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Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 6, 2022
In 2005, SCOTUS held that Congress’s power to regulate interstate commerce authorized it “to prohibit the local cultivation and use of marijuana” in Gonzales v. 1, 5 (2005). But because of a public-policy provision in the Tax Code, companies that deal in controlled substances prohibited by federal law are treated differently.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 10, 2021
Marijuana policies in the United States have become more permissive, motivating research on demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws.
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Veriheal
JULY 19, 2022
On June 9, an announcement published in the Royal Gazette confirmed that Thailand had become the first Southeast Asian country to decriminalize cannabis. This policy change legally allows Thailand’s cannabis industry to form. Japan’s drug laws stipulate that possession of the plant or its derivatives (e.g.
Cannabis Law Report
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Drug regulation in Chile is governed by Ley de Drogas from 2005. In 2008, the laws were made more harsh because of illicit cannabis flowing into the country. It took until the end of 2015 for president Michelle Bachelet to officially sign into law a medical cannabis policy, which allows prescribed use.
The Cannigma
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized. Cannabis has been decriminalized in the Netherlands since 1976. It is against the law in the Netherlands to possess, produce or deal soft or hard drugs, but the use of drugs by people over the age of 18 is not a criminal offense. What are the laws for tourists in 2021?
Cannabis Law Report
JANUARY 10, 2020
Alison Felix , Senior Policy Advisor , Sam Chapman , Associate Economist , and Jordan Bass , Research Associate. v This coincided with changes in enforcement policy from the U.S. Marijuana Law Reform Timeline. Is the Colorado Marijuana Industry Showing Signs of Maturation? Department of Justice (DOJ). Conclusion.
Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 5, 2021
having served most recently as Co-Lead of the 60-lawyer Cannabis Practice Group for an AmLaw 100 law firm. State opt-out- States’ rights would be preserved with the authority of states to set their own marijuana policies and keep it illegal, but states would not be able to stop product from being transported through their state.
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