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THE TOP NEWS IN MARIJUANA LAW REFORM 
    		
                Volume 25   •   Issue 1   •   January 06, 2022 
                  			
             
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 Investigators concluded, "As of 2019, we find [that] liberalization has been associated with lower traffic fatalities, not higher." 
         
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 Thirty-six percent of older patients decreased their use of opioids, while 20 percent reduced their use of benzodiazepines 
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		Longtime Cannabis Policy Expert Morgan Fox Hired to Oversee NORML's Federal Advocacy Efforts  Details
 
		01/06/22 1:06pm UTC 
		Montana: Era of Adult-Use Marijuana Sales Begins  Details
 
		01/03/22 10:19pm UTC 
		Colorado: Governor Issues Pardons to Over 1,300 Marijuana Offenders  Details
 
		01/03/22 3:35pm UTC 
		
 
 
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 The Court ruled that the legalization of medical cannabis largely eliminates "the 'plain smell' doctrine as applied to the possession or use of marijuana." 
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 Online searches for delta-8 THC products grew significantly in 2019 and 2020, and public interest "was particularly high in US states that restricted delta-9 THC use." 
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 "Minor cannabinoids and their chemical homologs offer the potential medicinal benefits of Δ9-THC without adverse effects," the study's authors concluded. 
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