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Political Parties In Portugal Propose Adult Use Laws

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

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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. The court of Criminal Appeal handed a 63-year-old man a suspended sentence for cultivating just 0.02 Malta Today reports.

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Article – Dechert LLP: Medicinal Cannabis in the UK: Fund Structuring, Investment and Listing Considerations

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Despite the potential scale of this nascent market, the UK seems to be relatively slow to issue permissions for medical cannabis companies to operate, with only two licences issued as of January 2021 for the cultivation of medicinal cannabis in the UK. The UK’s anti-money laundering laws are contained in Part 7 of PoCA. Fund Marketing.

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Portuguse medical cannabis exports increase by 600% says new report

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In 2001 Portugal was in fact the first European state to decriminalize the use of all narcotic substances and in February 2019 the law authorizing the cultivation and export of cannabis came into force. In Greece electricity is very expensive, in Italy there are businesses you don’t want to be involved with .

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Portuguese Hemp Farmers Face Raids Due to Legal Confusion

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One of the complications of the rapidly changing cannabis laws around the world is that it can be difficult to keep up with exactly what the specific regulations are where you live. Many people who want to cooperate with the law have been tripped up by not knowing exactly what is and what isn’t permitted.

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New Commission Formed in the United Kingdom Plans to Publish Recommendations on How the UK Can Become a Global Leader in Cannabinoid Innovation

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With five guiding objectives, the commission will reportedly consider the UK’s cannabis industry’s entire supply chain from cultivation, research and development to product development and manufacturing and sales. Such a review is long overdue,” said Jeremy Willcocks, Partner at law firm Arnold & Porter.

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Is Your Cannabis Billboard DCC Compliant in California?

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Tiffiny Walls-Fox is a partner at Edlin Gallagher Huie + Blum with 13 years of experience practicing law who takes an entrepreneurial approach to helping clients resolve their most daunting legal challenges. She specializes in cannabis law, construction law, product liability, toxic tort, and trucking and auto casualty matters.