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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22/20

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Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access. AL resident? AZ resident? California.

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Medical Cannabis Now Legal in California Health Care Facilities

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

California hospital facilities will be allowed to use medical cannabis for terminally ill patients. Gavin Newsom signed into law the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act, or Ryan’s Law – remarkable for the fact that he vetoed a similar measure in 2019 due to conflict with federal law. Call us at 714-937-2050.

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Australia – Policy Analysis: Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy – “there is little evidence to justify the differential treatment of medicinal cannabis patients, compared with those taking other prescription medications”

Cannabis Law Report

We conclude that in medical-only access models there is little evidence to justify the differential treatment of medicinal cannabis patients, compared with those taking other prescription medications with potentially impairing effects. Access to treatment. Daniel Perkins a b Hugh Brophy a Iain S. Conclusion. Medicinal cannabis.

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Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program, What To Know

Cannabis Law Report

Dispensaries were declared essential businesses and patients were given access to telemedicine consultations to obtain medical marijuana user cards. While COVID fast-tracked certain aspects of the PA cannabis industry, major hurdles, like access to proper banking services, still plague operators in the space. 2050 and S.B.

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What Are the Odds U.S. Senate Will Legalize Pot at the Federal Level?

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

Our Southern California cannabis lawyers have been carefully eyeing the legal developments happening at the federal level, with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer of New York recently releasing draft legislation that would legalize marijuana in the U.S. Marijuana is Legal in Many States – Why Does Federal Legalization Matter?

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Policy Analysis Paper: Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy

Cannabis Law Report

Recent shifting attitudes towards the medical use of cannabis has seen legal access pathways established in many jurisdictions in North America, Europe and Australasia. Others who need to drive are excluded from accessing a needed medication and associated therapeutic benefit. Conclusion. S0955395921002127-main.

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Costa Rica: Will He Won’t He? President Alvarado Sitting On Cannabis Bill

Cannabis Law Report

Costa Rica’s president said he is studying a bill that would legalize medical marijuana and industrial hemp, giving no clear indication if he will sign the measure into law or not. The law would limit marijuana to medicinal and therapeutic use, and does not legalize adult-use (recreational) marijuana. Hemp Today Reports.