“The overarching result is that medical legalization reduces property crime, while recreational legalization reduces violent crime.”
Archives: News Releases
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.
Canadians purchased $5.5B worth of cannabis products in the last fiscal year.
“These findings expand the limited evidence on the use of cannabis-based medicines in elderly patients and complement previous clinical and observational studies on cannabinoids in pain medicine.”
Annual data provided by Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division finds that retailers denied entry 99% of the time to patrons lacking proper proof of age.
“Taken together, findings support the possibility that recreational cannabis laws may help to reduce the size of the illegal cannabis market.”
Study participants reported the greatest mitigation in their anxiety on the days they consumed cannabis.
The Court declined to hear petitioners’ arguments that the DeSantis administration improperly dismissed tens of thousands of signatures.
Senate Bill 220 removes the “low THC” restriction, adds vaporization and qualifying conditions.