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LIFE FOR POT: Why Relief Is Needed For Incarcerated Cannabis Offenders

NORML

Those draconian sentences were handed down in the year 2000 by the District Court of the Northern District of Florida. Since those harsh sentences were handed down, 33 states have legalized the sale of cannabis in some form and 11 states and the District of Columbia have legalized it’s adult-use.

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Medical Marijuana is Being Used to Treat Dementia With Success

FloridaMarijuana.net

They estimate that the number of people aged 65 years and older is expected to increase from 35 million in 2000 to 71 million in 2030. million in 2000 to 19.5 Within the past 30 years, there has been an increase in substantial research which supports cannabis as a medical intervention. million in 2030.

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Illinois continues strong cannabis sales for July and August

Illinois News Joint

After not announcing the monthly totals for July, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for July and August 2024. July totals reached $143,344,184.07, and August sales totaled reached $147,391,733.03, the third-highest monthly totals since legalization (January 2000).

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Australia: ASX Listed Althea Says It Now Has 2000 Cannabis Patients On Its Books

Cannabis Law Report

ASX-listed medical marijuana company Althea says it is providing cannabis to nearly 2000 Australian patients with debilitating conditions. Althea is focused on medical education and this is proving that by working closely with healthcare professionals, medicinal cannabis can reach an ever-increasing number of patients.”.

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Dr. Andrew Weil on Cannabis and Integrative Medicine

Project CBD

He is the author of several bestselling books, including Spontaneous Healing (1995), Eating Well for Optimum Health (2000), and Healthy Aging (2007). NM: As someone who has been researching cannabis for decades, how do you feel about the current legalization situation worldwide and in Japan, in particular? It was very safe.

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Nevada NORML Takes Washington, DC

NORML

However, this time, they’ve taken their advocacy to our nation’s capital for NORML’s National Conference to lobby for reform on the federal level and expanded access to medicinal cannabis, such as The MORE Act and the Veterans Affairs Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2019.

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Nevada’s drug classification for cannabis ruled unconstitutional by judge

Cannabis Law Report

The Nevada Board of Pharmacy’s classification of cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug is unconstitutional, a district judge ruled Wednesday. agreed with the ACLU’s argument that marijuana does have an accepted medical use, because voters amended the state constitution in 2000 to legalize medical marijuana.

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