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What’s the deal with cannabis consumption lounges?

The Cannigma

Just like the prohibition years of alcohol, it used to be that cannabis could be legally consumed only behind closed doors, down dank alleys, and in dark underground speakeasies. While cannabis is swiftly gaining in popularity, public prohibitions on use have derailed efforts to “normalize” and elevate cannabis as an alcohol alternative.

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Survey Reveals Almost Half of Canada’s MMJ Patients Reduced Their Alcohol and Opioid Consumption

Veriheal

New data published in the Journal of Cannabis Research claims that almost one in two authorized medical cannabis patients in Canada managed to either completely stop or reduce their intake of controlled substances, such as alcohol and opioids , by using cannabis. Cannabis’ Place in Substance Abuse Recovery .

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Malta: Prison over 0.02 grams of cannabis, and a 20-year wait for justice to be served

Cannabis Law Report

Arrested in 2001 but arraigned 18 months later, Eugenio Camenzuli posted a guilty plea on his first sitting in 2006, but spent 20 years before an appeal overturned a prison sentence for just 0.02g of cannabis. of a gram of cannabis 20 years ago, sparing him the six-month prison sentence he had originally been handed.

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Cannabis laws in Luxembourg

The Cannigma

Luxembourg is in the midst of creating a legal recreational cannabis program. The proposed law would allow residents to cultivate up to four plants and consume at home, but public consumption remains illegal. Medical cannabis has been legal in Luxembourg since 2018. Cannabis in Luxembourg. Possible penalties.

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Political Parties In Portugal Propose Adult Use Laws

Cannabis Law Report

Team Leafie Report … Two political parties in Portugal, Left Bloc and Liberal Initiative, have each presented proposed laws for adult-use cannabis legalisation in the country this week, according to a report in Portugal News. While the Liberal Initiative party proposes little-to-no state control over cultivation, trade or consumption.

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Terpene Spotlight: Pulegone

FloridaMarijuana.net

Cannabis has been used for human consumption for centuries. Cannabis has been a source of food, fuel, paper, and building materials, a textile fiber, and a folk medicine remedy for thousands of years. Cannabis possesses healing properties which can aid in a patient’s overall healthcare routine. Paduch, Kandefer-Szersze?,

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Study: Medical Cannabis Use Has Little to No Effect on Driving Abilities

The Joint Blog

According to a new study published in the Journal of Concurrent Disorders, those who consistently use medical cannabis show little to no difference in their driving performance following cannabis inhalation. The study, titled Effects of therapeutic cannabis on simulated driving: A pilot study, was first reported on by NORML.