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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). Purpose of the Study.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

Cannabis Law Report

Collectively, these dedicated public servants bring extensive experience from the state and local level to the leadership team. He was Assistant Program Officer for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation from 2005 to 2008, where he was Program Assistant from 2004 to 2005. Legal Affairs Division – Tamara Colson.

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Allen Iverson finally gets his flowers

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Last week, Al Harrington’s Viola announced their first-ever talent partnership with Iverson, including a collection of strains that honor the rich legacy of the freshly-minted Hall of Famer. Courtesy of Viola and the Iverson Collection). Viola and the Iverson Collection. Courtesy of Viola and the Iverson Collection).

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Marijuana Use is Rising Faster Among Depressed Individuals

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For the study, reported on by Reuters, researchers examined data collected from a total of almost 729,000 people aged 12 years and older between 2005 and 2017, including any prior-month cannabis use and any depression experienced over the previous year. of individuals without a recent history of depression”, states the report.

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An Epoch of OG: The OG Kush family genealogy

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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. He told us it was around 2004 or 2005, at the height of mania for purple-colored strains. Destroyed the competition’. Guaranteed.

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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. Congress is The Most Marijuana-Friendly Congress In History. Wondering about the imaginary line — who cares? Think again.

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The Proto-Indo Europeans and Indo-European Cannabis Cult

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Celtic use of cannabis has also been identified through pollen analysis of a bowl from a rich woman’s grave of the late Hallstatt Period at Niedererlbach, Bavaria (Rosch, 2005). Cannabis was the sacrament of our ancestors and we have a collective indigenous natural right to access this gift of nature.

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