Sentences with phrase «people than marijuana»

Because alcohol consumption is more harmful to people than marijuana use, but the two are substitutes, legalizing pot will lead customers to shift to the better of the two choices.

Soros opines that exposure to the criminal justice system is potentially more detrimental to a young person than marijuana itself, that enforcing marijuana laws costs taxpayers billions while benefiting only foreign drug kingpins, and that laws against marijuana, from their inception, have been motivated by racial prejudice.

Not exact matches

More than half of all Americans have access to medical marijuana and 65 million people live in states that have legalized recreational marijuana.

Advocates have portrayed the District of Columbia measure as a civil rights issue, saying studies have shown that African Americans are disproportionately more likely to be arrested on marijuana charges than are people of other races.

He says a greater percentage of people vote for marijuana initiatives than they do for presidents.

For example, some people will have a very strong inclination to dismiss any claims that marijuana may cause harm as nothing more than old - fashioned reefer madness.

Many experts consider the leading drug that puts people away, marijuana, to be no more dangerous than alcohol.

(But the government's own statistics indicate that for every 104 people who have used marijuana, only one becomes a regular user of cocaine, and less than one becomes a heroin addict.)

Six hundred thousand people were arrested in this country last year for possessing or selling marijuana, a drug most authorities regard as less harmful - than alcohol.

Alcohol and the War on Drugs have killed more people in the last 60 seconds than marijuana ever has in the last 5000 + years (0).

«I think it's more of a goal for them to catch people using performance - enhancing drugs than it was to test for marijuana,» says former running back Reuben Droughns, who played for five teams between 2000 and 2008.

They are also three times more likely to arrest black people rather than issue a citation for marijuana possession and CMPD is 76 percent white.

While the annual Marijuana Marches in Santiago or Buenos Aires are attended by over hundred thousand people, Berlin's Hanfparade has attracted fewer than 10 000 protesters.

Vance's announcement comes as his office released a report detailing how black and Hispanic people living in neighborhoods predominantly of color are arrested on marijuana - related offenses at a much higher rate than people in predominantly white neighborhoods.

This usually crops up when young people of color are asked to empty their pockets by police (yes, even now that the NYPD has reduced the frequency of stop - and - frisks); in 2010, the state arrested more than 100,000 people for marijuana possession, leaving more reactionary destinations like Texas in the dust.

More than 25 people have been hospitalized in New York City due to bad reactions to the synthetic marijuana known as K2.

Indeed, a higher proportion of people have tried marijuana in the U.S. where millions have been arrested for it than in the Netherlands where citizens may buy it lawfully.

The private guards are allowed to detain a person carrying narcotics other than marijuana, and a guard is posted at all common council meetings, including committee meetings and regular business meetings.

The group believes any legalization effort should address expunging marijuana possession arrest records, which she said is affecting more than 800,000 people who were arrested in New York over the past 20 years.

Cops arrest more people for marijuana offenses in predominantly black and Latino neighborhoods than in mostly white areas where residents complain about the drug at similar rates.

More than two dozen people overdosed on the dangerous synthetic marijuana — in the same Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood plagued by mass overdoses for the past two years.

More than 70 percent of voters approve of Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to not arrest people caught with 25 grams or less of marijuana, but the racial gap over the mayor's performance continues to widen, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

The report outlines a series of first steps, including holding fewer people on bail; expanding diversion programs for drug offenders and those with mental illness; and changing state law to treat some low - level offenses — like fare - beating, marijuana possession in public view, prostitution and possession of so - called gravity knives — as civil rather than criminal matters.

«I firmly believe that New York can develop an approach to marijuana regulation that addresses public health concerns while reducing the exposure of so many people, and particularly young people of color, to interactions with the criminal justice system that have much more damaging life consequences than marijuana use,» said state Sen. Liz Krueger (D - Manhattan), who's sponsored a bill that would legalize, regulate and tax pot.

Under the law, people can not be arrested for possessing small amounts of marijuana — less than 25 grams — unless they publicly display it.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said at the parade that «we must demand more than our present ineffective medical marijuana program which seems primarily designed to enrich a few well - connected business people.

Starting on Nov. 19, people caught with 25 grams or less of marijuana will in most cases receive a summons and a fine ranging from $ 100 and $ 250, rather than being arrested and charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession, Bratton said.

«We must demand more than our present ineffective medical marijuana program which seems primarily designed to enrich a few well - connected business people.

A mouse study suggests marijuana may have the opposite effect on older people than it has on the young, boosting learning and memory instead of impairing it

People who used medical marijuana were also more than twice as likely to report non-medical use of prescription drugs, including pain relievers, stimulants, and tranquilizers.

More than half of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center report, and data from 2014 indicate a majority of Americans view alcohol as more damaging to a person's health than pot.

Because the drug contains THC, the ingredient primarily responsible for marijuana's «high,» it's possible people would use the drug for recreational rather than medical purposes.

According to one estimate, more than 1.2 million people have acquired medical marijuana cards in those states.

On average, except in Bolivia, El Salvador and Peru, most people believe tobacco and alcohol are more harmful than marijuana.

In fact, we know very well that people with PTSD who use marijuana — a potent cannabinoid — often experience more relief from their symptoms than they do from antidepressants and other psychiatric medications.

This study analysed 10 marijuana addicts and found that their cortisol levels were significantly higher than people who didn't smoke weed.

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

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Dogs are more sensitive to the effects of marijuana than people.

Nearly ten years later, the hemp picture has evolved and the composition of current hemp producers and advocates is much more likely to be farmers, legislators and business people whose primary motivation is the reestablishment of a crop with great economic and environmental promise rather than the legalization of marijuana.

A British study shows that people who check their emails while working exhibit a lower ability to concentrate than someone under the influence of marijuana.

Many of my clients who are also caregivers drive their patients to the doctor because a lot of these people that are using marijuana are either opiate - sensitive or have issues with taking medication other than marijuana because there are practically no negative side effects to marijuana.

With the recent growth in the medical marijuana industry and the number of patients that it serves, law enforcement has begun to devote more resources to prosecuting people for driving under the influence of substances other than alcohol.

There will be no arrest at all if a person is found to have less than an ounce of Marijuana.

Maine has medical marijuana as well as decriminalization of quantities less than 2.5 oz per person, so smoking doesn't just mean cigarettes.

For example, studies have shown that people who use marijuana make more mistakes, have more trouble adjusting to glare and get arrested for traffic violations more than other drivers.

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