<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:400;font-stretch:normal;font-size:2.4em;line-height:1.3em;font-family:"Droid Serif",Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;margin:0px 0px 1em;clear:both;color:rgb(90,82,69);letter-spacing:-0.05em"><span style="font-size:small;letter-spacing:-0.05em">Tuesday, June 22, 2021</span></h1><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:400;font-stretch:normal;font-size:2.4em;line-height:1.3em;font-family:"Droid Serif",Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;margin:0px 0px 1em;clear:both;color:rgb(90,82,69);letter-spacing:-0.05em">NIH study suggests a link between cannabis use and higher levels of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt.</h1><div><div><a href="https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/cannabis-use-may-be-associated-suicidality-young-adults">Cannabis use may be associated with suicidality in young adults | National Institutes of Health (NIH)</a><br></div><div><br></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14.4px;margin-bottom:1.2em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Droid Sans","Trebuchet MS",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">An analysis of survey data from more than 280,000 young adults ages 18-35 showed that cannabis (marijuana) use was associated with increased risks of thoughts of suicide (suicidal ideation), suicide plan, and suicide attempt. These associations remained regardless of whether someone was also experiencing depression, and the risks were greater for women than for men. The study published online today in <em style="box-sizing:border-box">JAMA Network Open</em> and was conducted by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.</p><div>---------------------------------------<br></div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 5:01 AM Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Courtesy of the <i>New York Times</i> at:<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/nyregion/connecticut-weed-legalization.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/nyregion/connecticut-weed-legalization.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>—————————————————</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:16px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><h1 id="gmail-m_-2943716772835598889link-1046880" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:nyt-cheltenham,georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:2.5rem;font-style:italic;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:3rem;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(18,18,18);width:660px;max-width:none">Connecticut Legalizes Recreational Marijuana, With Sales Aimed for 2022</h1></div><p id="gmail-m_-2943716772835598889article-summary" style="margin:0px auto 1.875rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:nyt-cheltenham,georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:1.4375rem;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.875rem;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);width:600px;max-width:600px">Legislation signed Tuesday permits the possession of up to one and a half ounces of cannabis and provides a clean slate for some with past convictions.</p></div><div><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">After years of failed attempts, Connecticut legalized recreational marijuana on Tuesday, laying the groundwork to direct cannabis revenue into communities of color that have long been targeted by policies criminalizing the drug.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, signed a bill to legalize the use and cultivation of recreational cannabis and expunge thousands of past convictions for possession, after both houses of the state legislature passed the bill last week.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">With his signature, Connecticut became the 19th state to legalize recreational marijuana and the fifth to do so this year after New Mexico, New York, Virginia and New Jersey.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:1.25rem;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.875rem;max-width:100%"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">“We had a chance to learn from others, and I think we got it right here in the state of Connecticut,” Mr. Lamont said Tuesday as he signed the bill into law.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The legislation is set to end an era of disproportionate convictions for marijuana possession against communities of color and pave the way for low-income residents to participate in the cannabis marketplace, injecting fresh revenue into the state’s economy and social welfare programs.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0.9375rem;font-size:1.25rem;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.875rem;max-width:100%"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">When the law takes effect July 1, using recreational marijuana will be legal and adults 21 and older will be allowed to possess up to one and a half ounces.<span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin:0.9375rem;font-size:1.25rem;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.875rem;max-width:100%"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection said it was aiming to begin issuing licenses to grow and sell marijuana by the end of next year. Half of all licenses will be issued to low-income applicants.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">People will also be allowed to grow up to three mature plants and three immature plants for personal use starting in July 2023.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:1.25rem;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.875rem;max-width:100%"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Those convicted of possession from Jan. 1, 2000 through Sept. 30, 2015 will have their records automatically cleared beginning in 2023. People with convictions from outside this time period can apply to have their records expunged starting next July.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:white">“This has been years in the making,” said DeVaughn Ward, senior legislative council for the Marijuana Policy Project, a nationwide advocacy organization for marijuana legalization and one of the proponents of Connecticut’s bill. “The amount of revenue that will be generated and directed back into our distressed communities is an unprecedented investment in communities of color.”</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>————————————————-<br><br><b><i><u>LEGALIZE IT!  REGULATE IT!  TAX IT!</u></i></b><br></div><div><img src="cid:17a3affba46cb9708ce1"><br><br><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">It’s time, Idaho.  It’s time.</span></p><img src="cid:17a3affba46cb9708ce2"></div><div><a href="https://disa.com/map-of-marijuana-legality-by-state" target="_blank">https://disa.com/map-of-marijuana-legality-by-state</a></div><div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/" target="_blank">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCare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