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Cannabis laws in Belgium

The Cannigma

Medical: legal (only Sativex available) Recreational: illegal, decriminalized. While recreational cannabis is not legal in Belgium, possession of up to three grams by an adult over 18 is decriminalized and punishable by only a fine. There are increasing calls to fully legalize and regulate the cannabis plant, beyond decriminalization.

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New Hampshire Just Made Autism and Insomnia Qualifying Conditions for Medical Marijuana Program

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Although this new law will allow thousands of new patients to access medical marijuana, the Granite State is still lagging behind the rest of the Northeast when it comes to cannabis reform. New Hampshire did decriminalize minor pot possession back in 2017, but lawmakers have failed to advance a full adult-use legalization bill.

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New American Medical Association Study Shows Cannabis Legalization Not Linked to Increased Psychosis

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In addition, several other studies suggest that legalizing access to marijuana is actually associated with decreased: Crime Opioid overdose Mental illness rates Gone are the days when cautionary tales run rampant. 1, 2003, to Dec. All beneficiaries aged 16 years and older were included during the study period.

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Cannabis Convictions & Deportation

Cannabis Law Report

Tony Evers has proposed decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, that would be little protection for noncitizens, experts say. From 2003 to August 2018, more than 45,000 people were deported nationwide for possession of marijuana, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University.

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Canada: The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker

Cannabis Law Report

In that case, male physicians successfully argued that charges they were facing interfered with women’s “security of the person” when their access to abortions was restricted in any way. The federal government failed several times in 2003 and 2006 to decriminalize marijuana. You may remember the Morgentaler decision from 1988.

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AIMS v. Garland: A Disappointment for Psilocybin Advocates, but Progressive Policy May Still be on the Horizon

Cannabis Law Report

Psilocybin’s therapeutic benefits are so promising that Denver, Colorado became the first city to decriminalize psilocybin in May 2019, and in 2020, Oregon passed Measure 109, which paved the road for a program allowing for legal manufacture, delivery, and administration of psilocybin to clients at supervised, licensed facilities in the state.

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Taxation Of A Medical Marijuana Business – How Will The Ninth Circuit Hold?

Cannabis Law Report

The CCUA, the Court explained, did not decriminalize marijuana in California. The Court distinguished the Taxpayer’s situation from one in which members paid a set fee for unlimited access to extensive services and also received a fixed amount of marijuana, noting that in the latter case the purchase of services was paramount.