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Attorneys General Push for Marijuana Banking Reform

NORML

Finally, the ability to efficiently collect tax revenue from the marijuana industry, estimated to have generated $15 billion in sales in 2019, will provide critical relief for state and local governments predicting budget shortfalls due to the pandemic.”

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Far Beyond the Spanish Cannabis Scene: Spannabis 2019

Canna Law Blog

Culture, industry, business, mainstream and specialists, celebrities, growers, breeders and users from around the world met last weekend in and around Spannabis 2019. This degree of success was pretty much unimaginable when the event began 20 years ago.

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Article – Reed Smith: UK: Cannabis In The UK – A Regulatory Environment In Transition?

Cannabis Law Report

19 August 2019. Recently, three British MPs went to Canada on a fact-finding cross-party trip to consider the effects of a more relaxed regulatory environment in respect of cannabis. Authors – Carolyn E. Pepper and Jess Parry. No data is available regarding prescriptions written in respect of secondary care.

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NCAA Makes Historic Move: Cannabis Excluded From Prohibited List

Veriheal

Back in 2019, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced it was removing cannabis from its list of “drugs of abuse,” while the National Football League (NFL) suspended testing for THC during the off-season in 2021. In fact, it mirrors a broader movement among sports organizations towards a more lenient view on cannabis use.

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Cannabis Sustainability: GACP and GMP

Cannabis Law Report

On April 22, 2019, United Nations-based cannabis correspondent and global drug policy analyst Sara Brittany Somerset took advantage of our collective national climate focus to address the “ cannabis carbon footprint ” issue with her pertinent Earth Day Begs The Question: Is Cannabis Farming Sustainable? Pesticide Issues.

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San Francisco Considers Freezing Or Curtailing New Cannabis Permits Following Report On Declining Sales

Cannabis Law Report

The report only covers through September 2019, with fourth-quarter numbers still being collected, but it showed weed sales dropping 9.1 in May 2019, far higher than the $6 per gram average in Portland, and the $12 average seen in Los Angeles. million to $3.4 million on average.

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Flora Growth Engages Brigitte Baptiste As Strategic Advisor And Enters Into Cooperative Agreement With EAN University

Cannabis Law Report

She served as director of the renowned Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute from 2011 until 2019, and in September 2019, she became the director of EAN University. About Flora Growth Corp. These and other factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement.