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THE TOP NEWS IN MARIJUANA LAW REFORM 
                    
                        Volume 25   •   Issue 14   •   April 07, 2022
                         
                    
                 
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                                                         For decades, scientists have complained that federally provided cannabis is of inferior quality and that it is not representative of the products available in state-legal markets.
                                                         
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                                                             Investigators concluded, "[O]ur findings failed to find evidence that legalization of commercial marijuana was associated with any significant change in entry into marijuana-related treatment services."
                                                             
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                                                                    Ohio: Cleveland Officials Move to Expunge Over 4,000 Low-Level Marijuana Convictions  Details
                                                                     
                                                                    04/07/22 3:38pm UTC
                                                                     
                                                                    Status Update: 2022 Ballot Initiatives and Referendums  Details
                                                                     
                                                                    04/06/22 6:06pm UTC
                                                                     
                                                                    Maryland: Voters to Decide Legalization Question in November  Details
                                                                     
                                                                    04/04/22 12:50pm UTC
                                                                     
                                                                    State Policy Weekly Update 4/1/2022  Details
                                                                     
                                                                    04/01/22 3:11pm UTC
                                                                     
                                                                    House Lawmakers Approve Legislation to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition  Details
                                                                     
                                                                    04/01/22 4:20pm UTC
                                                                     
                                                                 
                                                             
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                                                             "Consumers paid more for dried flower in illegal, medical, and recreational states without stores, than recreational states with stores," researchers concluded. 
                                                             
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                                                             Forty-four percent of respondents said that they opposed "allowing employers to test workers for marijuana in states where [it] is legal." 
                                                             
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                                                             Justices determined, "Because the use of marijuana under AMMA 'must be considered the equivalent of the use of any other medication,' ... the exposure of [the plaintiff's] infant to marijuana ... did not constitute neglect."
                                                             
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