Showing posts with label marijuana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marijuana. Show all posts
Friday, April 11, 2025

Let's get Chai: Cannabis, now kosher for Passover

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 When I was young, it was a big deal when kosher for Passover chocolate became available. (It still is--available and a big deal that is.)  ...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Cannabis, NYC style (2025)

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 Here's a modern view from Times Square. (Note the warning and font size in yellow at the bottom of the sign...)    
Saturday, October 5, 2024

The NAS proposes that bans on studying marijuana and its effects should be relaxed

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 The National Academy of Sciences has just issued a new report on marijuana and public health.  Among their recommendations is that bans on ...
Friday, July 12, 2024

Growth pains for legal marijuana, in Germany and New York

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Transitioning from a thriving black market for marijuana to a regulated legal market isn't so easy. The Guardian has the story from Germ...
Saturday, June 29, 2024

Do Americans Drink Too Much? Politics and science in the debate over guidelines

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  The WSJ has the story:   Do Americans Drink Too Much? Alcohol Is Driving a Debate in Washington . Agencies, lobbyists and lawmakers are fi...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Marijuana policy and use in the U.S., 1979-2022, by Jonathan Caulkins, in Addiction

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 Here's a paper forthcoming in the journal Addiction: Changes in self-reported cannabis use in the United States from 1979 to 2022 , by ...
Friday, April 5, 2024

Still illegal in Idaho

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  Here's a map from The Hill of places where marijuana will be legal to various degrees by the end of this year. Grey states are where m...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Cannabis in US airports

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  An anomaly of US Federal law is that marijuana is illegal on airplanes (interstate commerce) even when the airports involved are in states...
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Marijuana black market persists in CA (despite the beginning of a legal market)

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 The LA Times has the story, about how legalization of marijuana in California so far failed to end the black market, complete with violence...
Sunday, August 6, 2023

Growing pains for legal marijuana, in California and beyond

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The market for  legal marijuana in the U.S. is suffering from (literal) growing pains, as large scale legal cultivation runs into both crop ...
Saturday, July 15, 2023

Marijuana and military recruitment

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 Here's a proposal for a bit pf reality-based legislation that has some bipartisan support. DefenseOne has the story: Proposed marijuana...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

The future cannabis market?

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 The Washington Post has the story on a big bet on the future of the American cannabis market: Giant California greenhouse signals a big bet...
Saturday, January 7, 2023

It's hard to enforce the ban on cannabis in Kansas

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  Just as markets need social support, bans on markets need social support.  Even in Kansas, apparently, where marijuana remains completely ...
Friday, November 11, 2022

Marijuana legalization advances in the 2022 elections

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Time Magazine published this map under the headline " Why Marijuana Had a Terrible Night in the 2022 Midterm Election s" It doesn...
Monday, October 10, 2022

Ambivalence on recreational cannabis in Amsterdam

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  The Guardian has the story: Amsterdam considers banning ‘cannabis tourists’ from its coffee shops. Fed up with stoned visitors and worried...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Legal marijuana in New Jersey

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 The NY Times has the story: Legal Marijuana Sales Will Start Next Thursday in New Jersey. All adults will be able to purchase cannabis at ...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Guns (concealed carry) and marijuana (recreational): two US maps

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  In both maps, brown is the color of permissiveness.  E.g. on the northern border, only Maine and Montana don't require permits/prescri...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Cannabis and the law

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  The WSJ has this update: Push to Relax Marijuana Laws Hits Roadblocks . Biden administration has sidestepped the issue of decriminalizing ...
Friday, January 21, 2022

Black market marijuana coexists with legal marijuana in Oregon, and competes with it in California

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In a growing number of U.S. states, it is legal to grow and sell marijuana. But the price remains highest in the states where it is illegal,...
Saturday, January 8, 2022

Legally fragmented markets for marijuana create unusual alliances

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 Who will be most in favor of eliminating the federal ban on marijuana in the US?  Not necessarily growers and sellers in the many states in...