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Cannabis laws in Luxembourg

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Medical : legal Recreational : decriminalized, legalization introduced. The proposed law would allow residents to cultivate up to four plants and consume at home, but public consumption remains illegal. Public consumption is still illegal. Luxembourg is in the midst of creating a legal recreational cannabis program.

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India: Bar & Bench Article: Is it time to decriminalise Cannabis use in India?

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In the context of increasing media scrutiny and widespread public attention on celebrities for their arrest and detention resulting from the purported use of cannabis, the question as to whether cannabis consumption should be decriminalised has once again assumed significance. Laws criminalising cannabis use.

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Is weed legal in Sweden?

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Also, while the country did legalize the use of cannabis for medical reasons in 2012, it was only five years later that the country approved two licenses for patients to use a type of low THC cannabis flower supplied by Dutch cannabis provider Bedrocan. What Swedish law permits for medical patients. in both the long and short term.”.

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

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While many countries around the world have legalized or decriminalized cannabis or have eased up on enforcement in recent years, in Japan in 2018 there was a sharp increase in cannabis-related arrests — and 80% of them were possession charges. Shutterstock). Who can get medical cannabis in Japan? What marijuana products are allowed in Japan?

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Cannabis as Medicine: 101

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It wasn’t until the movement by thousands of patients and patient advocates in the 1990’s that propelled the government to allow fair access to medical marijuana. Patients also had the right to produce their own or designate a grower to produce medical cannabis on their behalf. Legalization of recreational use.

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The Endocannabinoid System-History, Health and Why We Feel High

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Cannabis was a popular medical aid for patients suffering from rheumatic diseases and to help alleviate nausea. . It was not until the 1990’s that the government felt the pressure of thousands of medical patients advocating and fighting for the use of cannabis.

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Article – Reed Smith: UK: Cannabis In The UK – A Regulatory Environment In Transition?

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The recent trend towards decriminalization of cannabis in other countries suggests they may be right, but in the meantime, a proliferation of products containing extracts from cannabis plants are appearing in UK stores. What is the relevant legislation? Novel Foods Regulation.