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The Baltic Times: Cannabis policy reform in Lithuania: history, current status, and future challenges

Cannabis Law Report

Though it joined the European Union in 2004, Lithuania remained for several years the only country in the EU that criminalized even the cultivation of hemp – the non-psychoactive variety of the plant. It was only in 2013 that the country aligned its policy with the rest of the Union and allowed the cultivation of hemp by local farmers.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

Cannabis Law Report

The creation of this standalone cannabis department is part of a larger effort to improve access to licensure, simplify regulatory oversight and support California businesses. Eidson was the Assistant Director of the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing Division.

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Election Brings Big Wins for Cannabis Legalization

Canna Care Docs

Across these states, in different parts of the US, the message was clear: people recognize the benefits of legalization and want access to cannabis in their communities. Medicinal cannabis was already approved in Montana in 2004.

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An Epoch of OG: The OG Kush family genealogy

SpeedWeed

This August marks 25 years since the duo used that surviving cutting to start writing OG’s chapter in the history books. History made: A small, crowded, 1996 Silverlake, CA OG Kush grow by Josh D. The strain’s reputation brought big names looking for access to Del Rosso and his circle of friends. Destroyed the competition’.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Congress is The Most Marijuana-Friendly Congress In History. public school districts conducted random drug testing in at least one of their high schools during the 2004–2005 school year (Ringwalt et al. A vision to make medical marijuana available, accessible, and more affordable to all those in need within Florida. Think again.

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Is weed legal in Greece?

The Cannigma

The following year, Greek lawmakers approved a law to allow the cultivation and processing of medical cannabis with up to 0.2% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which was followed in 2021 by the approval of a bill to legalize the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana with more than 0.2% A survey carried out in 2004 found that 8.6%

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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 ). Refractory paediatric epilepsy.