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Cannabis was supposed to be a tax windfall for states. The reality has been different.

It turns out it’s complicated to tax a commodity that used to be illegal. States looking to legalize recreational marijuana might believe they’re going after easy money. Think again. States that have legalized recreational cannabis are finding that it’s not always the cash cow they envisioned. And there are plenty of other complicated issues to […]

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Pot Online – How Easy it is for Kids to Score.

Minors and Online Marijuana Accessibility—Navigating the Digital Backdoors Access to Marijuana by Minors Via Online Dispensaries: Marijuana is a widely used substance derived from the Cannabis sativa plant that contains the psychoactive compound Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol. Its growing legalization in the US has expanded the marijuana market, potentially increasing its access by children. According to the National Institute of

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Cannabis Product Contamination and Testing – Falsification and Failures rife in sector!

There is no surprise that an addiction for profit sector, rabidly promoting it’s wildly variable ‘products’ in a mad cash grab to get consumers hooked on consumables, would see the following manifestations of corruption and dysfunction. The other unsurprising outcome of the following revelations is yet another verification of a now utterly smashed promise of

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Cannabis Black Market Thrives Despite Legalization (Rutgers)

And there’s nothing wrong with this promise – a black market designed to facilitate the sale of an illegal substance should dissipate as that substance becomes legalized. This destruction of the illegal marijuana market makes logical sense – so much so that it became one of the primary arguments used by pro-legalization politicians to promote

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Vaping & Cannabis: Addiction Duo – The Harms Grow

The association between cannabis vaping and other substance use Research Highlights Around a third of past 12-month cannabis users report cannabis vaping. Proportion of cannabis vapers is higher among younger cannabis users. Cannabis vapers have higher likelihood of using other substances. Younger cannabis vapers are at risk of using more other substances. Conclusions: Overall, the findings

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Regulation of Cannabis as Medicinal: Playing the Game of ‘Licensed Credibility’ in a State and Federal Legislation Disconnect.

It appears that here in Australia the same State and Federal problems are emerging that are being experienced in the U.S now?  In the U.S. the States were able to ‘go on their own’. Early inconsistencies between state and federal cannabis regulation prevented and/or discouraged the cannabis industry from complying with Federal Food, Drug and

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Canadian Cannabis Legalisation Experiment – 5 Years on and the Chaos and Carnage Grows

“Canada now has one of the highest youth cannabis rates in the World.” “Experts say it’s time Canadian Government treat cannabis more like tobacco!” Watch breakdown on Research Report Canada’s cannabis chaos 5 years on legislative-review-cannabis-act-report.pdf Also see Cannabis: The case against legalisation UN: Legalizing cannabis fails to address health risks UN drugs control board. Legalisation of cannabis IS a fool’s crusade New Study

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Earth-Day 2023: Dear Plant E, Weed is NOT Your Friend!

Environmentalists, Policy Makers, Futurists, Communities, Families, and anyone who cares about the well-being of our planet, cannot – must not – endorse, enable, or empower cannabis use. Only the in-toxic-ated don’t care about the environmental catastrophe that is the #cannabisindustry. “It’s an incredibly, unusually energy intensive activity,” said Dr Evan Mills, a Californian energy scientist who was

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Cannabis Industry Can’t Compete with Continuing Illegal Markets

 Cannabis giant to slash its workforce by 60% as the legal pot industry’s recent boom goes bust amid a haze of finger-pointing February 10, 2023 Canopy Growth, backed by Corona beermaker Constellation Brands Inc., will close major operations and cut 60% of its jobs as it says Canada’s marijuana industry has failed to meet expectations due to

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Greens Urged to do Research on Cannabis (Media Release)

The Australian Taskforce for Drug Prevention has reacted to the Greens’ recent call to legalise cannabis for recreational use, urging them to do their homework on cannabis before announcing policy positions on drugs. Gary Christian, spokesperson for the Taskforce which incorporates five of Australia’s top drug prevention entities, says that the science on cannabis is

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