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Study: Enactment Of Medical Cannabis Laws Not Associated With Higher Crime Rates

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014.

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By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

The enactment of medicinal cannabis laws is not associated with any rise in statewide criminal activity and may even be related to reductions in incidences of violent crime, according to data published online in the journal PLoS ONE.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas tracked crime rates across all 50 states between the years between 1990 and 2006, a time period during which…

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