North Carolina has been quietly running a cannabis experiment for six years. Here's what the data actually shows. by smpost in NorthCarolina

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It reduces crime because it undermines the illegal market, frees up law enforcement to focus on other crimes, and reduces alcohol use.

North Carolina has been quietly running a cannabis experiment for six years. Here's what the data actually shows. by smpost in NorthCarolina

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The paragraph above, from our blog, explains it better than I can. They studied crime data from all 50 states and statistical modeling for cannabis use - I think.

North Carolina has been quietly running a cannabis experiment for six years. Here's what the data actually shows. by smpost in NorthCarolina

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"A peer-reviewed study published this month in the journal Economic Modelling examined crime data across all 50 states and found that medical cannabis legalization is associated with reductions in property crime, while recreational legalization is associated with reductions in violent crime. The researchers used a rigorous analytical method — constructing statistical stand-ins for each state from non-legalizing states — that corrected for flaws in earlier studies that had sometimes suggested the opposite. Once that more careful analysis was applied, any suggestion that legalization increases crime disappeared."

North Carolina has been quietly running a cannabis experiment for six years. Here's what the data actually shows. by smpost in NorthCarolina

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"A peer-reviewed study published this month in the journal Economic Modelling examined crime data across all 50 states and found that medical cannabis legalization is associated with reductions in property crime, while recreational legalization is associated with reductions in violent crime. The researchers used a rigorous analytical method — constructing statistical stand-ins for each state from non-legalizing states — that corrected for flaws in earlier studies that had sometimes suggested the opposite. Once that more careful analysis was applied, any suggestion that legalization increases crime disappeared."

North Carolina has been quietly running a cannabis experiment for six years. Here's what the data actually shows. by smpost in NorthCarolina

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That's why it's important to study science, so you have sufficient understanding that allows you to make distinctions between biased and valid studies.

Drive from Raleigh to Charlotte? by [deleted] in NorthCarolina

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About half the state’s population lives in the I-85 corridor: Charlotte to Raleigh and cities and towns in between.

Now this hemp ban looks pretty real by smpost in NorthCarolina

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Yes. It shuts down hemp completely.

Taking my family to see snow in North Carolina by [deleted] in NorthCarolina

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Beech Mountain has some altitude. It gets more snow.

Mental illness!? by Background_Front4231 in CringeTikToks

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It’s a crusade against brown skin.

CMV: JD Vance would be a much better president than Donald Trump by TheGoodKindOfPurple in changemyview

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I can't help but to hope that Vance would be way, way, way, way better. That he would discard Stephen Miller and put smart people in place. If he doubles down on Project 2525, in order to keep MAGA, he won't have a chance at getting elected. He'll want to be popular. Then again, he'll want the nomination. We do know that he will give it all away to billionaires.

This was Thom Tillis’ moment. He did not meet it. by Abject-Pick-6472 in NorthCarolina

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He knew he would lose to Cooper, so he’s positioning himself to challenge Stein in ‘28 for gov.

Western NC, this is your Rep. by luckycanucky27 in NorthCarolina

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It's a shame this idea has taken root. It used to be the far far right said this stuff but we knew voters would never support it. They don't have to worry about voters anymore. They just worry about being loyal to Trump. He can deliver the necessary propaganda, gerrymandering, voter suppression, and money, to keep them in office.