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"Alcohol was a common predictor of cannabis vaping across race/ethnic categories while depression was linked to cannabis vaping transitions among Hispanic and non-hispanic-Black youth, only." https://lnkd.in/duzAXXD8

"Thailand will work towards controlling the use of cannabis through legislation instead of re-listing it as a narcotic, according to Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, signalling yet another policy U-turn." https://lnkd.in/dz7DgHEP

"Alcohol dependence was strongly related to alcohol-associated cancer sites in both sexes... Rehabilitation treatment or abstinence was associated with significantly lower risks compared with alcohol dependence without rehabilitation or abstinence." https://lnkd.in/d5nGqrr2

“Swedish adolescents have a more sensible attitude towards smoking and drinking these days... It’s conceivable that they’ve simply not substituted the stupidity of the adult generation with anything at all," says researcher Isabella Gripe of the Karolinska Institutet. https://lnkd.in/dv5VUdMK

"Instead of shopping legally, New Yorkers tend to get their weed from the illegal shops that now blanket the state... These shops undercut the legal stores, offering the same high at a fraction of the price," writes Charles Fain Lehman. https://lnkd.in/dGRjPieN

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"A six-year analysis of more than 10,000 Canadian drivers involved in motor vehicle collisions suggests cannabis has edged out alcohol as the most common impairing substance detected through after-crash blood testing." https://lnkd.in/d83x8Fqn

People who smoke cannabis often underestimate the dangers, says Berlin psychiatrist Andreas Bechdolf. He warns the legalisation of cannabis in Germany will increase in psychoses among young people and explains what needs to be done now to combat it. https://lnkd.in/dcZBTtMe

"High demand initially overwhelmed his company with thousands of orders but has now stabilized at about 3,000 to 4,000 orders per day. In April, Royal Queen Seeds' online business grew by '300% and total online revenue was €6m,' Ramsahai said." https://lnkd.in/drfnmPea

"So far this year, Police Scotland have raided at least 14 industrial cultivations of cannabis, with some operations dwarfing the farm in Forfar. The total haul of the drug is conservatively estimated to be worth close to ￡10m." https://lnkd.in/dVjnPMDX