Washington, DC: Eighty-nine percent of Americans say that marijuana ought to be legal for either medical or adult use, according to nationwide polling compiled by the Pew Research Center. Fifty-nine percent of respondents said that cannabis should be legal for adults, while an additional 30 percent said that it should be legal explicitly for therapeutic purposes. Both findings are consistent with prior Pew polls. Adult-use …
Harker Heights, TX: Members of the Harker Heights (population: 34,000) City Council voted 4 to 1 to repeal a voter-initiated ordinance that sought to prohibit local law enforcement from making low-level marijuana-related arrests. Sixty-four percent of city residents voted on election day in favor of Proposition A, which ordered local police to cease issuing citations or making arrests for misdemeanor marijuana violations. Harker …
SAN DIEGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting security operations at California’s ports of entry with Mexico performed more than 54.7 million inspections of travelers, seized more than 50 tons of illegal narcotics, and apprehended more than 74,000 immigration violators during federal fiscal year 2022. CBP’s field office in San Diego includes the San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, Calexico, …
Washington D.C., Dec. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — National Hemp Association has been engaged with United Nations, FAO, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and World Bank to advance the recognition and acceptance of industrial hemp around the planet. “We are pleased that the UN Conference on Trade and Development invested in creating this special issue on Industrial Hemp. It …
Colorado Springs, CO: The adoption of state-level marijuana legalization laws does not lead to any significant uptick in overall criminal activity, according to data published in the Journal of Drug Issues. A pair of researchers affiliated with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and with Boise State University in Idaho compared crime data in Colorado and Washington to a synthetic control over a …
Seattle, WA: Adolescents who reside in states where retail sales of cannabis are legal for adults are no more likely to consume cannabis than are young people in states where it isn’t, according to data published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. A team of investigators affiliated with the University of Washington and with Colorado State University evaluated longitudinal data from three US …
Washington, DC: Voters in two states, Maryland and Missouri, decided in favor of ballot measures legalizing the adult-use of cannabis, while voters in various cities nationwide similarly approved ballot measures ending marijuana-related arrests and prosecutions. “While this year’s midterm elections may not have been a ‘clean sweep’ for reform advocates, our momentum continues unabated,” NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano said. “Are …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cannabix Technologies Inc. (CSE: BLO) (OTC PINK: BLOZF) (the “Company or Cannabix”) developer of marijuana breathalyzer devices for law enforcement and the workplace reports that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Warren County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney’s office to pilot the Company’s technology for detection of ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”) …
Boston, MA: The enactment of state-level laws legalizing marijuana for adults does not influence early adolescents’ attitudes toward its potential risks, according to data published in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. Investigators affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School assessed children’s perceptions of marijuana-related harms over three years in states with and without legal cannabis marketplaces. They determined that “individual child-level …
Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) released their voter guide to 2022 governors’ races and cannabis policy reform. In 36 states, voters will be choosing their next governor on Election Day. In many of these races, there is a stark contrast between where major party gubernatorial candidates stand on cannabis policy reforms. To help inform voters, MPP’s voter …