consequences for the people arrested,” says Morgan Fox, director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project.

Currently, there are currently eight states that regulate marijuana similarly to alcohol for adults, four of which voted to do so in November 2016. Cannabis possession is also legal for adults in the District of Columbia. Twenty-three states and D.C. considered legislation in 2017 to regulate marijuana, including in Vermont where the legislature approved such a measure before the governor vetoed it.

Regulating cannabis for adults creates jobs, generates tax revenue, protects consumers, and takes money away from criminals. It is time to move away from reefer madness. It is time for the federal government and the rest of the states to stop ruining peoples’ lives and enact sensible cannabis policies.the first year of the Program and one in each subsequent year, these are designed to familiarize the stakeholders with the overall research effort and its individual components, to elicit input in project development and to establish a basis for ongoing involvement and participation in the work of the Program Project. A broad range of stakeholders with an interest in the health of vulnerable, minority populations will be invited to participate in these meetings, including policy-makers, health care delivery system managers serving minority communities, provider advocacy groups and patient advocacy groups. Out of this should grow Stakeholder-Investigator Partnerships which will extend into the work of all research teams, and which will enable to the stakeholders to be actively involved in planning the dissemination and translation of the findings