📈 Medical cannabis legalization is linked to drops in property crime, while adult-use legalization is associated with decreases in violent crime, according to a study in Economic Modeling.

⏳ These crime reduction trends associated with cannabis legalization become more noticeable over time.

⚖️ The study, involving researchers from Sacred Heart University and Barnard College, suggests legalization may help reduce overall criminal activity.

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Gap between Democratic and Republican sponsorship of civil rights bills widened in rapid bursts during 1994 and 2014. Democrats were more likely than Republicans to sponsor bills supporting nearly every group. Sharpest divergence was in legislation supporting racial minorities, LGBTQ+, and women.

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🏛️ Congressional support for civil rights has grown more polarized, with sharp accelerations in party divides during the 1990s and 2010s, largely driven by increased bills from racial minority Democrats.

📊 Researchers analyzed 202,775 US House of Representatives bills from 1973-2022, using expert tags and a language model to identify genuine civil rights legislation.

📈 The gap between Democratic and Republican sponsorship of civil rights bills widened significantly in 1994 and 2014. Racial minority Democrats saw their share of civil rights legislation more than double, from 6.12% in 2007 to 13.70% in 2019.

⚖️ The sharpest divergence in legislative support was seen in bills favoring racial minorities, the LGBTQ+ community, and women, with Democrats sponsoring more legislation for nearly every group analyzed.

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