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

NORML

According to an August 2019 federal report , past-year marijuana use by those ages 12 to 17 has fallen consistently since 2002, from 15.8 Since 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to regulate adult-use access, past-year youth use has fallen eight percent. percent to 12.5

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All Cannabis Use Is Political

The Cannigma

So while a cannabis business can join their local chamber of commerce, a patient in hospice can be denied access to medical cannabis. Those who access cannabis through the hemp market or own businesses in hemp are not protected either, as loose definitions of hemp that can be altered in the next Farm Bill reauthorization.

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Press Release: Launch of the Psychedelic Access and Research European Alliance – PAREA

Cannabis Law Report

We will be joined by excellent speakers including Dr. Thomas Insel – Former Director of the US National Institute of Mental Health (2002 – 2015), Prof. All this is amplified by vast inequalities in healthcare delivery across Europe and poor mental health care and services. David Nutt and Prof.

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Australian General Election, Legalise Cannabis Party Candidates Profiles: Michelle Stanvic ACT

Cannabis Law Report

Road Safety laws to be amended to allow for a defence for medicinal users. I would like to see the establishment of a state based, compassionate access scheme subsidising corporate medicine, as proposed by the Barriers to Medical Cannabis Inquiry in March 2020. Michelle Stanvic. Michelle Stanvic. SEAT YOU ARE STANDING IN + STATE.

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Karma Koala Podcast Episode 59 – 2021 Review & Looking Forward To 2022: Featuring Liz Rogan, Wesley Hein, Jay Czarkowski, Anthony Coniglio, Esther LeNoir Ramirez

Cannabis Law Report

Authority on real estate development and cultivation design, holding a commercial general contractor license since 2002. Founding member of the National Cannabis Industry Association, Lifetime Investor member of the ArcView Group, and sustaining member of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) and Americans for Safe Access (ASA).

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South Africa: The Cannabis judgment: Implications for society and the workplace

Cannabis Law Report

Prince v President of the Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope & others [2002] JOL 9305 (CC). Since the initial challenges launched by Prince (as far back as 2002 and 1998), there are now 33 countries (including Australia, Canada, Spain and Switzerland) around the world that have decriminalised and legalised the use of cannabis.

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

Cannabis Law Report

However, the nature of the government regulations and the subsequent complexity of prescribing, as well as doctors’ safety uncertainties and the stigma of the plant, remain contributing barriers to patient access. The review, however, did not cover patient access to medicinal cannabis. Bonini et al.