Clinicians ordered drug tests to be performed on Black newborns at nearly four times the rate of other children, the study found.
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Cannabis treatment improved sleep- and anxiety-specific symptoms for up to 12 months in patients with chronic illness.
A federal judge previously ruled the federal ban unconstitutional, finding, “The use of marijuana is not in and of itself a violent, forceful, or threatening act.”
Legislation seeking to legalize the use of marijuana by adults advances in Delaware, Hawaii, and Minnesota.
Hispanic patients were twice as likely to be mandated to undergo testing and Black patients were four times as likely to be ordered to do so.
“As of 2019, we find [that] liberalization has been associated with lower pedestrian fatalities, not higher,” investigators concluded.
Among current cannabis consumers, 80 percent reported it to be beneficial in treating symptoms of the disorder.
Cannabis treatment was associated with “significant improvements in all primary outcomes … at all timepoints,” authors reported.