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Be there for veterans

Americans for Safe Access

At 19, he enlisted in the army and deployed to Iraq in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Jose Belen is a native of Amsterdam, New York. He was honorably discharged in 2005 and eventually settled in Florida where he started a career in real estate and began to raise a family.

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Understanding Medical Marijuana Laws in California

MMJ Recs

Following Proposition 215, the legal framework surrounding medical marijuana continued to evolve and in 2003, the California State Legislature enacted Senate Bill 420 , also known as the Medical Marijuana Program Act. These include access to banking services, federal prohibition, and ongoing regulatory issues.

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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

Cannabis Law Report

Now, he is the Vice-Chair of Indiana NORML — an organization who is currently focused on changing cannabis laws for the access to Medical Cannabis as therapeutic treatment in Indiana. REFERENCES: ¹American Nursing Association: (ANA, 2003). Providing patients safe access to therapeutic marijuana/cannabis. www.nursingworld.org.

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Marijuana Legalization May Decrease Crime in Nearby States

CannaMD

Does access to marijuana result in an increase in violent crimes over state lines, or does it lessen crime and bolster public safety? Larceny, property crime, and assault are the types of violent crimes that legalization opponents worry will increase when people have access to legal marijuana. DECREASED ALCOHOL USE .

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Canada: The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker

Cannabis Law Report

In that case, male physicians successfully argued that charges they were facing interfered with women’s “security of the person” when their access to abortions was restricted in any way. The federal government failed several times in 2003 and 2006 to decriminalize marijuana. You may remember the Morgentaler decision from 1988.

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New Hampshire Just Made Autism and Insomnia Qualifying Conditions for Medical Marijuana Program

SpeedWeed

Although this new law will allow thousands of new patients to access medical marijuana, the Granite State is still lagging behind the rest of the Northeast when it comes to cannabis reform. New Hampshire did decriminalize minor pot possession back in 2017, but lawmakers have failed to advance a full adult-use legalization bill.

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Jay-Z’s Weed Brand Posts Ads Calling Out Contradiction in Cannabis Laws

SpeedWeed

Far too often we forget that these are real people whose everyday lives and futures have been affected by this outdated legislature—people like Bryan Rone, who can no longer pursue a career in sales because of a cannabis-related conviction in 2003.

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