The Attorney General’s office says they will appeal the district court’s decision.
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Past-month cannabis use fell 37 percent among high schoolers between 2013 and 2023.
Ninety-seven percent of those surveyed said that their condition “was a little, much, or very much better since starting medical cannabis.”
The new law removes cannabis from the federal Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act and recognizes the rights of adults to privately possess and grow personal use quantities of cannabis.
The law seeks to facilitate and fund medical cannabis research, including “research related to the efficacy and potential health effects of various cannabis delivery methods.”
Cannabis terpenes produced pain-relieving effects that were roughly equal to those of morphine.
Investigators concluded, “No changes in standard deviation of lateral position, maximum speed, standard deviation of speed or reaction time were found at any time point.”
Researchers identified no differences among those who consumed cannabis or placebo in 27 of 28 performance tests.
