Just a smattering of Fall highlights from Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform

It has been quite some time since I have done a round-up of posts of note from all the blogging I now do over at Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform.  Here are just some (of many) legal and policy highlights from the last few months at MLP&R that sentencing fans might find worth checking out:

• "Cannabis Industry Struggles With Hiring People With Past Pot Convictions"

• Massachusetts top court addresses challenging issues surrounding marijuana and proof of impaired driving

• "The use of cannabis in response to the opioid crisis: A review of the literature"

• Yet another study finds link between marijuana reform and a reduction in opioid deaths

• Brookings analysis laments how "AG Sessions blocks progress on medical cannabis research"

• Notable marijuana comments in notable settings by Attorney General Jeff Sessions

• ACLU of Pennsylvania reports on a "Cannabis Crackdown" in form of increased and disparate marijuana arrests in most of the state

• Grinding out marijuana arrests within rising drug arrests in latest FBI crime data

• Unpacking marijuana arrest data in Massachusetts for the year the state voted for recreational reform

• Gallup reports record-high levels of support for marijuana legalization in US

• "Everyone Agrees That Weed Is Great — Except Politicians"

• "Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch rolls a bunch of pot puns into his case to expand medical marijuana research"

• "How Medical Marijuana Smoothed the Transition to Marijuana Legalization in the United States"

• Some insightful perspectives on the year to come in the marijuana reform universe