Showing posts with label marijuana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marijuana. Show all posts
Friday, October 4, 2024

Marijuana Can Be Addictive

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Many posts have discussed the politics of cannabis . From NIH : Between 1995 and 2022 the delta-9 THC potency (strength) in illegal can...
Friday, May 5, 2023

Marijuana Policy Problems

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 Zusha Elinson  and Jimmy Vielkind at WSJ: The illegal marijuana trade is booming in California, seven years after the state legalized its ...
Sunday, January 1, 2023

Interest Group Money and Cannibis Research

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Adam Elmahrek at LAT: When UCLA started its cannabis research initiative five years ago, the university hailed the undertaking as one of t...
Thursday, October 6, 2022

POTUS and Marijuana

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From President Biden: As I often said during my campaign for President, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana. Sen...
Friday, November 5, 2021

Cannibis Industry

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Matt Guilhem at KCRW-FM: Cannabis is America’s fastest-growing industry , but how much cash does all the cush translate to? Leafly Senior E...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Justice Thomas on Federalism and the Inconsistencies of Marijuana Law

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 Cite as: 594 U. S. ____ (2021) 1 Statement of THOMAS, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES STANDING AKIMBO, LLC, ET AL., v. UNITED STATES ...
Friday, January 31, 2020

Marijuana Use

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From Gallup: The July 2019 Gallup survey found that the likelihood to smoke marijuana varies significantly by gender, age, and political ...
Saturday, August 10, 2019

Marijuana and Cigarettes

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Lydia Saad at Gallup: Americans' cigarette use continues to decline, hitting a new low in Gallup's 75-year trend. Currently, 15% ...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Views of Moral Behavior

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Megan Brenan at Gallup: Using birth control , drinking alcohol and getting a divorce remain the most broadly accepted personal moral be...
Monday, April 1, 2019

Operation Intercept

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Emily Tamkin at WP: Launched in 1969 and lasting just 20 days, Operation Intercept was ostensibly meant to stem the flow of illegal drugs ,...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

Americans Want to Legalize Marijuana

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Justin McCarthy at Gallup: Sixty-six percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana , another new high in Gallup's trend over n...
Friday, April 6, 2018

Fake News on Marijuana

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The Advocate reports : As a bill seeking to expand Louisiana's medical marijuana laws works its way through Louisiana's legislat...
Sunday, January 7, 2018

California and States' Rights

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Liberals are embracing states' right s,  a term that -- until very recently -- t hey denounced as a racist dog whistle. Tim Arango at ...
Friday, December 1, 2017

Autism and Medical Marijuana in Minnesota

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In  The Politics of Autism , I discuss alternative treatments. From the Minnesota Department of Public Health: Minnesota Commissioner ...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Problems with Legal Marijuana

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George Skelton writes at The Los Angeles Times : Californians seem hot to visit a legal pot shop and smoke a joint or munch a weeded bro...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

America Is Going to Pot

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Reid Wilson reports at The Hill : Voters in nine states will get to decide whether to liberalize laws involving marijuana this year in ...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Trying Marijuana

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Gallup reports: As Oregon becomes the fourth state to make recreational marijuana use legal , 44% of Americans say they have tried mari...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

New York Times Flip-Flops on States' Rights

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On May 29, 2011, The New York Times denounced states' rights. States’ rights has been a politically charged concept for even longer. ...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Drugs, Federalism, and US Territory

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A problem of federalism is that when one state's decision to allow an activity may undercut a neighboring state's efforts to prohi...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Talking Back to Washington

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At the Cato Institute, John Dinan discusses ways in which states can push back against federal power.  The excecutive summary: Effective...