twice as likely to have "ever used" unregulated delta-8 products. What's been your experience?
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💨 Consumers are more likely to have first-hand experiences with unregulated delta-8 products if they live in prohibition states.
What's been your experience?
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😙💨 Have you had a similar experience?
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😙💨 Two-thirds of cannabis consumers say that cannabis has enabled them to either moderate or eliminate their use of alcohol.
Have you had a similar experience?
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✅ Regulation and licensed markets work.
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✅ Regulation and licensed markets work.
Legal dispensaries are strictly regulated with age-verification and security requirements. This greatly deters youth access while contributing to the health and safety of the community.
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📊 Researchers reported: "For fatal and injury crashes, the time-series analysis found no statistically significant impact while the before-after method found a statistically significant decrease of 3.9%."
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📊 Researchers assessed trends in crash frequency prior to and following Canada’s nationwide marijuana legalization in 2018.
They reported: "For fatal and injury crashes, the time-series analysis found no statistically significant impact while the before-after method found a statistically significant decrease of 3.9%."
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