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THE TOP NEWS IN MARIJUANA LAW REFORM 
    		
                Volume 24   •   Issue 23   •   June 10, 2021 
                  			
             
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 Investigators concluded, "[T]here is no clear overall relationship with THC blood or serum levels and driving skills or crash risk." 
         
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 The new law, which takes effect in October, established on-site "cannabis consumption lounges" for those ages 21 and older. 
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		Connecticut: Lawmakers Likely to Revisit Adult-Use Legalization Bill in Special ... Session  Details
 
		06/09/21 8:23pm UTC 
		Study: Enactment of Adult-Use Marijuana Laws Doesn't Encourage Drugged Driving ...  Details
 
		06/09/21 2:11pm UTC 
		Vermont: Governor Signs Law Providing Financial Assistance to Marijuana Operators  Details
 
		06/08/21 2:53pm UTC 
		Virginia: Marijuana Arrests Fall Dramatically Following Enactment of ... law  Details
 
		06/07/21 8:15pm UTC 
        Louisiana: Lawmakers Advance Measure to Repeal Ban on ... Medical Cannabis  Details
 
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 Under the proposed measure, low-level marijuana possession offenses would be reduced to a fine only, even for repeat offenders. 
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 Researchers concluded, "[T]he association of cannabis use with lower in-hospital mortality in patients with COPD is compelling and consistent with previously reported data." 
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 Subjects' use of prescription analgesics fell by nearly half during the study period, a finding that is consistent with other studies. 
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 The percentage of older adults "who believe that people who smoke cannabis are at great risk of harming themselves" has decreased nearly 20 percent. 
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