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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

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According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5 billion respectively, according to a recent Forbes article. The history of the law surrounding this subject may offer insight. billion, with states like Colorado and Oregon bringing in over $2.2

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Is weed gay?: An abbreviated cultural history

SpeedWeed

In this series, part of Leafly’s celebration of Pride month, we’ll explore some of the connections between queer people and cannabis in terms of history, health, culture. . Cannabis has a history just as ancient. And we also know there is a vibrant history of edible usage during the Islamic Golden Age. Merten’s articles.

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Article: Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

Unlike novel chemical compounds that are synthetically produced in the pharmaceutical industry through drug development programs, psychedelic compounds have a long and established history. As we see more data emerge from clinical trials, we are likely to see patent applications covering stability, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic data.

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India: Bar & Bench Article: Is it time to decriminalise Cannabis use in India?

Cannabis Law Report

Further, while enacting the NDPS Act, Parliament did not take into consideration the positive effects of cannabis on human health and the history of use of cannabis in India, the petition stated. The Court insisted that without being experts in the field, it could not examine the technical data regarding useful effects of Ganja etc.

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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5 billion respectively, according to a recent Forbes article. The history of the law surrounding this subject may offer insight. billion, with states like Colorado and Oregon bringing in over $2.2

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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5 billion respectively, according to a recent Forbes article. The history of the law surrounding this subject may offer insight. billion, with states like Colorado and Oregon bringing in over $2.2

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What are they smoking? CNN says study found cannabis could double heart attack risk – but did it?

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Look no further than the 7th paragraph of the CNN article, where the lead author of the study is quoted as saying that the study “did not research how cannabis affects heart health.”. of non-users who experienced heart attacks was small enough to be “within the margin of error for nearly any survey or polling data.”

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