“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.”
“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.”
“Our results show no evidence of widespread fentanyl co-occurrence with cannabis,” the study’s authors concluded.
“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.”
Criminalizing cannabis is a failed Florida policy. Let’s end it.
“The results of this study indicate that legal medical cannabis promotes greater physical activity in those experiencing chronic medical conditions and legal recreational cannabis promotes (even more so) greater physical activity in those not experiencing chronic medical conditions.”
Globally acclaimed DJ, human rights advocate, and current Phoenix Suns Basketball Operations staff member Joshua Zeke Thomas has joined NORML’s Advisory Board.
“Historically, government-affiliated sources have either embellished or outright lied about marijuana and its effects. So it’s no wonder that the public doesn’t consider them to be credible sources for marijuana-related information.”