Sentences with phrase «rather than the marijuana»

They are lenient if medical cannabis is prescribed for treating medical conditions like insomnia, glaucoma and headaches but if the marijuana is being used to help with more serious medical conditions like cancer then the company will be concentrating more on cancer rather than the marijuana.

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But rather than fear marijuana, he says alcohol companies should consider the opportunities.

Of course not, because you'd prefer to remain ignorant / uneducated and base your conclusions on stereotypes rather than actually getting off of your butt to educate yourself by looking at the statistics around marijuana use.

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.

Rather than laying off the police force, they could be re-assigned to do something more productive than jailing young (black) men for possession of small quantities of marijuana.

So of the two I would rather see large quantities of marijuana use than alcohol.

It's far less dangerous than legal alcohol, I would much rather a society where alcohol was illegal and marijuana was legal if I thought we could do it (prohibition has proven we can't).

But the registered organizations charged with growing and selling medical marijuana say they were expecting the trickle of customers to start, rather than a flood, and that they are now seeing an increasing number of patients.

Given the variety of strains and ways to take in the drug, patients could find marijuana more effective for their health conditions at one dispensary rather than another.

The governor of Vermont has vetoed a bill that would have made the state the first to legalize marijuana through legislation rather than a ballot referendum.

He said he'd rather put his faith in the F.D.A. or the Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center, where he receives treatment, than the state health department when it comes to determining if medical marijuana will actually benefit cancer patients.

«By implementing a new policy of issuing a summons rather than arresting New Yorkers for possessing small amounts of marijuana, the mayor and commissioner have taken a significant step towards ensuring fewer New Yorkers face the consequences that arrest records bring,» Mr. Torres said on November 10 in a joint statement with Councilmen Carlos Menchaca, Donovan Richards and Antonio Reynoso — all of whom came out today in support of the Right to Know Act.

The New York State Assembly passed a bill in May that would make possession of small amounts of marijuana punishable only by a fine, rather than an arrest.

The new legislation would make the possession of 25 grams of marijuana or less, in private or public view, a violation subject to a ticket and fine rather than a misdemeanor, Cuomo announced Monday.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's health commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah, told lawmakers at a recent budget hearing that he prefers the governor's plan for limited medical marijuana in New York, rather than a broader program backed by some in the legislature.

Now, barring other issues, finding that marijuana in a lawful search will lead to a summons — a violation, rather than a crime.

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.

However, because the drug is delivered through ingestion, rather than smoking, it would take much longer to have an effect — at least an hour, compared with the minutes it takes to get high after smoking marijuana, said Margaret Haney, a professor of clinical neurobiology at Columbia University.

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.

It is the first marijuana - based drug to be made by extracting the compounds from the plant, rather than synthesizing them.

When it comes to free radicals, it's also critical that you pick vaporising rather than smoking for your marijuana delivery system.

Earlier studies that found a link between mental ability and pot smoking have generally looked at a single point in time, raising the possibility that low IQ increases the likelihood of marijuana use, rather than vice versa, Meier says.

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.

However, rather than traditional floral and geometric motifs, these vases boast modern hieroglyphs of Mexican and Norteño drug culture - marijuana leaves, guns, skulls, pin - up models, bottles of liquor, packs of cigarettes, and animals that symbolize specific drugs: the rooster, marijuana; the goat, heroin; and the parrot, cocaine.

Indeed, if recent political and cultural change associated with marijuana legalization is any indication, hemp production may be coming to America sooner rather than later.

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.

«Softer» drugs like marijuana are allowed for medicinal use, and possession for non-licensed individuals may result in a misdemeanor rather than a felony, but even for marijuana there's a mandatory minimum sentencing guideline.

The new law requires physicians to write certifications for marijuana, rather than prescriptions.

First, it's up to Congress to determine what effect, if any, homegrown marijuana will have on interstate commerce, rather than to have courts «choose between the views of two opposing economists.»

The judge found that Mr Hardy suffered from chronic pain such that smoking marijuana might relieve it but also that «there is no persuasive evidence before me that smoking marijuana, rather than ingesting it in another form, is necessary to accommodate his disability.»

On the other hand, Gorham anticipates that marijuana legalization might open up the dialogue on whether or not other illicit drugs should be treated with a «health - based» approach rather than an «enforcement» approach.

Possession of a significant amount of marijuana tends to point toward distribution rather than personal use.

Since individual doctors, rather than a centralized regulator, are now issuing prescriptions, there is a strong likelihood that medical marijuana will become more prevalent in the workplace than in the past.

Insurance companies hate even more when there is a conflict of laws which causes them to exclude coverage for something like medical marijuana, and they're forced to rely on the law rather than the policy document.

Cumulative heavy episodic drinking and marijuana use in high school predicted belonging to the psychological bidirectional intimate partner violence group rather than the group with no violence.