Since 1992, every Thursday and when breaking news warrants, NORML | The NORML Foundation have been issuing weekly press releases for marijuana law supporters and the media.
NORML’s News Releases archives goes back to 1996 and serves as a valuable tool to alert citizens about cannabis-related news and legislation as well as a research tool for reviewing a chronology of marijuana law reform.
“A relative reduction in older and young adults’ high-risk drinking may be a net positive effect of shifting cannabis policies,” researchers reported.
“This study provides evidence that, in a relatively short 4-year period spanning the cannabis pre-legalization to post-legalization time periods, adolescent cannabis use has declined.”
“In our study of medical marijuana use in Louisiana, it has significantly reduced pain and, for those using it, decreased opioid usage.”
“The state need not provide just compensation every time it adjusts its regulatory scheme, even if those changes incidentally impair or even destroy the businesses of some,” the Court ruled.
“Cannabis use was associated with a 40 percent hazard reduction in alcohol-associated steatosis, hepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis, and a 14 percent reduction in all-cause mortality.”
“Medical cannabis increased overall survival rates among patients,” investigators concluded. “Our findings support the integration of medicinal cannabis into palliative care.”
No other state that similarly collects marijuana-related taxes and fees withholds using those funds to pay for state-specific programs or projects.
“No firefighter or public servant should have to choose between their health and their career.”