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Is Cannabis/Hemp Legal in the United States?

Otherside Farms

But since then, the United States has argued over whether or not this plant is legal to consume or even grow. But where is it legal to grow cannabis or hemp? There are actually a few places in the United States, where it’s legal, but keep reading to find out everything you need to know about how to legally grow cannabis and hemp!

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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. As of yet, no patients in Lithuania have legal access to medical marijuana. The law defines hemp as the plant with less than 0.2%

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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. Possible penalties.

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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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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. The plaintiff checked “no.”

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Is It Legal to Grow Hemp in All 50 States?

Otherside Farms

But since then, the United States has argued over whether or not this plant is legal to consume or even grow. But where is it legal to grow hemp? There are actually a few places in the United States, where it’s legal, but keep reading to find out everything you need to know about how to legally grow hemp!

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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. Interestingly, for those of certain legal history mindset, Gonzales itself had relied upon the famous WWII-era case Wickard v. Support for complete legalization of cannabis continues to poll at above 65%.

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