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

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In fact, it is precisely because marijuana use may pose potential risks to certain consumers — for example, adolescents or people with a family history of psychiatric illness — that NORML believes that lawmakers should regulate it accordingly. percent to 12.5

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

Cannabis Law Report

History – previous legal challenges relating to cannabis. Gareth Prince (Prince), one of the cited parties in the Cannabis judgment, is a practicing Rastafarian, and holder of a law degree, who resides in Cape Town. Subsequently, when Prince applied to the law society to be admitted as an attorney, they refused once again.

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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

The state of the law on psychedelic substances is in flux. Some of the most promising substances, and the law applicable to each, are outlined below: Psilocybin. As such, the use, sale, and possession of psilocybin in the United States is illegal under federal law. have also passed “Right to Try” laws.

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Italy: MINISTRY OF HEALTH DECREE – Definition of maximum levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in food

Cannabis Law Report

Given the law of 2 December 2016, n. 5; Given the law of 24 December 2012, no. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of. Council of 28 January 2002, which establishes the principles and. general requirements of food law establishes. the European Food Safety Authority and establishes procedures in the.

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CBD Ban: Brits Take Up Fight And Send Lawyers To Brussels

Cannabis Law Report

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. The law ((EU) 2015/2283), which applies across all member states, means any product deemed as ‘novel’ must gain authorisation from food authorities before it can be sold as a foodstuff within the EU. Jonathan Kirk QC specialises in consumer law and financial regulation. AUTHOR: Mark Taylor.

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

Cannabis Law Report

To celebrate this, we invite you to take a trip down memory lane and review highlights from every year of our history. The FDA formally decided to open the door to psychedelic research in human participants, and later accepted MAPS’ Phase 1 MDMA safety and tolerance study protocol. Rick Doblin, Ph.D., and Michael Mithoefer, M.D.,

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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. It also has an extensive and diverse history of medicinal use. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ). Bonini et al.