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Surgeon General’s Advisory Highlights Need for Further Cannabis Regulation, Not Criminalization

NORML

Remarks made today by the United States Surgeon General highlighting “the importance of protecting our nation from the health risks of marijuana use in adolescents and during pregnancy” fail to acknowledge the role that a regulated market can play in mitigating the use of cannabis by potentially high-risk populations.

Education 230
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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Purpose of the Study. Central Research Question.

Policy 105
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Executive Spotlight: George Jage

Cannabis Law Report

George Jage is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Jage Media and Jage Media’s national, cannabis CPG Trade Show MJ Unpacked. Jage Media also operates MJ Brand Insights, providing sharp, substantive, and reliable industry intel for cannabis brands and retailers. Years at current company: 2.

Media 111
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Mass Roots: Deadly Dietrich Is Back & He Has A New Buddy, Mr Meeks & They Are Embroiled In A $12 Million Arbitration Claim By A Caymans Investment Fund.

Cannabis Law Report

MJ Biz report today ( MJ Biz Report – Cannabis tech firm MassRoots, hedge fund in legal tangle over stock claim ) that toady Isaac Dietrich is being sued by Iroquois Capital Management of the Cayman Islands. Established in 2002, Empire Services, Inc. how we missed him… like a hole in the head. The Good Old Days !!

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Mumbai: Australian lobbying to legalise cannabis in India arrested at Mumbai’s Hawaiian Shack restaurant on LSD importation & distribution charges

Cannabis Law Report

A n Australian national working to legalise the medical use of cannabis in India was arrested by the Mumbai Police outside a posh pub Friday for alleged possession of LSD worth Rs 1.8 The accused, Dr Reza Borhani, 50, runs a firm, Cannabis Health and Sciences Pvt Ltd, which has been pushing for legalisation of cannabis for medicinal use.

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NFL Players Seek Change in League’s Marijuana Policy Following MLB Doing So

The Joint Blog

In May, Davis co-founded a new sports drink infused with CBD known as DEFY, after becoming convinced of the cannabis-derived compound’s benefits. Davis, who retired during the 2002 preseason, said adopting a policy similar to MLB’s would improve players’ quality of life.

Policy 41
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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

Denver, Colorado was the first jurisdiction to decriminalize the use of psilocybin via ballot initiative in May 2019. Then, in November 2019, the FDA granted the designation to the nonprofit Usona Institute to study psilocybin’s effect on major depressive order, for which clinical trials are currently under way. Ashcroft , 282 F.

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