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

Cannabis Law Report

Canada emerged as the first federal G7 and G20 nation – the second country ever – to legalize the cultivation and consumption of cannabis and its by-products. Canada emerged as the first federal G7 and G20 nation – the second country ever – to legalize the cultivation and consumption of cannabis and its by-products.

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Is weed legal in Portugal?

The Cannigma

In 2001, in one of the most progressive social moves surrounding drug usage, Portugal decriminalized all drugs, weed included. Medical marijuana has been approved by the Portuguese government for use in treating pain pathologies, such as oncology, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy. Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized.

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Mondaq-Dentons(UK)European Union: Will Medical Cannabis Soon Be Part Of The European Single Market?

Cannabis Law Report

In the EU each member state is competent to decide whether the cultivation and use of medical cannabis is legal, and is responsible for regulation. The legalization of cultivation and use of medical cannabis in the EU. However, and contrary to the US and Canada, no EU-wide policy for medical cannabis has been enacted yet.

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

Some hemp cultivation is permitted in Japan, but on a relatively very small scale. In 2019, Japan approved clinical trials for Epidiolox — a cannabis derived medicine used to treat severe forms of childhood epilepsy such as Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes. That could potentially change in the near future, however.

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Serbian Patients Face Jail as Medical Marijuana Legalisation Stalls. so far 20 have gone to jail

Cannabis Law Report

Fifty-nine-year old Dragoljub Mrdjic has suffered from epilepsy for most of his life. Few medicines have helped him, but his condition drastically improved after he started treating himself with cannabis oil in 2001. “I I tried standard medicine, but there wasn’t much of a result.

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Go West Young Man, A Cork Cannabis Farmer’s Experiences In The Regulated California Market

Cannabis Law Report

The cannabis crop is no different, with a cloudy summer and heavy early rain damaging the cultivation operation throughout northern California. Some 682 complaints had been received relating to cannabis cultivation on private property in the previous 18 months, with the vast majority of these — 638 — forced to stop growing.

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Here’s What Neuroimaging Can Tell Us About the Psychedelic Experience

SpeedWeed

Due to it’s high temporal value, EEG shines at detecting epilepsy, sleep disorders, dementia and any other structural brain disease or disorder. This technique remained the dominant perspective within neuroscience until 2001 by a stroke of genius from neurologist Marcus Raichle.