Sentences with phrase «legal marijuana use»

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And the Canadian Parliament is considering making adult - use marijuana legal across the nation by mid-2018.

Another eight states, as well as the district, have made adult - use marijuana legal.

Other airports in states where marijuana's recreational use is legal have taken steps to allow travelers to ditch their stash before boarding.

Perhaps most strikingly, recent evidence has shown that states with legal marijuana have lower rates of opiate use.

Oregon produces between 132 tons (120 metric tons) and 900 tons (816 metric tons) more marijuana than what Oregonians can conceivably consume, the report said, using statistics from the legal industry and estimates of illicit grows.

Billions of dollars are expected to flow through California's legitimate marijuana industry next year when recreational pot becomes legal, but most of those businesses won't be able to use banks.

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.

Medical use is legal in New York, while recreational marijuana is not.

Voters have made marijuana legal for medical use in a majority of U.S. states and for recreational use in seven states and the District of Columbia.

But that's not all; The vape was also selected for its cultural relevance, reflecting both e-cigarette's momentous rise in popularity along with dramatically shifting attitudes and policies towards marijuana use (weed is now legal in Colorado and Washington, and will soon be in Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C.)

Marijuana interdictions at the Mexican border are down substantially, youth use has not increased in states with legal access to cannabis, and responsible cannabis businesses are contributing tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in economic impact to their communities.»

On January 1, recreational marijuana became fully legal in the Golden State, where medical use has been legal since 1996.

Marijuana became legal for recreational purchase and use in Colorado on the first of this year, and adult - use facilities are doing a booming business.

The debate at the Post is likely to echo at other companies at a time when marijuana use in the U.S. is gaining widespread legal and social acceptance.

«Adult use» is the marijuana industry's preferred euphemism for legal recreational use of cannabis, weed, pot — call it what you like.

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.

That number would almost certainly get a boost in the coming years, as legal markets grow in California and other states, such as Nevada (where legal recreational marijuana sales kicked off over the summer) and Massachusetts (where the adult - use market is expected to open in July 2018).

It's all part of California's plan to eventually collect an estimated $ 1 billion in annual tax revenue from the legal adult - use marijuana industry.

In late 2015, 58 % of Americans said that marijuana use should be legal.

Medical marijuana is now legal in 23 states and Washington, D.C., with five of those jurisdictions permitting recreational use.

Aside from technology, the company is also expected to benefit from a contract it landed with the Ontario government, which said earlier this week that it would use Shopify's e-commerce platform for cannabis sales online and in stores as part of its plan to be the province's sole distributor of legal recreational marijuana.

But things are changing fast: on New Year's Day, recreational marijuana use becomes legal in California, creating the world's largest legal market.

As of 12:01 a.m. on November 9, marijuana use is fully legal in California.

Ironically, it is only now that marijuana is legal — at least under state law — that it is getting scientific scrutiny for safe use.

However, Spicer then signaled that the White House sees recreational pot very differently, with the press secretary even attempting to link recreational use of the drug to the abuse of opioid drugs across the U.S. (In fact, there has been little scientific evidence linking marijuana legalization to opioid use, with some studies actually showing a decrease in opioid overdoses in states where legal marijuana is available.)

In a sign of the continuing shift in attitudes about legal marijuana, a new survey finds that a majority of police officers now favor allowing the use of medical marijuana.

Gertner's first involvement in the («legal,» he jokes) Canadian marijuana market came after a 2000 Ontario Court of Appeals ruling that the government's pot prohibitions were unconstitutional because they did not include a carve - out for medical use.

Innovative Industrial Properties could help investors grab a slice of real estate used for the growing of legal marijuana crops.

When asked more generally, should the use of marijuana be made legal in the United States, 54 percent of voters said yes.

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.

The three states have lists of pesticides that are OK to use on marijuana, but so far none is conducting regular tests for banned pesticides, which has raised public health worries even though there's little or no indication of people becoming ill because of pesticides in legal marijuana products.

The company has signed up about a third of the roughly 200,000 medical marijuana customers in Canada, and Linton said he expected some 3 million Canadians to use legal non-medical pot next year.

These costs seem particularly exorbitant when dealing with the drug marijuana, as it is widely used, and is likely no more harmful than currently legal drugs such as tobacco and alcohol.

Myclobutanil, a chemical that is also prohibited for use on legal cannabis in Colorado, Washington and Oregon because of health concerns, was found in product recently recalled by Mettrum Ltd., a Toronto - based medical marijuana company.

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.

Rob Rowe, a lawyer with the American Bankers Association, said on Wednesday that while the «industry certainly appreciates any additional guidance on the ability to bank marijuana dispensaries in states where use is legal, it really doesn't change the fundamental prohibition.»

In the U.S., recreational marijuana use is legal in eight states and Washington, D.C..

Christians can disagree about the use of drugs like marijuana and their legal status, but we should be united in our agreement that the criminal justice system needs to be reformed.

I think All the People Using Legal Marijuana — without the need to come in contact with people who also trade in Narcotics and Meth and Drugs that are ALMOST AS ADDICTIVE as other DANGEROUS Drugs like Alcohol and Tobacco — Will Be Jut FINE.

I have never used marijuana nor have any plans to do so, but for the first 150 years of our history as a nation, it was legal and used in nearly 80 % of the medicines of the 19th c. George Washington grew it on Mt. Vernon.

It's the scent of legal marijuana for recreational use.

Good to Know Colorado is the nation's first public education campaign regarding the legal, safe and responsible use of retail marijuana.

Fast - forward to 2018 and more than 30 states have laws legalizing marijuana is some form, including several states that have made possession and recreational use legal.

Well, yeah, except that recreational marijuana use is illegal in every state except Colorado, and having it in your home presents many legal issues when you are a parent.

Marijuana aka pot, dope, grass, Mary Jane, etc. is now legal in four states and the District of Columbia, and is on the ballot this fall for an additional five states, but the push to legalize, as well as its medicinal use, does not necessarily equate with its safety.

With medical marijuana legal in most states and recreational use permitted in a few states, more moms are wondering whether they can smoke weed while breastfeeding.

And although marijuana is now legal in several states, its use is discouraged during breastfeeding.

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).

According to Hon. Alban Bagbin, the use of Marijuana would be legal should he become the next president of Ghana since the herb have proven to be medically beneficial to society.

Also marijuana sales (where legal for medical or personal use) is usually strictly cash (perhaps BitCoin is accepted) because banks won't allow accounts or CC services.