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

Cannabis Law Report

Canada first criminalized the possession, use and trade of marijuana in the Narcotics Drug Act of 1923. One Member of Parliament – referring to marijuana – casually replied: “there is a new drug in the schedule.”. Marijuana use increased in the 1960s, along with its criminalization and enforcement.

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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. Is marijuana legal in Portugal? Patients with cannabis licenses can obtain medical marijuana in Portugal from licensed pharmacies and dispensaries. Portugal marijuana laws: rehabilitation and punishment.

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

Japan has some of the harshest drug policies on Earth, including for cannabis — and is one of the worst places on Earth to get arrested on marijuana possession charges. Some hemp cultivation is permitted in Japan, but on a relatively very small scale. What marijuana products are allowed in Japan?

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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 examiner writes… At the heart of California’s marijuana industry is a Corkman. The cannabis crop is no different, with a cloudy summer and heavy early rain damaging the cultivation operation throughout northern California. He opened the doors on April 4, 2001, and, remarkably, was never raided. Mould is a major issue.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

Chronic pain or pain were the conditions most frequently mentioned in articles about cannabis, followed by epilepsy, cancer or cancer pain, and nausea and chemotherapy. Refractory paediatric epilepsy. The search terms used were as follows: “medicinal cannabis”; “cannabis”; “marijuana”; “medic* marijuana”; and “medic* cannabis”.

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The Marijuana Conspiracy

Cannabis Info

The Marijuana Conspiracy. Marijuana does NOT pose a threat to the general public. While marijuana users have every right to check into high-end drug rehabilitation facilities if they want, the dangers of marijuana are more directed towards big business. MARIJUANA is DANGEROUS”. The Real Reason why Hemp is Illegal.