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NASRO Supports Enforcement of Federal Marijuana Laws

NASRO executive director Mo Canady said that his organization believes that the attorney general's decision will make it more difficult for youth to obtain and use marijuana.

January 8, 2018

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LAPD Begins to Cope with Legal Marijuana

What isn’t allowed? Driving under the influence of marijuana. Consuming pot in public. Purchasing or consuming recreational cannabis by someone under the age of 21.

January 3, 2018

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NH Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill

New Hampshire is now the 22nd state and the last in New England to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana.

July 19, 2017

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Video: Detroit Officer TASERed by Woman During Marijuana Investigation

A wild scene broke out Wednesday night in Southwest Detroit when a woman used a TASER on a police officer responding to a call about marijuana.

July 7, 2017

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Pot-Sniffing Dogs Still Useful in CA, Officers Say

Legal marijuana is in the air across California, but local and state law enforcement agencies say they won’t retire their pot-sniffing narcotics dogs anytime soon.

June 13, 2017

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Colorado to Use Pot Tax Revenues to Fund Pot Busts

The first recreational pot market in the U.S. notched another marijuana first Thursday when Colorado started using marijuana taxes to fund police efforts to crack down on illegal growing operations.

June 9, 2017

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Drivers Killed in Accidents Now More Likely on Drugs Than Drunk

Forty-three percent of drivers tested in fatal crashes in 2015 had used a legal or illegal drug, eclipsing the 37 percent who tested above the legal limit for alcohol, according to a report released Wednesday by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility.

April 27, 2017

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CO Marijuana DUIs Drop 33%, But Officials Still Concerned

The number of citations for driving while under the influence of marijuana in Colorado dropped by 33.2% in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the same period last year, but the number of people using marijuana and then driving continues to be a concern for Colorado officials

April 18, 2017

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Legal Marijuana Supporters Win Big Tuesday Night

Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved recreational marijuana initiatives Tuesday night, and several other states passed medical marijuana provisions, in what is turning out to be the biggest electoral victory for marijuana reform since 2012, when Colorado and Washington first approved the drug's recreational use.

November 9, 2016

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Busting the Pot Fairy Tale

Once upon a time, the states of Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana. Then they made billions of tax dollars and we all munched on chips and lived happily ever after. Yeah, right.

November 7, 2016

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Spate of Drugged Driving Deaths Alarms U.S. Regulators

The percentage of traffic deaths in which at least one driver tested positive for drugs has nearly doubled over a decade, raising alarms as five states are set to vote on legalization of marijuana.

October 28, 2016

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Hound Labs: Sniffing Out Marijuana

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The Hound is completely different in that it measures the amount of THC in a person's breath – which stays there for only a matter of hours at most. It measures blood alcohol content through breath as well.

October 10, 2016