Marijuana Use Impacts on Public Health and Safety

New and Noteworthy

• CTBH Annual Meeting, June 2019 – “Marijuana: What Does the Data Say? “a presentation on marijuana, mental health and Maine given by Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz.

• Legalized Marijuana: Public Health Concern and Regulation Best Practices
• Marijuana in Maine: What’s Legal And What’s Not a downloadable handout from the Good To Know campaign with easy to understand information about Maine’s marijuana laws.
• Good To Know Maine, state website with info for general public, visitors, parents, info on laws
• Latest Report from Colorado HIDTA
• The Financial Costs of Legalization, a report from RI
• The Impact of Marijuana Legalization on You Tube

Health Impacts

• Using the Public Health Model to Regulate Marijuana
• Environmental impacts of marijuana farming, this Scientific American article highlights that farming has negative effects on water and fish in particular
• Marijuana Policy: Public Health Considerations
• Executive Summary from Colorado HIDTA: Youth Use is Up

Public Safety Impacts

• Legalized Marijuana Practical Guide for Law Enforcement from Colorado
• What Will Legal Marijuana Cost Employers?
• Maine Tobacco Law

Resources from Maine and Other States

• Good To Know Maine, state website with info for general public, visitors, parents, info on laws
• Smart Approaches to Marijuana
   a national reform group that does not support recreational legalization
  • Big_Marijuana_Claims_vs_Science
• The Marijuana Report, newsletter and website
• The Legalization of Marijuana: The Impact is the 2018 update of the annual report from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area in Colorado.
• Concerning Trends of Marijuana Commercialization in Colorado, a presentation by Bob Doyle of the Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance.