“In every legalization state, government surveys indicate a decrease in high schoolers’ cannabis use rates post-legalization.”
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The Judge’s order demands the government file its response to the parties’ motion by no later than October 13, 2026.
Cannabis treatment is associated with significant decreases in patients’ pain intensity and pain frequency, as well as reductions in participants’ reliance on prescription analgesics.
Specifically, the passage of adult-use cannabis legalization laws is associated with reductions in high-dose opioid prescribing and opioid/benzodiazepine co-prescribing.
“Findings suggest that cannabis use among older adults may be more common and clinically significant than suggested by prior evidence.”
Among US nursing students, fewer than 1 in 5 acknowledged “feeling prepared to answer questions about medical cannabis.”
“These results show great promise in using cannabis for treating the symptoms that occur with cancer and cancer-related treatments.”
“All pain-specific measures showed improvements at each follow-up period,” the study’s authors concluded.