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Colorado NORML and Denver NORML Host Citizen Lobby Day to Push for Consumer Protections

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” Never in modern history has there existed greater public support for ending the nation’s nearly century-long experiment with marijuana prohibition. Marijuana policy should be evidence based. Make appointments, become an acquaintance with them.” Dispel the myths with the NORML Fact Sheets.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

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New York’s rec market is slowly but surely rolling out, a peer-reviewed study linked state cannabis prohibition to high race-based arrests, and an analysis of thousands of Army records revealed that recruits with a history of cannabis use are just as likely as their peers to excel. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews. Despite the U.S.

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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.

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Colorado to Vote on Increasing Cannabis Taxes in November

SpeedWeed

Initiative 25 is also referred to as the “Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program,” or LEAP , and is proposing a three percent increase in recreational cannabis taxes starting in 2022. Colorado has garnered a strong history of cannabis sales revenue and tax data since the state’s legalization bill was passed in 2012.

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Harris Bricken Article: Psilocybin and Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys

Cannabis Law Report

This rule created problems for cannabis businesses in recent history. Since 2012 many states , including Oregon, passed laws allowing retail cannabis businesses. In the event Oregon law conflicts with federal or tribal law, the lawyer shall also advise the client regarding related federal and tribal law and policy. Modern U.S.

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Looking Back on 25 Years of California Cannabis: Growing Pains (STILL) Persist

Canna Law Blog

First, a bit of history. As a result of the 2013 Cole Memo (and Washington and Colorado legalizing back in 2012), California finally got the picture that it needed to seriously clean up and get a hold of commercial medical cannabis if it wanted to avoid increased scrutiny and enforcement from the Department of Justice. 64 and MAUCRSA.

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How Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation Weathered the State’s Winter Storm

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in 2012, part of a medical cannabis market that has grown steadily ever since. . How did you find yourself one of the few history makers in the cannabis industry? District Growers wants to create some opportunities in the city, so we do the policy work to help make that happen.