[ad_1] How to Know for sure your Government doesn’t represent you! When two people decide to build a partnership, open communication and transparency typically serve as the bedrocks of trust. Vulnerability breeds connection. Yet when it comes to the machinations of the state, opacity appears the modus operandi – often to the detriment of the people subjected to un visible power. Nowhere does this penchant for concealment seem more perverse than in the…
"Your Government Doesn’t Represent You Anymore"Tag: Government
[ad_1] A recent editorial on Cannabis.net titled “The Kids Will All Be Getting High Turns Out to Be 100% Wrong” went viral as it pointed out that the long held Reefer Madness myth of kids getting stoned all day with the legalization of cannabis across America is not accurate based on government studies and data. In a landscape marked by the dynamic evolution of cannabis policies across the United States, the 2022 Monitoring the Future (MTF)…
"Teens Do Not Smoke More Weed Despite Almost 40 States Having Some Form of a Legal Marijuana Program Says US Government"
[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,…
"A New USA Record! – Government Survey Finds The Highest Level of Adult Cannabis Use Ever Recorded in US History"
[ad_1] Opinion by Ian Richards, Amy Shelver (geneva, switzerland) Tuesday, February 07, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb 07 (IPS) – New UNCTAD software does to digital government what IKEA did to furniture, allowing Bhutan’s government employees to create their own user-friendly services for citizens online. Tedious government procedures aren’t just a pain for users, they’re a bore for the civil servants who administer them. Sitting behind a counter and stamping forms isn’t exactly a…
"Bhutans Civil Servants are Building a Digital Government System — Heres How — Global Issues"
[ad_1] Government owned cannabis is gaining speed. At least, it is in Canada. This week, I saw a tweet from MJ Biz Daily business journalist, Matt Lamers, that said: The most profitable cannabis businesses in Canada are owned by the government. Provincial monopoly cannabis wholesalers profit/loss (most recent FY): Ontario: $70.2 million; Quebec: $66.5 million; BC: $22.4 million; NB: [$16.5 million]; Alberta: $7 million (forecast). His sources for those numbers are embedded in this thread…
"Government Owned Cannabis: Better or Bust?"
[ad_1] Medical cannabis activists and patients in Spain had reason to celebrate after the Spanish government’s decision in June to legalize access to medicinal cannabis for a number of health conditions through the country’s public health system. Although Spanish scientists for several years have been at the forefront of ground-breaking cannabinoid research on cancer and neurological diseases, getting a prescription for standardized and regulated medicinal cannabis products from a doctor was not on the table…
"Spanish Government Gives Green Light to Medical Cannabis"
[ad_1] The U.S. government has formally concluded that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said in a statement on Wednesday. The finding lends official weight to expressions of revulsion about Russia’s military conduct from top U.S. officials, including President Biden, who last week declared Russian President Vladimir V. Putin “a war criminal.” But the statement did not mention Mr. Putin himself, saying only that “members of Russia’s…
"The U.S. Government Accuses Russian Forces of War Crimes"