Sentences with phrase «for legal drugs»

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In adopting its Cannabis Equity Program, the City of Oakland made a clear commitment to ensure access and equity in legal cannabis for communities most negatively impacted by the drug war.

An October 2017 Gallup poll showed 64 % of all Americans and, for the first time since the beginning of the survey in 1969, a majority of Republicans thought that the drug should be made legal.

Because of those fears, pot dispensary operators in the 29 states where the drug is legal, either for medical or recreational purposes, often find themselves nervously handling obscene amounts of cash.

The Frequently Asked Questions section of the Coachella website includes a boilerplate response about whether festival attendees can bring marijuana to the festival now that the drug is legal in all forms in California for anyone over the age of 21.

To be fair, though, medical marijuana has been legal in California for nearly two decades, but past Coachella festivals also have prohibited attendees with medical clearance to use the drug or bring it onto the festival grounds.

Friedman was of the opinion that all drugs should be legal, and he believed that the fact that they were illegal was the largest reason for the problems surrounding drug use.

Tree — who said the policy change restored a price support for growers by reintroducing a «federal risk premium» — told Business Insider that while consumers in states were marijuana was legal were probably used to a high - quality and tested product, he suspected cracking down on legal marijuana production and sales would incentivize trafficking of lower - quality marijuana to states where the drug is still illegal.

FORTUNE — For Indian generic - drug manufacturer Ranbaxy, the past five years have consisted of an escalating series of regulatory and legal woes.

While cannabis for recreational or medical use is legal in several states, such as California and Colorado, it is classified as an illegal schedule 1 drug under U.S. federal law.

For drug barons (the legal kind), what happens in the law courts can be as important as events in the lab.

CVS, for example, began limiting prescriptions to seven days and prioritizing lower - dose drugs, and a number of legal complaints have been leveled against opioid manufacturers, who have been accused of using misleading marketing tactics that may have caused more patients to get hooked on potentially addicting painkillers.

The drug is legal and can be prescribed by a doctor for a variety of conditions — most often to treat severe pain.

By comparison, in states where the drug did become legal for medical use, the rate of illicit use went from 5.55 percent to 9.15 percent.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made no secret of his contempt for marijuana use, and his Department of Justice is on the verge of releasing a report that many in the burgeoning legal cannabis industry fear will propose prosecuting people engaging in marijuana sales — even if they are in states that have legalized the drug locally.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx) said Monday that it agreed to sell Sprout back to its former shareholders, but the deal is actually more of a giveaway: All Valeant will receive in return for Sprout is 6 % of future sales of the female libido drug, starting around mid-2019, plus freedom from its remaining acquisition obligations and its legal fight with Sprout shareholders.

To this end, we have patent laws that make developers of new drugs the only legal sellers, and hence make it possible for them to charge high prices.

If large - scale trials can replicate safety and efficacy results, the drug could be approved for legal use by 2021.

The U.S. Justice Department's decision to turn a blind eye to the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that authorize medical or even recreational use of the drug eventually may make it easier to use credit cards for such transactions, but a banking ban on legal pot sellers remains intact for now.

First, patents are often taken out to use as legal weapons by huge companies to fight off their competitors even if they do not plan on completing trials for the drug.

But there is no industry I can think of — no sport, no science, no game, no writing, no legal system, no athletic ability, no engineering, no drug discovery, no awards for scientific achievement, no Fortune 50 companies (companies that actually make something in addition to money), no adventurism, no culinary art, no nothing in which a woman sits above all men in her field.

A report by drug policy think tank Volteface stated that 3,700 people died from things like infected syringes and accidental overdoses and recommended a trial of drug consumption rooms to provide a safe, clean and legal space for users.

Ongoing legal battles surrounding the production of drugs for lethal injections have halted executions in several states.

Unlike Schedule 2 drugs (like stuff you can get from a pharmacists or hospitals including acetaminophen / hydrocodone, ibuprofen / oxycodone and morphine), Schedule 1 drugs are viewed as dangerous, and the legal penalties for possessing them can be steep.

AA, religion, christ himself, science satanisim, math, medicine or whatever it is you choose to turn to try to get out of pain, remorse, guilt, anger, selfishness, legal problems, drug / alcohol abuse, financial ruin or any other negative result producing situation that you have brought upon yourself if it changes you for the betterand helps others feel better about you or themselves who cares what, who, or how someones higher power works!!!

Writing for the Times Herald - Record, Elliot Tiber described the scene: «For four days, the site became a countercultural mini-nation in which minds were open, drugs were all but legal and love was «free.»&raqfor the Times Herald - Record, Elliot Tiber described the scene: «For four days, the site became a countercultural mini-nation in which minds were open, drugs were all but legal and love was «free.»&raqFor four days, the site became a countercultural mini-nation in which minds were open, drugs were all but legal and love was «free.»»

I think we should explore the possibility of making other drugs legal for this reason, but pot should be first since it is the least dangerous.

The legal drug of choice in the NHL is Sudafed — not for cold relief, but for the on - ice boost it offers

If the NSAC didn't include some drug testing in an agreement with a guy they're suspending for failing a drug test, they 1) should all be fired and replaced and 2) Canelo must have OJ's legal team.

If I am looking (btw, as a psychologist) for factors that may predict a QB I don't want, I am looking for (not necessarily in this order): his athletic skills, his percentage completions, his arm, (basically QB tangibles) and then (maybe) the kinds of things that DO predict trouble later on, e.g. legal violations, drug use, steroid use, assaults, mistreatment of men and women, cheating in college, failure to attend meetings, classes, and practice, flagrant defiance of coaches» directions.

The UFC strawweight prospect from Sacramento, Calif., who holds a medical marijuana card in California, where cannabis is legal for both medicinal and recreational purposes, fought at UFC 219 in Las Vegas, Nev. — a state where the drug is also legal for both purposes.

He said Thursday's talks aim «to improve the quality of lives for both people of Mexico and the United States by combating drug traffickers and finding ways to bolster both our economies through a broader relationship that promotes commerce and legal immigration.»

The Trump White House intends to step up the war on drugs including certain substances that individual states have made legal for recreational use (marijuana).

A 2016 poll found that support for legal sale of the drug outweighs opposition.

A subtle tweak in the approach to regulating legal highs could provide a glimmer of hope for campaigners demanding a more liberal approach to Britain's drug laws

Any substantial increase in the number of states with legal recreational cannabis for adult consumption would represent an important milestone for US drug policy reform.

Sixty two percent of New York voters said they supported making marijuana use legal for people 21 and older, with only 28 percent opposed, according to a poll commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project Foundation and the Drug Policy Alliance.

The NYPD will review the circumstances under which it forces people from their homes using New York City's nuisance - abatement law, a legal weapon that has been used for decades to shut down drug dens, brothels and other criminal operations, officials said.

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The MP for Leicester East faced claims that he had overseen committee inquiries into prostitution and legal drugs while privately using sex workers and offering to pay for drugs.

«It is in this light that we believe the call by the Senate President for a review of our drug laws is so timely and very welcomed,» Youth Rise said, «We look forward, that under His leadership, that an effective legal and policy framework will be developed to address and ameliorate the menace of illicit drugs, and the abuse of over the counter and prescription narcotic drugs in Nigeria.»

The move comes amid a push to ease consequences, borne disproportionately by people of color, for possession of a drug that's legal in nine states.

John Liu has a new pet issue in this mayoral race: Just ahead of Tuesday's mayoral debate, the city comptroller proposed changing the city's marijuana laws to make the drug legal for recreational use, then taxing it and using the revenue to help pay for the City University of New York.

«For reasons that are unclear, the Home Office did not consult the ACMD on the development or drafting of the [psychoactive substances] bill despite its obvious competence and authority, and indeed its specific legal remit under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to advise on precisely such matters.»

Globally, the tide has turned, and ever more prominent statesmen and women are calling for an end to the failed war on drugs and its replacement with models of legal regulation based on science, public health and human rights principles.

The approval of the New Paltz law comes in the wake town resident Joel Guerrero, a legal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, being detained and processed for deportation over missing a 2011 court date in a drug case.

This whole medicinal pot issue is a little thorny, since marijuana is illegal under federal law — period, end of story, even in states that have passed legislation or ballot initiatives making the drug legal for use by people who are sick, those individuals are still subject to arrest by federal officials for possession or cultivation.

The Mail came out all guns blazing last week in response to the Global Initiative on Drug Policy Reform and the ex-head of MI5, Baroness Manningham - Buller, calling for legal regulation.

«We're also seeking information on whether distributors neglected their legal obligation to flag suspicious orders to the DEA and if their employees were provided incentives in the form of bonuses for selling more dangerous addictive drugs.»

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