“These findings reinforce the reality that regulated markets more successfully keep cannabis out of the hands of young people than does prohibition.”
Another study similarly reported that participants reduce their alcohol intake by as much as 27%
“The continued criminalization of cannabis only compounds the public safety risks that the unregulated marketplace poses to young people and others.”
Researchers with the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor surveyed over 1,100 US adults regarding where they obtain cannabis-related information
Sloppy New York Times smear job includes commissioned study, 200-plus interviews, reefer-mad vignettes, and no specific mention of the virtues of cannabis
Twenty-seven percent of respondents also said that cannabis reduced their use of other illegal drugs.
Neither the passage of adult-use marijuana legalization laws nor the advent of retail cannabis sales is associated with increased marijuana use by adolescents.
“America’s legal cannabis industry created nearly 23,000 new jobs in 2023,” but Massachusetts reportedly lost nearly a thousand jobs.
“The study is launching at a time of crisis and need for innovations to address the growing opioid epidemic and its intersection with a growing homelessness crisis in Massachusetts.”
“The study highlights that alcohol, legal in all 50 states, remains a factor in nearly a third of automotive fatalities.”
