Deputy Director of @oneillinstitute Katie Gottschalk is moderating a panel on the federal-state battleground over legalizing #marijuana for medical/recreational use. Follow this thread for updates.
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The public health community fears that making cannabis legal for medical purposes, the risk of illicit use increases, says
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There's an "intriguing possibility" that vehicle deaths related to alcohol are decreasing in some states, possibly due to replacement of alcohol use with cannabis, says Eric Lindblom or
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Policy recommendations on how to better regulate medical cannabis: No cannabis product should ever be labeled as a bonafide medicine unless it has gone under FDA review. Market should offer non-THC cannabis. Medical cannabis should not have THC levels higher than illicit.
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Now speaking: Will Tilburg of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission.
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It took 6 years for Maryland to get to a point medical marijuana could be distributed. Regulations were developed, finding growers and distributors and licensing dispensaries. It was a very deliberate process, says Will Tilburg of MMCC.
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Edibles did lead to a spike in poison control calls in Maryland due to consumption by children. This lead to Maryland prohibiting edibles from legalization. Tilbur calls this "a win for public health."
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Advertising is a huge issue in medical marijuana legalization. "One the one hand, there's not a lot of scientific data on strains, so how can advertising not be false/ misleading? On the other hand, there's so much info, we wanted patients to be educated." - Will Tilbur of MMCC
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All sides of the panel agree: public health officials need to have a seat at the table as laws and policies are crafted along the way on the road to medical marijuana legalization. Great panel! Thank you for following.
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