Frequent Cannabis Use Unrelated to Brain Morphology, Study Finds | NORML
RICHMOND, VA — The frequent use of cannabis is not associated with changes in brain structure, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Addiction. An international team of scientists from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States assessed the…
June 2018
Movement to Expunge Marijuana Convictions in Legalization States Picks Up Steam
Movement to Expunge Marijuana Convictions in Legalization States Picks Up Steam | Clarence Walker
As marijuana legalization spreads into various states, some are allowing people who’d been previously been convicted of possession of a small amount of pot to clear their records. They have their convictions either wiped off their record forever…
Illinois Cop’s Warning: If You Legalize Weed, We’ll Have to Kill Our Drug Dogs
Illinois Cop’s Warning: If You Legalize Weed, We’ll Have to Kill Our Drug Dogs | Phillip Smith
As the state legislature ponders a bill that could make Illinois the 10th state to legalize marijuana, law enforcement is getting nervous. Old anti-marijuana shibboleths have lost their potency, but the Macon County Sheriff’s Office…
Three More States Enact Hemp Production Laws
Three More States Enact Hemp Production Laws | NORML
WASHINGTON, DC — Governors in Alaska, Kansas, and Oklahoma have each signed legislation in recent days establishing programs to permit the cultivation of industrial hemp. In Alaska, Independent Gov. Bill Walker signed legislation into law establishing a pilot program “to study the growth, cultivation, [and] marketing…
Senator Kamala Harris Cosponsors The Marijuana Justice Act
Senator Kamala Harris Cosponsors The Marijuana Justice Act | Justin Strekal
Today, California’s junior Senator Kamala Harris announced in a video message that she will be joining Senators Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Ron Wyden on the Marijuana Justice Act. This comes just a week and a half after California senior Senator…
Colorado’s marijuana industry would get bank access, federal OK under bill from Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren. But what are its chances?
The measure, which is being welcomed by the cannabis industry but faces a tough path to becoming law, would end the current conflict between federal and state law.
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Study: Cannabis Exposure Not Associated With Residual Adverse Impact On Cognition
Study: Cannabis Exposure Not Associated With Residual Adverse Impact On Cognition | NORML
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Cannabis exposure in adolescents and young adults is not associated with any significant long-term detrimental effects on cognitive performance, according to a systematic literature review published last week in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. Investigators affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman…