NORML’s Erik Altieri: “While these numbers represent a historic decline in arrests, even one person being put into handcuffs for the simple possession of marijuana is too many.”
Day: September 30, 2021
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Investigators concluded, “Our results suggest that the threat of potential harm to adolescents via meaningful increases in risk of long-term psychotic illness may be overstated.”
Researchers found “no increases … in the odds of past-year or past-month cannabis use among individuals aged 12 to 20 years for all races and ethnicities.”
Following their initiation of CBD-dominant cannabis, subjects experienced a significant decrease in anxiety and depressive symptoms; non-users did not experience a similar reduction.
Researchers concluded, “Our study confirmed that a large percentage of midlife women are using cannabis for symptoms that overlap with menopause.”