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23 Jun 2020, 10:22 am
The JAMA Internal Medicine journal has this week published online notable new original research and commentary on roadway fatalities in some states that have legalized marijuana use by all adults (called RCL in the works). [read post]
22 Jun 2020, 2:25 pm
As long as the federal government considers petty offenses like illegal entry, marijuana possession, and stealing birds more serious than police abuse and misconduct and as long as Texas prosecutors allow criminal law enforcement officers to trade their badges to avoid accountability, the prospect for serious police reforms will remain dim at best, despite the efforts of reform-minded elected officials. [read post]
17 Jun 2020, 12:17 pm
The title of this post is the title of this recent article authored by Deborah Ahrens on one of my favorite topics. [read post]
15 Jun 2020, 10:54 pm
Also on the call was Paul Larkin of the Heritage Foundation, who offered useful and interesting critiques of the book and my argument that the federal government should facilitate state-level experimentation with marijuana reform. [read post]
15 Jun 2020, 8:48 am
Long-time readers know that I have long viewed marijuana reform as a form of criminal justice reform. [read post]
11 Jun 2020, 9:06 am
Activists, advocates, and protestors are still screaming “I can’t breathe” and begging government officials for police reform that will end police violence in Black communities. [read post]
5 Jun 2020, 8:22 am
To understand the impact of this approach, one only has to look at the approach to policing marijuana — which is used at almost equal rates by Black and white people, though Black people are still arrested at a rate that is almost four times that of white people. [read post]
2 Jun 2020, 11:17 am
The events of the last week with its focus on police practices make all the more notably this already notable recent study, titled " A large-scale analysis of racial disparities in police stops across the United States," published by the journal Nature Human Behavior. [read post]
31 May 2020, 1:29 pm
The recent trend towards legalization of marijuana in many states is a good start. [read post]
23 May 2020, 10:17 am
I'm guessing Donald Trump could tip the election at this point just by coming out in support of ending federal marijuana prohibition. [read post]
20 May 2020, 2:42 pm
A number of notable new papers are now available online from the June 2020 issue of World Psychiatry. [read post]
15 May 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal Biden Plans to Stay Home, Testing Limits of Virtual Campaign AP News – Bill Barrow and Steve Peoples | Published: 5/12/2020 Joe Biden has no foreseeable plans to resume in-person campaigning amid a pandemic that is testing whether a national presidential election can be won by a candidate communicating almost entirely from home. [read post]
14 May 2020, 10:28 am
The title of this post is the title of this new article from YouGov discussing its survey that provides an interesting window into the positive impression that marijuana reform has made in states that have legalized adult-use. [read post]
7 May 2020, 7:30 am
Our new report, A Tale of Two Countries: Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform, shows that while more states are legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana, high arrest rates and severe racial disparities persist nationally. [read post]
5 May 2020, 1:26 pm
If he had not done so, Mike Ramos likely would be alive today.Resistance to police-academy reformsThe fact that Officer Pieper, a rookie three months out of the academy was the first to fire on Ramos - even if using a bean bag round - instead of engaging deescalation tactics, speaks to another major departmental failure under Manley: Failure to reform the department's cadet training practices. [read post]
1 May 2020, 5:28 am
Meanwhile, Oklahoma reduced most possession-level drug penalties to misdemeanor and has surged past Texas in terms of significant reforms. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 8:27 pm
One final student presentation in my Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform seminar focused on employment law. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 12:45 pm
The last of a big group of student presentations in my Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform seminar will focus on "CBD and its efficacy as a sleep aid. [read post]
22 Apr 2020, 9:09 pm
The fourth presentation slated for this week will focus on how marijuana reforms intersect with gun ownership. [read post]
22 Apr 2020, 2:27 pm
As mentioned before, the semester is winding down and students in my Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform seminar, soldiering on via Zoom, are making presentations on research topics of their choice. [read post]
