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

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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.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

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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. As the Director, he oversaw the implementation of the cultivation licensing, compliance and enforcement programs for medicinal and adult-use cannabis.

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

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Justice Thomas pointed out that the government has taken a hands-off policy towards state-legal medical cannabis businesses, even though federal law specifically prohibits marijuana in all forms. Under the Obama administration, the Department of Justice announced that it would not interfere with state-legal medical marijuana programs.

Policy 52
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Another Attorney Joins Hoban Law.

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in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005), a J.D. in International Affairs with a concentration in Global Environmental Policy from American University School of International Service (2010), and an LL.M. Blake earned a B.A. from American University Washington College of Law (2010), an M.A.

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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”

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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. This contradictory and unstable state of affairs strains the basic principle of federalism,” he wrote.

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Cannabis Contract Woes in Washington State

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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) Goe , 413 F.3d

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Lighting Up Florida Medical Marijuana People: The Crusaders, Part 7

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They are paying attention, slowly formulating bits and pieces of vital international, federal, and state public marijuana policy. has a medical marijuana use program of some kind operating in their home state. . . “ The supply-and-demand model provides the basic economic framework for drug policy. Think again.