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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Michael Bloomberg

Canna Law Blog

Last fall, we ran a 13-part series taking a hard look at each of the 2020 presidential candidates’ history and views related to marijuana. Website and social media : Did the candidate include marijuana on their website? How often do they mention marijuana on social media? Did this candidate legislate the War on Drugs?

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Background of Study. Purpose of the Study.

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Growing Pains Pt. 2 Adult-Use Marijauna in Illinois: A Case Study for Market and Policy Patterns

Cannabis Law Report

In the first days of 2020, many Illinoisans took to social media to express their alarm. Especially when you compare Governor Pritzker’s position to Governor John Hickenlooper’s in 2012 when Colorado legalized. Ultimately, if we don’t learn from history, we’re doomed to repeat it. Illinois Recreational Model.

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Grading the Democratic Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Elizabeth Warren

Canna Law Blog

We examine each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvas their current respective stances on marijuana. On social media , Warren has also come out strongly in support of legalization. History with marijuana legislation: Warren’s stance on marijuana has evolved over the course of her senate career.

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The LGBTQ Leaders in Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

We put out requests on social media and reached out to Public Relations professionals to see who identified with the community and consented to be included. Seattle resident JJ McKay is the founder/ publisher of The Fresh Toast , one of the largest media content consumer-facing cannabis media companies in the US and Canada.

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Marijuana and Religion: Christianity

Cannabis Info

Since 2012, there are more Christian religious orders who use the weed to pray than ever before and weed nuns and cannabis-themed Bible study is on the upswing. So why isn’t there a clear answer, decision or policy? HISTORY OF CANNABIS AND CHRISTIANITY. Cannabis churches and weed nuns became media darlings.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

Media representations can offer insights into the nature of the discourse about new medical products and therapies and how ideas and understandings about social phenomena become constructed. This article analyses media representations of medicinal cannabis in Australian medical publications. years (Atakan 2012 ). Background.