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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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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 Study Finds That Harm Reduction Could Prevent Overdoses At Music Festivals

Veriheal

While the United States still makes certain harm reduction policies difficult due to the RAVE Act of 2002 , which prevents event organizers from providing services like free drug testing, the tide is beginning to turn in favor of these options as other countries and events successfully implement them.

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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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Impact of COVID-19 on CBD Market

Otherside Farms

The shops, schools, the whole world is at risk and has been shut down for the sake of safety. Brands were suffering from overcrowding and inadequate access to capital. Multiple research is going on regarding treating viruses like SARS 2002 and COVID-19. The Advanced Companies. Is CBD Effective for Viral Infections COVID-19?

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