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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

From the systemic history of racism in the United States, African Americans exclusion from economic opportunities leads to maximizing profits for the White elite (Hirschman, 2019). Before the civil war, there were more cannabis farms than cotton farms (Green, 2005). Theme 3 involved access to capital. Purpose of the Study.

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Shemshemet: Cannabis in Ancient Egypt

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1991-1786 BCE) includes not only pollen, but also a hemp “fibre (ball)”; from the 19 th Dynasty (c.1293-1185 Although most modern Egyptologists acknowledge a role for cannabis as a source of fiber and as a medicine, few see a role for hemp as a ritual intoxicant, and many researchers claim that the Egyptians were unaware of these properties.

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A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze

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“There was a strong sense that this was really going to be something, if when people use these strains they have any kind of experience like the mice did in the laboratories,” said Martin Lee, a writer who at the time had been finishing a book about the social history of marijuana for Simon & Schuster. They saw the winds were shifting.”.

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The Proto-Indo Europeans and Indo-European Cannabis Cult

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Sherratt suggested that like poppy shaped vessels used to hold opium preparations, corded ware had hemp cords pressed into the clay, not only for a design but to indicate the contents and a cannabis based beverage was widely in use throughout Europe. or earlier; a later spread of hemp for presumably narcotic purposes around 3000 b.c.;

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Volteface Takes A Look At Tory Leadership Candidates & Attitudes To Drugs – Spoiler It’s Suitably Depressing

Cannabis Law Report

The incoming PM will have a host of drug policy issues that require his or her urgent attention, from ending the drug death epidemic, to expanding access to cannabis based medicines on the NHS beyond the current 3 prescriptions in 4 years. Certainly one of the candidates whom drug policy reformers can have more hope in.

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Hemp, Inc. Acquires American Sustainable Rubber Company, LLC

Cannabis Law Report

24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Bold moves, strategic partnerships and expanded capabilities, Hemp, Inc. (OTC OTC PINK: HEMP) is on a mission to be a powerhouse of social change and economic revival and sustainability. The acquisition will enable Hemp, Inc. This is Hemp, Inc.’s

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Hemp, Inc. Adds Distributor, Ecowellness, to its Expanding List of Stores and Distributors Carrying its King of Hemp Brand

Cannabis Law Report

29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Hemp, Inc. (OTC OTC PINK: HEMP), one of the global leaders on the forefront of the industrial hemp industry, is pleased to announce that its King of Hemp® full product line is now represented by Ecowellness, LLC, a long-time distributor of health and wellness products.

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