Vaping outbreak hasn’t hurt legal cannabis support, Gallup poll shows (Newsletter: October 23, 2019)

Feds warn another CBD company; Senator compares marijuana claims to old tobacco ads; Study: Legalization doesn’t increase youth cannabis use Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. (function() { if (!window.mc4wp) { window.mc4wp = { listeners: [], forms : { on: function (event, callback) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push({ event : event, callback: callback }); } } } } })(); Email address: Leave this field empty if you’re human: Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… By starting a $10 per month pledge on Patreon—or about 45 cents per issue of this newsletter—you can help us rely less on ads to cover our expenses, hire more journalists and bring you even more marijuana news. https://www.patreon.com/marijuanamoment / TOP THINGS TO KNOW A new Gallup poll found that Americans support legalizing marijuana, 66%-33%. That’s the same level of support the firm found last year, indicating that cannabis-related vaping injuries and surgeon general warnings have not turned voters against ending prohibition. The survey shows majority support across party and racial lines, with 81 percent of people under 30 now on board. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) compared medical cannabis claims to decades-old tobacco ads in a floor speech. “We’re hearing a lot of the same happy talk with regard to marijuana and none of the facts that we need to understand about the public health impact.” The Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission sent another warning letter to a CBD company over allegedly making unsupported health claims about its products. A scientific review concluded that state medical marijuana laws “increase adult but not adolescent cannabis use” and “may reduce some opioid-related harms,” while recreational legalization seems to have “little impact on the prevalence of adolescent cannabis…

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