and 24 of those have legalized it for adult recreational use. As states establish their legal marijuana markets, their main priority — before addressing concerns around tax revenue, social equity issues, illegal markets, or anything else — should be ensuring that young people...
Since medical cannabis was first legalized in Colorado in 1996, nearly half the country has legalized marijuana for recreational use. Even more states have decriminalized weed or allowed marijuana to be used for medical purposes,and now, the substance may even be reclassified federally.The Justice...
On March 31, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law theMarihuana Regulation and Taxation Act(MRTA), which legalizes the adult recreational use of marijuana and revises Section 201-d of the New York Labor Law. The MRTA’s antidiscrimination employment provisions to...
New research shows that car accident rates are elevated in some states where recreational marijuana is legal.
Problematic use of marijuana among adolescents and adults increased after legalization of recreational marijuana use, according to a new study from NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Marijuana may remain illegal federally, but in most states, it’s accessible for adult medical or recreational use. In November 2023, voters inOhiomade it the 24th state to approve legal recreational marijuana.Florida voterswill have the chance to weigh in on recreational use this November. In ...
Recreational Marijuana Use and Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights from Nationwide Inpatient Sample in the United States. Cureus 2017;9:e1816.Desai R, Patel U, Sharma S, et al.: Recreational marijuana use and acute myocardial infarction: insights from nationwide inpatient sample in the United ...
Nonmedical versus medical marijuana use among three age groups of adults: Associations with mental and physical health status. Given that 29 U.S. states now have laws allowing medical marijuana use, this study examined mental and physical health correlates of medical versus nonmedi... Namkee,G,...
relative to states where it was not in 2017. Yet, the increases in cannabis use during this time period were as fast, or faster, in states where cannabis use is prohibited by law, relative to states that had legalized for recreational use by ...
adult-use marijuanarecreational marijuanaimplementationtransition processgovernancelessons learnedbest practiceschallengesdecision pointsAs of October 2020, eleven states and the District of Columbia have undergone a transition from medical to adult-use marijuana regimes navigating the creation o...