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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

A new commission for the United Kingdom (UK), the Hodges Review of UK Public Policy and Regulatory Stewardship of the Legal Cannabis Industry, will analyze its current legal cannabis industry and make recommendations on how to best maximize its growth, consumer satisfaction, and competitive potential on a global scale.

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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

Cannabis Law Report

This position statement does not extend to the current debate on the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes. Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of marijuana for some medical purposes. REFERENCES: ¹American Nursing Association: (ANA, 2003). Silver Spring, MD: author.

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CA: DOJ Medical Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

The purpose of the release was “to reflect the evolution of cannabis legalization in California,” according to a statement from the Attorney General’s Office. California has no uniform marijuana policy despite voter-approved initiatives that have legalized medicinal and recreational cannabis. Health & Saf.

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Searching for the origin of Blue Dream marijuana strain

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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. Nordahl curates an extremely unique collection of pot in the garden, and introduces me to a relatively ancient Santa Cruz grower, Yoda. It shows up around 2003.

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Franklin C. McRoberts: A Bumper Crop: Cannabis Meets Business Divorce

Cannabis Law Report

Cuomo signed legislation reform advocates and stoners alike have dreamt of for decades, finally legalizing the recreational possession and use of marijuana in New York. New York’s nascent legal marijuana industry may be a bumper crop for business divorce litigators. With big business comes big business divorce.

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Just desserts: The Cookies and Cakes family genealogy

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Thin Mint Cookies , Animal Cookies , Platinum Cookies , and on and on—they are the top-selling cultivars in legal stores today, and their genes appear in the lion’s share of hyped new weed varieties. Today most states have medical laws, and 18 have adult-use legalization, now including New York, Virginia, and New Mexico.

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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. Even when two legal states share a border, as Washington and Oregon do, carrying weed across state lines runs afoul of federal law.