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

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R v Parker , [2000] OJ No 2787 (ONCA) at para 106. A decade after this shift in 2000, it was no longer career ending to admit that one had inhaled. The judge agreed with him, saying (at para 28): The seizures associated with Parker’s epilepsy constitute a serious threat to his health and safety.

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Doctor Block…….”A Physician Botanist’s Insight to Cannabis species: The Naming of Plants and Products”

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Cannabis plants that contain higher amounts of the intoxicating psychoactive cannabinoid THC are used for medical purposes and as a recreational drug. Their statements relied on data accrued starting in 2000; when the average dry-weight percentage of THC was <5%. More on potency will be discussed in future blogs.

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Here Comes the First Approved MDMA (Ecstasy) Drug

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The drug caught DEA’s attention when recreational use proliferated. The first MAPS study on MDMA was a 1994 Phase I drug trial (Phase I trials study the safety but not the efficacy of a proposed drug in humans). After that study and several others showed MDMA was safe, MAPS funded and launched six, Phase II studies in 2000.

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Here Comes the First Approved Ecstasy (MDMA) Drug

Canna Law Blog

The drug caught DEA’s attention when recreational use proliferated. The first MAPS study on MDMA was a 1994 Phase I drug trial (Phase I trials study the safety but not the efficacy of a proposed drug in humans). After that study and several others showed MDMA was safe, MAPS funded and launched six, Phase II studies in 2000.

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Kentucky Could be on the Path to Medical Marijuana

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In a cautious – but hardly new – approach, Kentucky wants to see both sides’ perspectives on the safety and benefits of medical marijuana. Based on previous instances in other states, chances are that the same talking points about safety, risk vs. reward and potentially tired arguments that have been debunked. Out in the Open. .

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Article: In the Weeds: Marijuana Legalization & Employment Laws

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respondents said marijuana use should be legal, compared to 31 percent who supported legalization in the year 2000. [1] have legalized medical marijuana use, and 11 states have legalized recreational marijuana use. [2]. In 2012, Washington and Colorado became the first two states to legalize marijuana for recreational use. [8]

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Article: Who is Impacted if Marijuana is Reclassified as a Schedule II Drug

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sat on the Denver County Court bench 2000-2015. She has also served as the past chair of ABA National Conference of Specialized Court Judges; the President of the American Judge’s Association and the Colorado Women’s Bar Association Foundation, and, as a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Judicial Outreach Liaison.