A New USA Record! – Government Survey Finds The Highest Level of Adult Cannabis Use Ever Recorded in US History

[ad_1] NIH Survey Finds Cannabis Use Among Adults Highest Ever Recorded by Agency   In 2021, the Monitoring the Future (MTF) panel study revealed noteworthy shifts in substance use patterns among young adults aged 19 to 30. Notably, the utilization of marijuana and hallucinogens within the past year experienced a significant surge compared to data from five and ten years prior. This surge marked a historic pinnacle for this age group since 1988.   Simultaneously,…

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European VC deal value down 61% in first half of 2023, report finds

[ad_1] Venture capital funding in Europe is plummeting as investors shift focus from growth to cutting costs. In the first half of 2023, European VC deal value was 61% lower than at the same time last year according to a new report by Pitchbook, a financial data firm. The total capital raised in the continent was €8.9 billion. At the current rate, the full year is on track to pace 37% below 2022 levels. Analysts blame…

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A War-Themed Restaurant in Ukraine Finds New Resonance

[ad_1] A knock on the large unmarked wooden door opposite Lviv’s city hall. A man in a military uniform holding a German-made rifle answers. Password, he demands. “Slava Ukrayini.” Glory to Ukraine. “Heroy am slava,” glory for the heroes, he responds, and opens a passageway hidden behind a wall of books. The man in the uniform is not a guard. He is the maître d at Kryivka, a popular theme restaurant that evokes Ukraine’s armed…

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Study Finds Weed Cases Are Clogging Pennsylvania Courts

[ad_1] Marijuana-related criminal cases are clogging local courts in Pennsylvania and putting an unnecessary burden on scarce law enforcement resources, according to a new study from a justice reform advocacy organization. The Lehigh Valley Justice Institute, a nonpartisan research and advocacy group based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, reviewed 27,826 criminal cases of all kinds prosecuted in Lehigh County and Northampton County between January 2018 and March 2021. The group’s analysis found that “marijuana criminalization slows our…

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Civil jury finds Bill Cosby sexually abused 16-year-old girl at Playboy Mansion in 1975 – National

[ad_1] Jurors at a civil trial found Tuesday that Bill Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975. The Los Angeles County jury delivered the verdict in favor of Judy Huth, who is now 64, and awarded her $500,000. Jurors found that Cosby intentionally caused harmful sexual contact with Huth, that he reasonably believed she was under 18, and that his conduct was driven by unnatural or abnormal sexual interest in…

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