"This is a setback for the growth and improvement of our existing program, but it will not be the last attempt to ease the barriers Arkansas’s medical patients encounter." The post Arkansas: Supreme Court Rules Against Medical Marijuana Ballot Measure appeared first on NORML.
“Marijuana-related prosecutions remain the primary driver of drug war enforcement in those states where marijuana-related activities remain criminalized. It is shameful that hundreds of thousands of Americans continue to be arrested annually in these jurisdictions for cannabis-related violations that the majority of voters no longer believe should be a crime.” The post FBI: Marijuana-Related Arrests Comprised Over 40 Percent of All Drug Arrests in More Than a Dozen States in 2023 appeared first on NORML.
"Our results show no evidence of widespread fentanyl co-occurrence with cannabis," the study’s authors concluded. The post 10-Year Analysis: Fentanyl Seldom Identified in Illicit Cannabis Samples appeared first on NORML.
"These results illustrate that cannabis regulation, coupled with consumer education, can provide sufficient safeguards to protect -- and potentially even improve -- mental health outcomes, particularly among more vulnerable populations." The post Study: Cannabis Legalization Associated With Fewer Hospitalizations Among Schizophrenia Patients appeared first on NORML.
Criminalizing cannabis is a failed Florida policy. Let’s end it. The post NORML Op-Ed: Cast the Fear-Mongering Aside — The Sky Won’t Fall if Florida Legalizes Marijuana appeared first on NORML.