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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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Cannabis regulations in Slovenia

The Cannigma

Medical: legal, but limited Recreational: decriminalized. Medical marijuana is not technically legal, but cannabinoid-based medications are. Slovenia has a long history of cultivating industrial hemp. Medical marijuana is not legalized, but cannabinoid-based medications are. Cannabis in Slovenia. CBD regulations.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Says Current Federal Cannabis Prohibition is “Contradictory and Unstable”

Cannabis Law Report

For almost two decades now, the Court has upheld and relied on its 2004 decision in Gonzales v. Raich , in which it held that Congress’ power to regulate interstate commerce authorized it “to prohibit the local cultivation and use of marijuana.” Support for complete legalization of cannabis continues to poll at above 65%.

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Courts Deny Naturalization Petitions Due to Marijuana

Canna Law Blog

We often write of the pernicious effects of the War on Drugs in the criminal law context as well as its harmful impacts on the hemp and (state) legal marijuana industries. The plaintiff in this case is from El Salvador and moved to the United States in 2004, when she married her husband, a U.S. would fail. Citizenship.

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Election Brings Big Wins for Cannabis Legalization

Canna Care Docs

The 2020 election brought big wins for cannabis, with all of the five state ballot initiatives regarding legalization passing. Both adult-use (or recreational) and medicinal cannabis were legalized in South Dakota; Medicinal cannabis was approved in Mississippi; and adult-use initiatives passed in Arizona, Montana and New Jersey.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

Cannabis Law Report

Legal Affairs Division – Tamara Colson. Chief among our goals is to simplify participation in the legal market by streamlining licensing and the regulatory framework. Lee served as Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary for the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom from 2019 to 2021. Legal Affairs Division – Tamara Colson.

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An Epoch of OG: The OG Kush family genealogy

SpeedWeed

Since the dawn of medical marijuana legalization in the ‘90s in Los Angeles, the potent, lemon-pine-fuel-smelling OG Kush cultivar and its offspring have floored the competition and recruited legions of lifelong followers. This August marks 25 years since the duo used that surviving cutting to start writing OG’s chapter in the history books.

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