According to the NASEM report, there is a moderate level of evidence of a statistical association between cannabis use and the development of substance dependence and/or substance abuse disorder for alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs.Multiple cohort studies have demonstrated these results.Four separate discordant twin studies have found that the twin who used marijuana was more […]
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Distance to ocean provides a summary measure of the coastal environment of the farm
The cannabis industry has historically resisted widespread farm consolidation, perhaps due to its status as an unregulated, and illicit or semi-licit, activity. While the amount of cannabis produced in California is substantial , evidence from 2016 suggests that most outdoor cannabis was then produced on farms smaller than one acre . When Proposition 64 legalized […]
Our inability to incorporate cannabis home delivery is an important limitation of this study
Methods for operationalizing access to cannabis delivery remain undeveloped, but cannabis delivery constitutes a growing portion of the retail market, a pattern accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.Given that most jurisdictions banning outlets also ban delivery businesses, the associations we have observed may be relevant to delivery businesses as well, but this should be evaluated empirically […]
A fairly large amount of work can be found on animal models of adolescent cannabis exposure
Similar to findings by Lopez-Larson discussed above, the concept of deleterious effects related to early initiation of cannabis has been explored in the neuroimaging literature as well. According to Wilson and colleagues , individuals reporting marijuana use prior to age 17 demonstrated decreased whole brain and cortical gray matter in addition to increased percent white […]
Should cannabis production be allowed in cities and in unincorporated towns？
Understanding this dynamic is important for local governments as they develop land use policies to govern when, where and how much cannabis production is permissible . Cannabis production’s effects on neighbors is an important point for local government officials to consider as they develop and adopt new policies to encourage the transition of black-market cannabis […]
The general population may support the legalization of recreational cannabis for a variety of reasons
There are many rare social facts, but some become pathological based due to their infrequency, and others do not. Why is that so? To tailor the Durkheimian theory and make it more suitable for my empirical analysis, I incorporate Mary Douglas’s idea of pollution and power. Rather than speaking about pathological forms, Douglas focuses on marginal […]
This ambiguity impedes the formation and establishment of a new universal meaning of legal cannabis
To a great extent, the press and television adopted the presidential definition of drugs: although some journalists and activists were critical of the government’s solution to the drug problem, they did not question the use of the “war” metaphor and thereby reinforced the existing perspective . Businesses, public organizations, and ordinary citizens have embraced the […]
There is a broader acceptance of cannabis in the mainstream media and among the public
Nevertheless, it would be erroneous to assume that acceptance of cannabis arose with the same intensity across California counties and cities.At the moment, only one-third of California cities permit the distribution, cultivation, testing, manufacturing, or sale of cannabis, while the rest have passed ordinances forbidding any cannabis-related economic activities within city borders. This project is […]
Several studies have analyzed cannabis use among pregnant and non-pregnant women
One other study has utilized results from TAG to predict cannabis involvement in an independent sample. Vink and colleagues used polygenic scores created by aggregating SNPs at varying p-value thresholds, up to p = 0.5, to predict tobacco, alcohol and cannabis phenotypes in an independent Dutch sample. Such an approach has the advantage of utilizing effects, […]
The minimum capital investment in testing equipment needed to satisfy regulations is substantial
To complement licensed testing lab data, we also drew on personal interviews, phone calls, and email exchanges with sales representatives of three large equipment suppliers. Table 3 summarizes capital costs, other one-time expenses, and annual operational and maintenance costs used in our calculations. We report average cost and standard deviation for each estimate. We assume […]