Investigators concluded, “As of 2019, we find [that] liberalization has been associated with lower traffic fatalities, not higher.”
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Thirty-six percent of older patients decreased their use of opioids, while 20 percent reduced their use of benzodiazepines.
The Court ruled that the legalization of medical cannabis largely eliminates “the ‘plain smell’ doctrine as applied to the possession or use of marijuana.”
Online searches for delta-8 THC products grew significantly in 2019 and 2020, and public interest “was particularly high in US states that restricted delta-9 THC use.”
“Minor cannabinoids and their chemical homologs offer the potential medicinal benefits of Δ9-THC without adverse effects,” the study’s authors concluded.
#1: Legislatures in five states enacted adult-use legalization laws in 2021 marking a significant change from past years when similar laws were enacted almost exclusively via citizens’ initiatives.
“We have never seen such dramatic decreases in drug use among teens in just a one-year period,” said Nora Volkow, Director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse, which funded the study.
Based on the study’s findings, investigators concluded, “Using lower doses of CBD and trace THC seems to be promising in managing behavioral problems associated with autism.”