Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minor, Study Shows

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Several more studies arrived at similar conclusions, finding no changes or a decrease in teen or youth cannabis use as states legalize cannabis. The perpetual myth that dispensaries are selling weed to minors refuses to die, but evidence shows this isn’t the case in California. Another research study published in Substance Use and Addiction arrived with similar results, finding that youth cannabis use did not increase, even as states legalized the plant. A new study disproves the theory that dispensaries make it easier for teens to get cannabis. Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law.

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The perpetual myth that dispensaries are selling weed to minors refuses to die, but evidence shows this isn’t the case in California. Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law.

A new study disproves the theory that dispensaries make it easier for teens to get cannabis. Researchers sent out undercover patrons who looked underage to 50 randomly selected dispensaries in California to see if they could get weed without first furnishing an ID, as required. All dispensaries...

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