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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

Cannabis Law Report

In Indianapolis on January 29, a quiet, eager audience of nurses give their rapt attention to Jason Straw as he takes center stage at the 2020 ISNA Policy Conference. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. PURPOSE : .

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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.

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MS patients are being ‘denied’ access to NHS Sativex Says Media Report

Cannabis Law Report

Many are finding that despite the treatment being approved, they are being denied access in their area.”. The charity found that out of 106 clinical commissioning groups in England, only 49 were routinely offering cannabis based treatment. How much longer are we going to have to wait? I can’t go on like this.”.

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Statements by Justice Clarence Thomas Are Not an Endorsement of Marijuana

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Justice Thomas said the Supreme Court’s ruling in 2005 upholding federal laws making marijuana possession illegal may now be out of date. Federal policies of the past 16 years have greatly undermined its reasoning,” he said. Raich , on the grounds that allowing local use would undermine a “comprehensive” federal regime.

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In states with legal cannabis, teen use triggers concerns

Cannabis Chronicles

In the Denver area, visits to Children’s Hospital Colorado facilities for treatment of cyclic vomiting, paranoia, psychosis and other acute cannabis-related symptoms jumped to 777 in 2015, from 161 in 2005. Policy seems to have outpaced science, and in the best of all possible worlds, science would allow us to set policy.”.

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Crops, Guns & Commerce: A Game Theoretical Critique of Gonzales v. Raich

Cannabis Law Report

Posted: 2005. Raich , the Supreme Court sustained an application of the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”), banning all private use of marijuana, as applied to two women who had cultivated or otherwise acquired marijuana for the treatment of severe pain pursuant to the California Compassionate Use Act.

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Malaysia’s Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmadb Says Govt Looking At Decrminalizing Drugs

Cannabis Law Report

Ahmad described the announcement as a “game changer policy” And, indeed, he is right. Decriminalisation will be a critical step towards achieving a national drug policy that puts science and public health before punishment and incarceration. Malaysia’s drug laws are draconian, like many in the region.

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