“Nothing in our tradition allows disarmament simply because [the defendant] belongs to a category of people, drug users, that Congress has categorically deemed dangerous.”
Region: St. Louis
“Home values in states with recreational cannabis have outpaced home values in other states by $48,983 over the past decade,” the study found.
“The utility of using isolated marijuana use as a criterion for urine drug screening appears limited in benefit but rife with inequitable potential to harm,” authors concluded.
St. Louis, MO: The passage of statewide adult use marijuana laws is associated with an…
St. Louis, MO: Minor marijuana possession offenses will no longer be criminally prosecuted in St.…
The intermittent use of cannabis can play a positive role in opioid-dependent subjects undergoing treatment.
State laws reducing minor marijuana possession offenses from criminal to civil violations (aka decriminalization) are associated with dramatic reductions in drug-related arrests, and are not linked to any uptick in youth cannabis use.
St. Louis, MO: City lawmakers have approved municipal legislation reducing minor marijuana possession offenses to a $25 fine-only violation.