Additional evidence about whether cannabis can reduce opioid use could come from Canada, which legalized medical marijuana in 2001 and might legalize recreational use as soon as next year. (sciencemag.org)
Cuomo stressed that the new law is in favor of legalizing medical marijuana only. (fooddrink-magazine.com)
Rhode Island, which legalized medical marijuana in 2006, is now wrestling with the next big question on that front: whether to become the first state in the U.S. to make pot legal for recreational use as well. (legalblogwatch.typepad.com)