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

Cannabis Law Report

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Authored By: By Dr. Ayoka Nurse.

Policy 105
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Another Attorney Joins Hoban Law.

Cannabis Law Report

Mensing is The Mensing Group LLC’s Founder and Chief Counsel, and brings a no-nonsense approach to cannabis law in Massachusetts. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005), a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law (2010), an M.A. Blake knows cannabis and knows the law.

Law 55
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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

Cannabis Law Report

She held multiple positions in the Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom from 2009 to 2010, including Budget Office Policy Assistant, Director of Scheduling and Deputy Board Liaison. Lee served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Vince Chhabria at the U.S. Chief Deputy Director – Rasha Salama. Friedland at the U.S.

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Condemns Prohibition of Cannabis in the US

SpeedWeed

Though federal law still flatly forbids the intrastate possession, cultivation, or distribution of marijuana…the Government…has sent mixed signals on its views,” Thomas wrote, according to Marijuana Moment. In that case, Gonzales v.

Policy 52
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Clarence Thomas Legal Opinion “A prohibition on intrastate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal government’s piecemeal approach”

Cannabis Law Report

Thomas wrote that a 2005 Supreme Court ruling – Gonzales v. Whatever the merits of Raich when it was decided, federal policies of the past 16 years have greatly undermined its reasoning,” Thomas wrote. to define criminal law and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens.’

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Cannabis Contract Woes in Washington State

Cannabis Law Report

Subsequently, Florida changed its law and expanded its medical cannabis program. Furthermore, even if the contract violated the CSA, public policy under the Ninth Circuit decision in Bassidji argued for enforcement. 2) Not contrary to, an express provision of law, any policy of express law, or good morals. (3)

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The Four Most MMJ Friendly States In America

MMJ Recs

The problem is that a medical marijuana initiative would not be a federal law; each state has to make their own laws when it comes to MMJ, hence the wildly varying results and surprising outcomes. In the 22 years since it pioneered MMJ law, California’s enthusiasm for the treatment has not waned.