In Maryland, 65.5 percent of votes were cast in favor of cannabis, with 34.5 percent against, as of Wednesday morning
The pioneering legislation enacted in 2022 introduced a steadily rising smoking age to stop those born after January 2009 from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes, alongside a slew of other measures to make smoking less affordable and accessible
Indigenous peoples across the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East used mullein, uva ursi, red willow bark, and aromatic herbs in ritual contexts, often precisely because the act of smoking was considered a form of prayer: breath made visible, intention carried on smoke toward the sky
And once these diseases develop, they remain for life
11 See Indigenous Peoples Survey (2022) for evidence for Canada and Spasova et al