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Nevada NORML Takes Washington, DC

NORML

Once again, Nevada NORML has remained hard at work, advocating for both patient access and rights as well as the criminal justice reform that this country desperately requires. “The letter writing campaign was one of the most impactful ways that we showed legislators that their constituents want change.”

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Europe’s Cannabis-Friendly Hotspots Could Trigger an Economic Shift 

Veriheal

These countries have the collective potential to spark economic transformation across the EU, which has been bludgeoned by financial downfalls since the COVID pandemic; GDP sunk 6.3% million patients by 2027. Based on the patient growth figures, revenue projections look equally as promising. at the end of 2020.

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Why is US Cannabis Research Funded to Focus on Adverse Effects?

Veriheal

billion was funded into cannabis research between 2000 and 2018. Daniel Mallinson, a cannabis policy researcher, reviewed the funding analysis provided to Science Magazine and stated that, “The government’s budget is a political statement about what we value as a society. The cannabis research database displayed that $1.56

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Searching for the origin of Blue Dream marijuana strain

SpeedWeed

Nordahl curates an extremely unique collection of pot in the garden, and introduces me to a relatively ancient Santa Cruz grower, Yoda. This farm is unique—for its collection of rare, pure pot types, and for its existence at all. Watson was affiliated with a Santa Cruz-based collective called Sacred Seeds.

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Mississippi Supreme Court Strikes Down Successful Initiative 65 For Medical Marijuana

SpeedWeed

To qualify the initiative for the statewide ballot, supporters of the measure collected enough voter signatures in each of the five congressional districts that existed when Mississippi’s initiative process was drafted in the 1990s. Ruling Dashes Patients’ Hopes.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

However, the nature of the government regulations and the subsequent complexity of prescribing, as well as doctors’ safety uncertainties and the stigma of the plant, remain contributing barriers to patient access. Patients can legally access medicinal cannabis through a doctor, via the TGA’s Authorised Prescribers and Special Access schemes.

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Finnish Cannabis Association Collecting Signatures To Get Referendum On Cannabis Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

“ The referendum must collect 50,000 signatures for the project to be debated in Parliament, and collected half of it at the time of writing. Cannabis is a difficult fit in the current medical model and the voice of patients is often forgotten in the debate. Drug policy activism from the bottom up.