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Thailand’s Cannabis Turn-Around, Texas GOP’s Drug Policy Platform, and a New Study on Cannabis Road Safety

Veriheal

Though it’s now home to one of the most progressive cannabis policies on the planet , a look back at Thailand’s recent history reveals just how far the nation has come. In 2001, Thai voters elected Thaksin Shinawatra as their new prime minister due in large part to his popular “war on drugs” platform.

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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Michael Bloomberg

Canna Law Blog

Last fall, we ran a 13-part series taking a hard look at each of the 2020 presidential candidates’ history and views related to marijuana. Past legislative history : How many marijuana-related bills did this candidate introduce, sponsor or sign? If a candidate does not actively advocate for marijuana, we doubt their conviction.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

Veriheal

New York’s rec market is slowly but surely rolling out, a peer-reviewed study linked state cannabis prohibition to high race-based arrests, and an analysis of thousands of Army records revealed that recruits with a history of cannabis use are just as likely as their peers to excel. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews. Despite the U.S.

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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. The Tokyo Marijuana March has been held since 2001, though it’s a much more reserved and smoke-free event than its counterparts in many other countries.

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Psych Newsletter UK Interviews MP, Crispin Blunt

Cannabis Law Report

PSYCH sat down with Blunt and Timmy Davis, Psilocybin Rescheduling Project Manager at the Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group , to discuss the groundbreaking study and the future of the nation’s psychedelic healthcare industry, and receive an update on lobbying. PSYCH asked for an overview for its readers.

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UK: Tory MP Crispin Blunt At Loggerheads With The Home Office Over Psilocybin Research

Cannabis Law Report

Despite this, the Home Office “fails to act, perpetuating what can be considered the worst research blackout in scientific history,” according to the Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group (CDPRG), of which Mr Blunt is chairman. We currently have no plans to reschedule psilocybin under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.”.

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Doctors to Debate Medical Pot as More Patients Expected to Ask for Prescriptions

Puff Puff Post

Provincial and territorial medical regulatory authorities have put medical marijuana policies in place for doctors. Canada began providing limited legal access to dried marijuana starting in 1999, before patients could possess it with a doctor’s authorization for medical purposes starting in 2001.