Sentences with phrase «use of marijuana»

The cannabis policy community, however, is advocating for quite the opposite — legal recreational use of marijuana.

Recently, some states passed initiatives to permit use of marijuana for so - called «recreational» purposes.

Most provinces and territories are in the process of implementing legislation to regulate the sale, possession and use of marijuana in their specific region.

In such cases, the duty to accommodate a disability may require employers to accommodate the medical use of marijuana.

During this session, high profile bills got passed — such as a new law allowing, in select circumstances, the medicinal use of marijuana.

Unlike alcohol and tobacco, there have not been enough medical studies on the long - term use of marijuana to determine any definite results that may lead to risks of mortality.

This finding, she thinks, makes it all the more important to discourage the early use of marijuana among teens.

The authors conclude by offering eight recommendations for employers, ranging from suggestions for effective drug - testing and employee - education programs to policies regarding off - work use of marijuana.

In the 48 states that do not permit recreational use of marijuana, smoking tobacco, which causes cancer, is legal.

Though I personally choose not to partake, the medicinal uses of marijuana are undeniable.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy declared his intention in his inaugural budget address Tuesday to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana by next January.

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.

The court of appeals first noted that Amendment 64 legalized possession for personal use of marijuana of one ounce or less by persons 21 or older.

Illicit use was generally defined as illegal use of marijuana without a prescription at least 12 times during the past year.

The study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAM HSA) also looked at use of marijuana and cocaine around the country.

Whether you choose to make use of marijuana in your home is an intensely personal decision, but with legalization comes easier accessibility, meaning that it is more possible for your pets to come in contact with it.

Talk With Your Children These tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about preventing teen binge drinking can also help with preventing use of marijuana and other drugs.

Peter Straszynski explains the workplace challenges of accommodating the legal use of marijuana for medical purposes, and recommends a number of steps that employers can take to ensure that their policies accommodate employees» needs while balancing impairment and safety concerns.

The adolescent use of marijuana in Colorado is way below the national average.

Cuomo also announced plans for a limited use of marijuana for medical purposes that would allow certain hospitals to treat people suffering from serious illnesses.

However, things can change fast and California, where recreational use of marijuana became legal on January 1, 2018, may very well play a starring role in sparking a turning point.

Somebody's making bad use of marijuana, but marijuana has a lot of virtues, a lot of good medicinal content.

Narcotic laws introduced in the 1930s to prohibit the production or use of marijuana also put an end to industrial hemp in North America.

Proposition 64 legalises adult nonmedical use of marijuana, creates a system for regulating marijuana businesses and products, and, imposes taxes on sales and cultivation.

The Democrat said he is talking to both sides of the issue, but hasn't changed his view opposing the prescription use of marijuana.

«I do know the attitude toward use of marijuana is changing dramatically.

Lawyers for Lloyd's of London responded to Kanye West's touring company, Very Good Touring, denying they implied Kanye's «use of marijuana provides the sole basis to deny the claim».

«The high use of marijuana is particularly noteworthy, given recent policy changes around state marijuana legalization efforts,» said Jarlenski.

Far from a license to light up, the study eases the worry among some health professionals that daily use of marijuana for medical reasons could have negative, long - term implications on pulmonary health.

«It is toxic to neurons, and regular use of marijuana can actually change their developing brains.»

Chronic use of marijuana down - regulates cannabinoid receptors, and thus paradoxically increases anxiety.

Although attenuation of the effects of MP could reflect interference from CB1 receptor stimulation by marijuana, this is unlikely because marijuana abusers reported that their last use of marijuana was 1 — 7 d before the study when cannabinoids in plasma are still detectable but at concentrations unlikely to have pharmacological effects (78).

«Our research provides some reassuring evidence suggesting that there is no determinantal effect of infrequent, relatively light use of marijuana on kidney function among healthy adults under age 60,» commented lead investigator Murray A. Mittleman, MD, DrPH, Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a practicing preventive cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

He is the author of more than 1000 journal articles and several books including Uses of Marijuana (1971), Madness and the Brain (1974), The Troubled Mind (1976), Biological Aspects of Abnormal Behavior (1980), Drugs and the Brain (1986), and Brainstorming (1989).

These increases * in brain connectivity are both structural and functional and although they compensate for gray matter loss, it starts degrading with prolonged use of marijuana.

Eugene, OR: On Thursday, June 2nd, recreational use of marijuana edibles becomes legal in the state of Oregon.

That task will merit proper consideration as the debate over legalizing the recreational use of marijuana progresses in the months and years ahead, as it surely will.

Similar to policies relating to the consumption of alcohol in the workplace, employers should ensure they have clear workplace policies prohibiting the non-medical use of marijuana in the workplace and clearly outlining the consequences of employee impairment as a result of such non-medical use.

Rather, in order to deny or modify custody / parenting time in such states, there must be a specific showing that a parent's medical or recreation use of marijuana harms the child or otherwise impacts the child's well being or best interests;

Drugged driving — pot linked to car accidents As recreational use of marijuana gets closer to being legalized in Canada we need to ensure we have systems in place in order to avoid injury and death on the roads due to drugged driving.

Splitting the groups by yes - no responses, the anger group (versus the nonanger group) had: (1) less intimacy with their parents, (2) more frequent use of marijuana and cocaine, (3) a lower grade point average, and (4) higher depression scores.

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.

He said the VA also can not do research on medicinal uses of marijuana, and that the drug could be helpful for post-traumatic stress syndrome and chronic pain.