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marijuana

[mar-uh-wah-nuh] / ˌmær əˈwɑ nə /


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"Decriminalisation isn't good enough," says Antoine, a former chair of the Caribbean Community's Regional Commission on Marijuana.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Tom Haren, a spokesperson for the pro-Issue 2 campaign Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, harshly criticized the Senate rewrite.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

“These are salient targets for future clinical trials,” said study author Staci Gruber, director of the Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery program at McLean Hospital and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2022

“You pay your way into one of the few spots,” said Dominic Corva, a sociology professor and co-director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research at Cal Poly Humboldt.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2022

She quoted Harry Anslinger, the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, as a key figure in passing the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which made it illegal to sell and process the drug.

From Washington Times • Apr. 27, 2022




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