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Federally Funded Survey: Teen Marijuana Use Continues Historic Decline Federally

Federally funded survey data compiled by the University of Michigan reports that teen marijuana use has declined significantly since states began regulating adult-use cannabis markets and is now at or near historic lows. Consistent with numerous other federally sponsored surveys, teens’ use of cannabis has steadily declined since 2012 — when voters in Colorado and…

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Teen Marijuana Use ‘Remained Stable’ As Legalization Expands, Federal Health

Teen marijuana use “remained stable” this year even as more states have enacted legalization, according to an annual federally funded survey The Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey—supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and conducted every year for decades by the University of Michigan—examines substance use trends among 8th, 10th and 12th grade…

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Will cannabis rescheduling affect drug testing for safety-sensitive workers? (Newsletter:

Lawmakers push for more marijuana reform; MA anti-cannabis ballot signatures; NJ psilocybin vote; Poll: Americans use marijuana for holiday stress Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… BREAKING: Journalism…

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How Clean Torch Is Redefining the Way We Smoke

If you’ve ever torched a bowl with a regular lighter, you may have accidentally cooked off half the terpenes before you even had the chance to enjoy them. It happens so fast. One second, you’re aiming for a smooth inhale and the next your strain tastes like a campfire. Most of us have used the…

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Rescheduling Is A Bread Sandwich: Same Law, Better PR

A federal number changed. Prohibition did not. This is a nothing burger.A new number, same prohibition For a moment, it sounded historic. Cannabis was “rescheduled.” A president signed an executive order. Headlines declared a federal shift. Markets reacted. Politicians took victory laps. Then the dust settled. What remains looks a lot like what people used…

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Cannabis Rescheduling: What the Executive Order Doesn’t Do — and

Editor’s Note: High Times has long supported the removal of cannabis from Schedule I and ultimately federal descheduling. The following guest column reflects the legal analysis of the author and examines what current rescheduling efforts do (and do not) mean for today’s cannabis operators. By Jason W. Klimek, partner and cannabis industry team co-leader at…

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One In Three Americans ‘Pre-Game’ With Marijuana Before Family Holiday

About one in three Americans say their holiday “pregame” routine involves using marijuana, according to a new survey. The poll from the Freeman Recovery Center looked at a variety of ways the use of alcohol and other drugs intersects with with the holiday season, when family get-togethers and financial stress from gift giving tend to…

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Trump lied about cannabis rescheduling opposition, GOP senator says (Newsletter:

Marijuana banking bill momentum; State legalization gets boost from Trump move; GOP AGs concerned over cannabis rescheduling; FL legalization to court Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Your…

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Marijuana Rescheduling Should Be Followed By Banking Access, Sentencing Reform

President Donald Trump’s marijuana rescheduling executive order represents progress, bipartisan lawmakers say. But with that policy change now moving forward, some key House and Senate members are previewing their priorities for future reform—from giving cannabis businesses access to the banking system to legalizing marijuana altogether. The order Trump signed on Thursday directs the attorney general…

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Massachusetts Campaign To Scale Back Marijuana Legalization Has Enough Signatures

Massachusetts officials have announced that the campaign behind an initiative to roll back the state’s marijuana legalization law collected enough valid signatures to send the measure to lawmakers for consideration before it potentially gets put in front of voters to decide next on year’s ballot. As of Thursday, the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Elections Division…

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