Not exact matches
The federal government still classifies marijuana as an
illegal drug, even as a growing number
of states are legalizing its
use.
While the
drug remains
illegal in the eyes
of the federal government, 29
states have passed legislation that allows for medical marijuana
use and nine
states have legalized recreational weed.
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.
Marijuana is
illegal under federal law, but so far eight
states and the District
of Columbia have legalized the
drug for recreational
use, while 28
states in total have legalized medical cannabis.
In the article, the MSM propagandist
states such things as: 2017 has seen, according to his one time Goldman Sachs source, a «dramatic crash in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end
of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «
illegal mines and
drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction
of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «
drug dealers [
use] gold imports as a way
of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that
illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than
drug dealing; to name but a few
of the aspersions cast against gold in the short article.
«About 4 million people above the age
of 12 in the United
States used an
illegal drug in 1970, before we started the war,» says Jack Cole, a retired police officer and founder
of the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
These include the infant with galactosemia, 53,54 the infant whose mother
uses illegal drugs, 55 the infant whose mother has untreated active tuberculosis, and the infant in the United
States whose mother has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.56, 57 In countries with populations at increased risk for other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies resulting in infant death, the mortality risks associated with not breastfeeding may outweigh the possible risks
of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection.58 Although most prescribed and over-the-counter medications are safe for the breastfed infant, there are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breastfeeding temporarily.
Some
states around the country are moving to full legalization, though
use of the
drug is still
illegal under federal law.
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 current study recruited teens in shopping malls across the United
States, asking them to complete a web - based questionnaire on their
use of substances including alcohol, tobacco, and both legal and
illegal drugs.
According to the study, «the availability
of illegal drugs and alcohol in the home while growing up is a critical factor in the later
use of substances,» said study author Cliff Broman, a professor
of sociology at Michigan
State University.
News
of a letter from former DEA officials (some
of whom profit from
drug - testing business and, therefore, have a vested interest in keeping it
illegal) to President Obama urging him to
use federal power to put down Washington's and Colorado's recent local votes to legalize
use of marijuana in their
states hit the media week.
Treatment
of nervous or mental disorders, or Treatment in connection with alcohol,
drug or chemical abuse, misuse,
illegal use, overuse or dependency or
use of any
drug or narcotic agent; Injury sustained while under the influence
of or Disablement due wholly or partly to the effects
of intoxicating liquor, chemicals, or
drugs or narcotic agent, unless administered under the advice
of a Physician and said narcotic agent was taken in accordance with the proper dosing as directed by the physician; unless prescribed by a Physician, except as
stated in the Schedule
of Benefits for mental or nervous disorders;
Drugs Despite relaxed laws in some states, marijuana and other drugs are still federally illegal and their presence or evidence of use, including odors, in a home can deter bu
Drugs Despite relaxed laws in some
states, marijuana and other
drugs are still federally illegal and their presence or evidence of use, including odors, in a home can deter bu
drugs are still federally
illegal and their presence or evidence
of use, including odors, in a home can deter buyers.
Seven
states so far have legalized cannabis for recreational
use and medical marijuana is legal in 21 other
states, but federally - funded banks can not serve the needs
of cannabis - related businesses, because it is still an
illegal drug under federal law.