The practice seems frankly un-American.
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Though the practice is not widely understood, 84% of Americans
oppose civil asset forfeiture, once it’s explained to them, according to a Cato Institute/YouGov survey. It defined the practice as “taking a person’s money or property that is suspected to have been involved in a drug crime, before the person is convicted of a crime,”
Lawyers for Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile last summer
say Yanez should be pardoned in part because Castile was high.
Colorado is awarding $2.35M in research grants to study driving while high and the effects of dabbing, among other topics. The Cannabist says DUI is a pressing issue.
A Johns Hopkins study found that cannabis legalization reduces opioid overdose deaths by as much as 25%.
The synthetic marijuana that sent 18 people in Brooklyn to the hospital in a “zombie” like state, was 85 times as powerful as marijuana.
Doctors remain skeptical of marijuana’s medical value.
Colorado is about to raise the allowances for residual solvents in concentrates. Leafly investigates how much of these chemicals is unhealthy.
A doctor tell’s Gwyneth Paltrow’s site Goop that cannabis can help with PMS.
Illegal grows in California are sickening and killing wildlife.
A Connecticut MED user is suing Amazon and a staffing company for refusing to hire him.