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PERSPECTIVE: Colorado after legalized marijuana | Opinion

Medical Marijuana Program Connection

On November 7, 2000, Coloradans approved Amendment 20, which legalized the use of marijuana. In 2012, recreational use of marijuana. Read More

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South Dakota Legalized Both Recreational and Medical Cannabis. Now What?

Leafwell

Using or possessing any amount of cannabis within state borders carried a $2000 fine and a year in prison, with the possibility of a felony charge, ten years behind bars and a maximum fine of $20,000. Before Election Day 2020, it was safe to call South Dakota one of the most conservatives states in the country when it comes to cannabis.

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Canada: The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker

Cannabis Law Report

R v Parker , [2000] OJ No 2787 (ONCA) at para 106. Canada first criminalized the possession, use and trade of marijuana in the Narcotics Drug Act of 1923. One Member of Parliament – referring to marijuana – casually replied: “there is a new drug in the schedule.”. In the late 1960s, Parker tried marijuana recreationally.

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Boston Celtic Great Paul Pierce Launches Marijuana Brand

Cannabis Law Report

Products under the Truth product banner will enter the marijuana marketplace in late 2021, including concentrates, edibles and lotions. Pierce is launching the brand with marijuana operator The Hub Craft. Pierce said cannabis helped him get over a stabbing he suffered in 2000. He turned to medical marijuana.

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In legal weed states, employees are failing drug tests at record pace

The Cannigma

The number of employees testing positive for cannabis has soared over the past decade, especially in states with legal recreational marijuana, a recent report found. The 2021 Drug Testing Index carried out by Quest Diagnostics found that in states with legalized recreational marijuana , positivity rates for marijuana testing rose 118.2%

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History of Marijuana in Mexico

Cannabis Law Report

Origin of marijuana in Mexico. From then on, the Mexican Indians began to cultivate hemp in their lands, initiating an extensive agriculture of marijuana plants in the territory. The 2000-2020s and their road to regularization. The plant was then easily forming part of the local culture. The decade of the 60’s.

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Which states allow out-of-state patients to buy medical marijuana?

Veriheal

However, the number of states that will authorize qualified patients from out-of-state medical marijuana programs is still relatively small. . That doesn’t mean you can’t access a green state’s medical marijuana programs, though. There are basically two levels of legalized cannabis: medical and recreational. California.

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