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Good News for Marijuana Users: Judge Rules Recreational Cannabis Use Isn't Basis for Termination of Parental Rights

The appeals court said case law has “not historically treated a parent’s usage of marijuana, whether illegal or not, as a categorical basis for stripping that defendant of his or her parental rights,” but rather calls for examining “the case-specific impacts the drug usage has or has not had on the child’s care and safety.”

       
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