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Rocky Mountain HIDTA releases sixth annual report on “impact” of marijuana legalization in Colorado

By Douglas Berman on September 18, 2019

High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Programs (HIDTAs) are, as explained here, a special kind of drug-enforcement task force that was "created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 [and] provides assistance to Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking……

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Advocacy groups urge House leaders not to move forward with banking bill that “does not solve the underlying problems of marijuana prohibition”

By Douglas Berman on September 18, 2019

As noted in this prior post, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is reportedly planning to put a marijuana banking bill on the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote in the coming weeks. But yesterday a set of advocacy groups sent this short and significant letter to House……

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“Keeping up with the times: how national public health and governmental organizations communicate about cannabis on Twitter”

By Douglas Berman on September 18, 2019

The title of this post is the title of this new "Short Report" authored by Jenna van Draanen, Tanvi Krishna, Christie Tsang and Sam Liu for the journal Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. Recognizing the partial M.C. Escher-like quality of blogging (and automatically tweeting) this piece, here is its……

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Exploring the intersection of police work and marijuana (and marijuana reform)

By Douglas Berman on September 16, 2019

This past week bought two notable news pieces on the ever-important and ever-dynamic intersection of policing and marijuana. Here are headlines, links and small excerpts: From the AP, "In era of legal pot, can police search cars based on odor?": Sniff and search is no longer the default for police……

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Serious talk of marijuana banking bill moving forward in Congress

By Douglas Berman on September 16, 2019

This new Politico piece, headlined "Hoyer plans cannabis banking vote this month," reports that there is new momentum behind a small but very important federal marijuana reform bill. Here are the details: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer intends to put cannabis banking legislation on the floor this month, a historic……

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“Fatal crashes in the 5 years after recreational marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington”

By Douglas Berman on September 15, 2019

The title of this post is the title of this new research by multiple authors published in the November 2019 issue of the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention. Here is its abstract: Colorado and Washington legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, but the effects of legalization on motor vehicle crashes remains……

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“Beyond Cannabis: Psychedelic Decriminalization and Social Justice”

By Douglas Berman on September 13, 2019

The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Dustin Marlan now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: Psychedelics are powerful psychoactive substances which alter consciousness and brain function. Like cannabis, psychedelics have long been considered prohibited Schedule I substances under the Controlled Substances……

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“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Why IRC § 280E Is Not the Industry Killer It Is Portrayed to Be”

By Douglas Berman on September 9, 2019

The title of this post is the title of this new paper recently posted to SSRN and authored by Patrick Cleary, a student at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. This paper is the eleventh in an on-going series of student papers supported by Drug Enforcement and Policy……

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<em>Politico</em> rides with the high times with new cannabis newsletter

By Douglas Berman on September 9, 2019

Old folks like me remember when one had to track down a hard copy of an issue of High Times in order to read about marijuana and policy reform. But times sure have changed, and the latest media marker of modern high times may be the new newsletter that was……

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“Hemp legalization is slippery slope, and that’s OK”

By Douglas Berman on September 6, 2019

The title of this post is the headline of this new Columbus Dispatch commentary authored by Benton Bodamer, who is a member of the law firm Dickinson Wright and teaches a Cannabiz course here at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Here are excerpts from the piece: Regulators……

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Rocky Mountain HIDTA releases sixth annual report on “impact” of marijuana legalization in Colorado

Advocacy groups urge House leaders not to move forward with banking bill that “does not solve the underlying problems of marijuana prohibition”

“Keeping up with the times: how national public health and governmental organizations communicate about cannabis on Twitter”

Exploring the intersection of police work and marijuana (and marijuana reform)

Serious talk of marijuana banking bill moving forward in Congress

“Fatal crashes in the 5 years after recreational marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington”

“Beyond Cannabis: Psychedelic Decriminalization and Social Justice”

“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Why IRC § 280E Is Not the Industry Killer It Is Portrayed to Be”

<em>Politico</em> rides with the high times with new cannabis newsletter

“Hemp legalization is slippery slope, and that’s OK”

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