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The Cannabis, Health, and Young Adults (CHAYA) Study was Initially funded in 2013 by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to examine the natural history of cannabis use among young adult users and how their cannabis practices evolved over time. This longitudinal study enabled us to document changes and stability in young cannabis users' substance use, health behaviors and health outcomes.

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 The Cannabis, Health, and Young Adults (CHAYA) Project has launched a new research study! This new study aims to understand daily cannabis use practices and psychosocial functioning among cannabis users in different policy settings. The study will collect information about rules and habits around cannabis use and how these are impacted by day-to-day emotions and occurrences. (Click HERE to learn more or click CHAYA 3.0 Study Launch for more details).   

MARIJUANA News

FEDERAL CANNABIS LEGALIZATION
Cannabis Business Times| Apr. 22, 2025
Doctors Group Left Out of DEA’s Cannabis Rescheduling Hearing Drops Lawsuit
A nonprofit organization of medical professionals is no longer suing the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) over its exclusion as a participant from the cannabis rescheduling hearing process. Doctors for Drug Policy Reform (D4DPR), which supports evidence-based cannabis regulation in the U.S., announced April 21 that it dismissed its legal challenge against the DEA in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
CULTIVATION
MJBizDaily| Apr. 22, 2025
Rescheduling or descheduling marijuana: How would industry be impacted?
​The possible reclassification of marijuana under the federal Controlled Substances Act is sparking debate about dismantling barriers to interstate commerce and the future of the industry. While many states have created regulated marijuana markets for medical or recreational use or both, federal law remains a roadblock to nationwide market integration.
FEDERAL CANNABIS LEGALIZATION
Cannabis Business Times| Apr. 21, 2025
US House Reps File Bill to Legalize Cannabis, Deliver 280E Relief, Permit Interstate Commerce
U.S. Reps. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, Max Miller, R-Ohio, and Dina Titus, D-Nev., filed the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) 2.0 Act, legislation that aims to federally legalize cannabis through an approach that allows states, Washington, D.C., U.S. territories and tribal nations to determine how to regulate cannabis within their borders.

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