Legalization of medical marijuana is not linked with increased traffic fatalities, a new study finds. In some states, in fact, the number of people killed in traffic accidents dropped after medical marijuana laws were enacted. “Instead of seeing an increase in fatalities, we saw a reduction, which was totally unexpected,” said Julian Santaella-Tenorio, the study’s […]
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Recreational Marijuana Approved In Four States, Medical Marijuana In Three Others
San Francisco – Americans across the country voted Tuesday for the right to inhale without going to jail, legalizing recreational marijuana in four states, and medical marijuana in three others. In California, where medical marijuana is already legal, voters approved recreational pot, a major coup for backers of pot legalization. The new laws make pot […]
Buying Legal Marijuana – How To Purchase It In FL, CA, MA And 5 Other States
Nine states voted on marijuana initiatives on Tuesday as the country continues to grow more open to legalization. There are now eight states with legal access to marijuana in some form, as California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada joined Washington state, Oregon, Colorado, Alaska, along with the District of Columbia, by legalizing recreational marijuana use for […]
5 States Could Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use This Year – Here’s What We Know
Nearly half of the US has already legalized marijuana, for either medical or recreational use. This November, another eight states could continue the trend. Of those eight states, five have ballot initiatives that could result in outright recreational legalization. Most significantly, California could legalize recreational use – thus making the entire west coast a legal […]
Why Is Medical Marijuana Still Not Accepted In All 50 States?
In May, a survey conducted by Quinnipiac University found overwhelming support for the legalization of medical marijuana among American voters: 89 percent of respondents said they support the legal use of marijuana for medical purposes by adults, as long as a doctor prescribes it. The poll also found that support for legalizing medical marijuana was […]
Marijuana Laws On The Ballot In Seven States And Climbing This November Election
With interest in topics like “marijuana” and “cannabis” hitting all-time high levels according to Google Trends, nine states in the U.S. will vote on marijuana measures in the world’s most important general election Nov. 8, according to the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Voters in California, Florida, Nevada, Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona, and Arkansas will definitely be […]
Can Cannabis-Based Medicine Limit The State’s Opioid Epidemic?
As a former emergency medicine physician, I’ve seen my share of patients suffering due to opioid addiction and overdoses. After all, more than 1,000 people per day are treated in emergency departments for misusing prescription opioids, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Americans can‘t keep using opioids, such as oxycodone, morphine, […]
12 States Smoking the Most Marijuana
Not all states are equal when it comes to marijuana use, and it's no surprise to anyone that Colorado leads the nation with 21.6 percent of people reporting cannabis use in the past year. The website24/7 Wall St.recently reviewed data from the Substance Ab… Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: 10 States Voting on Marijuana Reform
We are less than 20 weeks away from the 2016 election. While most people are focused on the race for president, here at HIGH TIMES we’re excited that fully one-fifth of the United States will be voting on either medical marijuana or legalization. Read article here: High Times
Pot Matters: Marijuana Use in the States
It takes non-marijuana using voters to pass marijuana legalization ballot initiatives. However, the more marijuana users there are, the more likely it is that non-users have a realistic understanding of marijuana use and are less susceptible to pro-prohibition propaganda…. Read article here: High Times