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Marijuana Banking Passes Critical Committee

NORML

This ongoing federal prohibition forces this newly emerging billion-dollar industry operates largely on a cash-only basis — an environment that makes businesses more susceptible to theft and more difficult to audit. Total marijuana arrests in 2017 increased for the second straight year , after having fallen for nearly a decade.

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California’s cannabis departments seeks members for Cannabis Advisory Committee: Committee members will advise Department of Cannabis Control on cannabis regulations and public policy

Cannabis Law Report

Committee members will advise Department of Cannabis Control on cannabis regulations and public policy. This will be the first time DCC makes appointments to this body and the first time since its establishment in 2017 that every seat will be open for consideration.

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Marijuana Banking Bill Scheduled For Committee Markup

NORML

This ongoing federal prohibition forces this newly emerging billion-dollar industry operates largely on a cash-only basis — an environment that makes businesses more susceptible to theft and more difficult to audit. “The banking issue is just one aspect of the failed policy of federal marijuana criminalization.

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Unions Blowing Smoke with "Green Lung" Myth

MJ Business Attorneys

There is no data showing that there are pervasive health or safety issues in the cannabis industry. The cannabis industry is heavily regulated and the testing programs are unlike the public safety regulations for any commodity in the world. In Colorado, forced unionization is not allowed.

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Do you trust your doctor about cannabis?

The Cannigma

A 2018 research paper in the International Journal of Drug Policy analyzed in-depth interviews carried out with 24 Israeli physicians working in pain medicine, oncology, and family medicine, and found that “physicians discussed contrasting narratives of cananbi, presenting it as both a medicine and non-medicine.”

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5 Medical Cannabis Strains That Can be Used to Treat PTSD

FloridaMarijuana.net

According to the MAPS website they are “working to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of smoked botanical marijuana as a prescription medicine for specific medical uses to the satisfaction of the U.S. On December 17, 2014, MAPS was awarded a $2 million grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to complete the study.

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New York: New Report Released Showing Ongoing Extreme Racial Disparities in Marijuana Enforcement at City and County Levels

NORML

Safeguarding safety and public health through advertising restrictions, stringent quality control, harm reduction options, and public education. In 2017, in the main upstate cities, black people were 12.1 In the rest of the state in 2017 (outside of NYC and the main Upstate cities), black people were 11.2 times more likely.

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