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NORML
JANUARY 25, 2024
State regulations governing the alcohol market permit adults the option to legally brew non-commercial quantities of their own alcohol, and it is consistent with this policy to similarly permit home cultivation. The post New York: Regulators to Sign Off on Home Cultivation Rules at February Meeting appeared first on NORML.
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NORML
MAY 10, 2023
The post State Policy Weekly Update 5/10/2023 appeared first on NORML. Highlights include: FL, ME, MD, MO, MV, NH, OH, PA, VT, and WA.
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NORML
MAY 24, 2023
The post State Policy Weekly Update 5/24/2023 appeared first on NORML. Highlights include LA, ME, MD, MN, MT, NV, NH, NY, OH, PA, and RI.
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Cannabis Law Report
DECEMBER 21, 2020
In April 2020, Lebanon’s parliament, in an effort to boost the economy and government balance sheet, passed a law legalizing cannabis farming for medicinal and … Read More. The post Policy Implications of Legalizing Cannabis Cultivation in Lebanon – Lebanese American University Presentation first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.
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NORML
MARCH 22, 2023
The post State Policy Weekly Update 3/22/2023 appeared first on NORML. Highlights in: AZ, DE, IL, KS, KY, MA, MD, NH, NY, TX, VT, WA, and WV.
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NORML
MAY 17, 2023
The post State Policy Weekly Update 5/17/2023 appeared first on NORML. Highlights include CA, LA, MD, MN, NH, & VT.
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NORML
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Highlights include: AZ, CO, GA, KS, ME, MD, NH, NM, RI, TX, VT, VA, and WV The post State Policy Weekly Update 2/14/2023 appeared first on NORML.
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Veriheal
MAY 29, 2023
Secret Service (USSS) recently loosened its applicant drug use policy to be more accommodating to past cannabis consumers. Before this policy, cannabis use within the past three years led to automatic disqualification. Cannabis is increasingly being legalized in many U.S.
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NORML
AUGUST 2, 2019
A federal court has ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to respond to a lawsuit charging the agency with failing to move forward with a 2016 policy to expand the total number of federally licensed marijuana cultivators. On July 29, the Appellate Court ordered to provide a written response to the filing with 30 days.
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NORML
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
In 2012, I was proud to help fund and promote the passage of I-502 which legalized, taxed, and regulated marijuana in my home state of Washington. Legislation is currently stalled in the House and Senate to allow adults to cultivate up to six marijuana plants in their homes. But, even more simply, it just makes sense.
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Cannabis Law Report
OCTOBER 20, 2022
20 October 2022 Policy briefing Environmental impacts are rarely taken into account in the cannabis regulation debate.
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NORML
JUNE 25, 2019
Pritzker has signed legislation legalizing the adult use of marijuana and regulating its commercial production and retail sale. Illinois is now the eleventh state to legalize adult-use marijuana, and it is the second state to legalize marijuana use via legislative action rather than by voter initiative. Illinois Gov.
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NORML
AUGUST 19, 2019
Currently, public support for legalizing weed nationwide is at an all-time high: 62 percent of Americans favor legalizing the adult use of marijuana, while over 90 percent want access to medical cannabis. The issue isn’t if marijuana will be legalized anymore. What will happen at the local levels if it does become law?
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Cannabis Law Report
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Louis on Monday signed a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession and cultivation for adults, a local reform that comes as efforts to legalize cannabis statewide in Missouri are also gaining momentum. It would also make it so that “no resources” could be spent to punish adults for cultivating up to six flowering plants.
Veriheal
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
states and the District of Columbia currently have legal cannabis, medical or recreational. Despite this massive shift in cannabis policy, however, a few states are still dragging their feet on cannabis legalization. To its credit, the state does seem to be making minor strides toward cannabis legalization lately.
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Veriheal
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
The legal cannabis industry in the United States has slowly expanded over the last decade. With legalization, patients and consumers have more freedom in product choice, and many are turning to homegrown cannabis. With legalization, patients and consumers have more freedom in product choice, and many are turning to homegrown cannabis.
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Veriheal
JUNE 28, 2022
The Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe is expanding cannabis cultivation efforts to fuel their expanding MMJ program that has already grown to serve over 10,000 patients, outstripping South Dakota’s state MMJ program by leaps and bounds. Voters legalized medical cannabis in South Dakota via ballot initiative on November 3rd, 2020.
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MMJ Recs
APRIL 19, 2024
From its prohibition to the gradual legalization and implementation of medical cannabis programs, the landscape of marijuana use for medical purposes has shifted dramatically. However, in recent years, public attitudes towards marijuana have shifted, leading to changes in legislation and public policy.
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Canna Law Blog
JANUARY 11, 2023
However, Google recently has decided to relax its advertising policies– at least around hemp and hemp CBD products. Advertisers will, among many other things, need to: Demonstrate the product’s compliance with all other (legal and regulatory) standards. But not all cannabis advertising is created equal on Google.
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NORML
AUGUST 26, 2019
According to the agency’s filing today in the Federal Register, the DEA “intends to promulgate regulations” to evaluate several dozen applications before it from private entities that wish to cultivate cannabis for FDA-approved research. However, this is not the first time the agency has made such a promise.
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MMJ Recs
MARCH 23, 2024
Health Effects of Cannabis Legalization in Michigan The health effects of cannabis legalization in Michigan encompass both potential benefits and risks for residents. Legalization may offer expanded access to medical cannabis for patients suffering from various conditions, providing alternative treatment options and symptom relief.
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The Cannigma
JUNE 12, 2022
Recreational: not legal, possession decriminalized Medical: legal. Recreational cannabis is not legal in Ukraine, but possession of up to 5 grams is decriminalized and there is a limited, but expanding, medical program. Cultivation and sale of cannabis plants are illegal in Ukraine. The post Is weed legal in Ukraine?
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Medical Marijuana Program Connection
OCTOBER 8, 2023
A marijuana plant at a cultivation facility in Anchorage. Loren Holmes / ADN) The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday will consider a proposal that would reform. Read More
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Cannabis Law Report
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Ganjapreneur reports In a policy document, the German government outlined its plans to legalize cannabis nationally, with plans to allow possession of up to 20 grams by adults 18 and older, the Australian Associated Press reports. The plan would limit THC […].
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Veriheal
DECEMBER 29, 2023
The African country of Ghana has recently passed legislation that will allow for the cultivation of marijuana under specific guidelines. In doing so, it has joined other African countries like Zimbabwe and Uganda in legalizing cannabis use for medicinal and industrial purposes.
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Veriheal
DECEMBER 14, 2021
In accordance with this, a new study found that states with legal cannabis markets have been less likely to experience incidences of EVALI, suggesting that properly regulated vape pens are not the problem. The report noted that the states with legalized recreational cannabis “fell into the lower two quintiles for EVALI prevalence.”
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MJ Business Attorneys
JULY 24, 2019
Areas that have approved the sale of cannabis still deal with a “gray market” where legal and illegal marijuana markets coexist. It is a scenario that frustrates legal cannabis businesses and law enforcement alike. Law enforcement has found Colorado-grown plants in 34 other states.
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Cannabis Law Report
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
Legally recognizing cannabis farming as agriculture and allowing craft producers to sell directly to consumers is essential to small operators, consumers, and patients across the U.S.”. Mark Barnett, Policy Director at the Maine Craft Cannabis Association. as cannabis becomes federally legal.”. 14, 2022 by Rep. About NCCC.
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NORML
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
A complex and comprehensive plan laid out in over 200 pages of legislative text, the CRTA would implement one of the most tightly regulated, highly taxed and heavily controlled legal cannabis markets in the world. The explicit language barring patients from “smoking” would be removed.
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NORML
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Activities involving the personal possession and/or cultivation of cannabis in private are no longer subject to either criminal or civil penalties in the Australian Capital Territory, in accordance with legislation that took effect last week. Additional information about the new policy is available online here.
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NORML
JANUARY 7, 2019
Since the passage of Proposition 1 , officially known as the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act , which legalized the sale, possession, consumption and cultivation of marijuana for adults 21 and up last November, members of Michigan NORML have encountered a new challenge: municipal opt-out.
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OCTOBER 26, 2019
amarujala.com reports On the lines of Uttarakhand, now even in Himachal Pradesh, the state government is preparing to approve the cultivation of hemp under the law. The state tax and excise department is preparing a policy on this, under which cannabis cultivation will be legalized for life saving drugs and some other treatments.
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SpeedWeed
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
An Ohio non-profit organization and a cannabis cultivator are working together to help individuals who have been incarcerated for cannabis-related charges to receive education in cannabis cultivation. Three Programs in Ohio Teach All Angles of Cultivation. URC Grows is split up into three programs. View original article.
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Cannabis Law Report
MARCH 28, 2023
ICBC reports The public policy avenue that most people are familiar with when it comes to legalization efforts is when lawmakers approve a reform measure in a particular jurisdiction. After all, people are elected or appointed to make laws, and legislative action is the most straightforward way to codify something into law.
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Veriheal
JANUARY 26, 2021
The state of Washington followed in the footsteps of Colorado legalizing an adult-use retail cannabis market in 2015. Medical cannabis has been legal in the state of Washington since 1998. The 2021 legislative session is set to see some changes to cannabis policy. Legal Cultivation at Home.
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Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
A Kentucky lawmaker announced on Monday that she is pre-filing bills to legalize possession, limited sales and home cultivation of marijuana in the state for the 2022 session, with endorsements from several leading advocacy groups. Kentucky Lawmaker Pre-Files Marijuana Legalization Bills For 2022 Session. Full story. .
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MMJ Recs
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
We’re exploring the legal rights of MMJ patients in Missouri, the significance of advocating for their interests, legal protections available, the state’s medical cannabis regulations, the role of MMJ patient advocacy groups, and the success stories that highlight the impact of advocacy efforts.
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SMPL
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Available Now for Interview and Analysis: DPA International Drug Policy Expert Hannah Hetzer. In two separate rulings Wednesday, Mexico’s Supreme Court effectively set binding precedent that ends the country’s prohibition on marijuana use, possession and cultivation. Contact: Tony Newman 646-335-5384. Hannah Hetzer 917-701-7060.
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Cannabis Law Report
JULY 2, 2022
The move is another small step in the direction of making cannabis policy more lenient toward consumers who may be otherwise law-abiding citizens. It was only in 2013 that the country aligned its policy with the rest of the Union and allowed the cultivation of hemp by local farmers. Source: [link].
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MassRoots
JANUARY 5, 2019
Making history as the first country in Southeast Asia to do so, Thailand legalized medical cannabis on December 24, 2018. This came as a surprise to some considering that Thailand has a reputation for having notoriously harsh laws regarding the use, cultivation, production and transportation of any drugs.
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CannaMD
MARCH 19, 2020
To that, end we’ve organized official policies – including delivery details and more – for all Florida dispensaries , below. We pride ourselves on the cleanliness and sanitary conditions of our facilities and dispensaries and have an ongoing Safety Policy Plan to assure sanitary production facilities. Hand sanitizing stations.
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MassRoots
AUGUST 19, 2020
However, a recent survey showed that over 62 percent of likely voters now support legalizing cannabis, suggesting a recent change of heart in the Grand Canyon State. 207 would make it legal for adults in Arizona to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, so long as no more than five grams of that marijuana is in the form of concentrates.
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Medical Marijuana Program Connection
DECEMBER 7, 2023
With Issue 2 taking effect Thursday, questions still loom about marijuana legalization in Ohio. The statute legalizes the purchase, possession and cultivation of marijuana for. Read More
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MMJ Recs
MARCH 16, 2024
Overview of the Medical Marijuana Industry The medical marijuana industry has experienced significant growth and evolution in recent years, fueled by shifting attitudes, changing regulations, and expanding legalization efforts across various jurisdictions.
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