All three bills are likely to face opposition from Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte, who has historically opposed any liberalization of the state’s marijuana laws.
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“Recreational cannabis dispensary openings are associated with a significant decrease in opioid fills among commercially insured adults in the US,” the study’s authors concluded.
Cannabis use is associated with improvements in pain-specific and general health-related quality of life outcomes in cancer pain patients.
“Almost one-third of patients experiencing moderate to severe pain at enrollment saw a meaningful reduction in pain symptoms within four months of treatment,” researchers determined.
Licensed dispensaries in the city are eligible to begin engaging in the retail sale of adult-use cannabis products on April 14th.
Marijuana retailers are associated with “significant reductions in mortality rates … for both accidental poisonings and opioid poisoning deaths.”
“Nothing in our tradition allows disarmament simply because [the defendant] belongs to a category of people, drug users, that Congress has categorically deemed dangerous.”
Among those between the ages of 18 and 29, alcohol use fell following the opening of marijuana retailers.