Sentences with phrase «concerns about marijuana»

Pauline Aunger, a Realtor ® in Ottawa, Canada and member of the Canadian Real Estate Association, said there are similar concerns about marijuana growing operations in their provinces.

The prevailing safety concerns about marijuana from mainstream medicine, mainstream media, and government officials are focused on the brain.

Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, who has endorsed Mayor Sheehan, told The Alt in email that while she has voted «to decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana as well as the sale and use of medicinal marijuana,» she does not support legalization, citing «serious concerns about marijuana being a gateway drug» and its potential impact on the adolescent brain.

in email that while she has voted «to decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana as well as the sale and use of medicinal marijuana,» she does not support legalization, citing «serious concerns about marijuana being a gateway drug» and its potential impact on the adolescent brain.

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Although I am a long - time supporter of marijuana legalization, I admit there are legitimate concerns about how legalization would affect Canada's trading relationship with the United States.

Behind the bland corporate jargon is a legitimate concern about the implications of legalized marijuana.

Still, concerns continue to grow among marijuana proponents about how a Trump Administration will address legalized cannabis.

Even Griffen noted that no matter what the state chooses to do, the fact that Arkansans will now have to wait even longer for access to medical marijuana «should be unpleasant to anyone concerned about providing relief to people who suffer from serious illnesses.»

But some provinces have raised concerns about the legalization plans, particularly as they will apply to home cultivation of marijuana.

Underage drinking and driving is a growing problem in this country, and drugged driving is also a concern, with marijuana the most commonly identified illicit drug in fatal accidents (about 14 percent of drivers), sometimes in combination with alcohol or other drugs.

Speaking on Peace FM's Entertainment Review on Saturday concerning his issue with Parliament, Blakk Rasta said after he apologised to the legislative body for his alleged claims that about 80 % of them use marijuana, he was asked if he will continue talking about the leaf.

«I have great concerns with a policy that impedes patients» ability to access information about a legal medical treatment,» said Sen. Diane Savino, a Democrat from Staten Island and the lead sponsor of the medical marijuana legislation in the Senate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has expressed concerns about recreational marijuana as a «gateway drug,» although in recent months, as New Yorkers have signaled their growing support for legalization, he has suggested he is willing to consider the issue.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that his major concern about legalizing marijuana is that big corporations will take over the industry and exploit its «addictive» nature to try to hook kids, just like the tobacco companies.

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

The hesitation from some providers to write medical marijuana prescriptions is because some remained concerned about getting involved in the industry at all.

The crackdown came at the request of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who in the spring led a walking tour of the area to highlight community concerns about synthetic marijuana sales.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has expressed concerns about the state's ability to regulate medical marijuana, but his office remains in talks with lawmakers, said Bryan Clenahan, counsel to state Sen. Diane Savino.

The Cuomo administration also had expressed concerns about the bill, given that marijuana still remains federally illegal.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that his major concern about legalizing marijuana is that big corporations will take over the industry and exploit its «addictive» nature to try to...

«However, I am concerned about the due process rights of those who are given marijuana summonses, which for Brooklyn, will be addressed at a location in Manhattan that is already overburdened.»

Parents and physicians concerned about an increase in adolescents» marijuana use following the legalization of medical marijuana can breathe a sigh of relief.

State legalisation of medical marijuana has raised concerns about increased accessibility and acceptability of marijuana to teenagers.

Meanwhile, concerns about the health effects of marijuana tend to focus on children and teens — years when the brain is still developing.

«This is a significant concern, and one we're hearing more about even in places like New York City, where smoking marijuana is still illegal,» she added.

So perhaps, if politicians were so concerned about the opioid epidemic as they seem to be, they might want to investigate marijuana as a safer alternative, rather than continuing to fight a losing battle against it.

This unintentionally hilarious Depression Era propaganda film has become a cult classic for its outrageous claims about the effects of marijuana, as told by a concerned school principal (Joseph Forte) to a PTA meeting.

More drivers are concerned about people using marijuana and getting behind the wheel in states where the drug is legal than elsewhere.

Your vet is not concerned about reporting illegal marijuana use to the proper authorities.

Steube said he is sympathetic to concerns about mandatory minimums but believes reform efforts should start with a drug such as marijuana that is not deadly.

Some experts have raised concerns about the reliability of detection technology for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, as a result of the way it is absorbed by the body.

Are lawmakers mainly concerned about creating conditions under which marijuana consumption is barely tolerated, still somewhat clandestine and carefully policed?

In this Prawfs post a few months ago, I speculated that green (i.e., young / junior) lawyers may have a uniquely important role to play in the emerging marijuana «green rush» industry: not only may veteran lawyers be cautious and concerned about representing persons actively involved in state marijuana business, but marijuana reform often seems a «young man's game» for which junior lawyers may be uniquely positioned to be of service to persons needing legal help in this arena.

I suspect and fear that many law firms and many veteran lawyers will be, for various sound reasons, very cautious and concerned about representing any persons actively involved in state marijuana business.

There are severe concerns about potential long - term harms to adolescents, for example, from marijuana use.

Using the criminal law to close marijuana dispensaries is generally ineffective, raises concerns about proportionality, and is a significant drain on valuable police resources that is difficult to justify in the absence of overt public safety concerns.

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