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CA: DOJ Medical Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

In 1996, California voters approved Proposition 215 , the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which exempted certain patients and their primary caregivers from criminal liability under state law for the possession and cultivation of marijuana for medicinal use. Health & Saf.

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New Commission Formed in the United Kingdom Plans to Publish Recommendations on How the UK Can Become a Global Leader in Cannabinoid Innovation

Cannabis Law Report

With five guiding objectives, the commission will reportedly consider the UK’s cannabis industry’s entire supply chain from cultivation, research and development to product development and manufacturing and sales. His PhD was on European Consumer Product Regulation (King’s College, London, 2003).

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Searching for the origin of Blue Dream marijuana strain

SpeedWeed

It’s one day post-Memorial Day 2021, so “hot vax Summer” has officially begun, and I’m smoking Blue Dream in the city that launched the globally renowned cultivar in 2003. I’ve arrived pre-equipped with an affordable $50 quarter ounce from Santa Barbara-based cultivator Pacific Stone. It shows up around 2003. Until now I hope.

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What I learned sitting courtside at the NBA Finals of weed

SpeedWeed

And nobody on Earth has a greater collection of flower than the judges at the Emerald Cup, the annual cannabis celebration and competition that tasks a panel of experts with identifying California’s finest buds from among hundreds of entries. With great flower comes great responsibility. The Emerald Cup’s 2021 winners and where to buy them.

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Beyond Blue Dream: A Haze strain family genealogy

SpeedWeed

Cultivation expert Dan Vinkovetsky (formerly Danny Danko of High Times and current editor of Northeast Leaf Magazine and Grow Bud Yourself! Vinkovetsky explains that the staying power of the Haze rests on the same grounds that cause some growers to dislike cultivating this type of cannabis. David Downs/Leafly). Got a favorite Haze?

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Lighting Up Florida Medical Marijuana People: The Crusaders, Part 7

Cannabis Law Report

The nation collectively hopes that marijuana is indeed concurrently or subsequently re/de-scheduled out of the research-prohibitive Schedule 1 category into the Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 category. .” 2008), and since 2003, the U.S. Wondering about the imaginary line — who cares?

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Why You Should Be Keeping a Cannabis Journal

The Cannigma

Pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident in 2003, a friend and medical student he was traveling with performed CPR until a medivac helicopter arrived, giving him another chance at life. For Jassey, this sort of data collection is key not only in helping the patient, but also in showing the efficacy of medical cannabis. “We