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Malta: Prison over 0.02 grams of cannabis, and a 20-year wait for justice to be served

Cannabis Law Report

Arrested in 2001 but arraigned 18 months later, Eugenio Camenzuli posted a guilty plea on his first sitting in 2006, but spent 20 years before an appeal overturned a prison sentence for just 0.02g of cannabis. He was only arraigned 18 months later, in 2002, and then again in 2006 for his first sitting. Malta Today reports.

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Canada: The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker

Cannabis Law Report

Publisher: Law Now. If a rule of criminal law precludes a person from obtaining appropriate medical treatment when his or her life or health is in danger, then the state has intervened and this intervention constitutes a violation of that man’s or that woman’s security of the person …. These users were exempted from the law.

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South Dakota Cannabis Legalization Guide (Constitutional Amendment A and Measure 26)

Canna Law Blog

Leading up to the November 3 elections, Canna Law Blog has published a series of posts centered on each of these state ballot initiatives, and the current laws surrounding cannabis in each state. What are the current laws surrounding cannabis in South Dakota? Additionally, cannabis is not decriminalized.

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Mondaq Article: South Africa: Cannabis: balancing Competing Interests

Cannabis Law Report

South Africa has various laws and regulations to control drug use. This by implication means that the South African Police Service is vested with the discretion to make its own determination as to the amount that does not qualify as personal consumption. Vasco de Oliveira Inc.

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Young Americans Are Making Smarter Choices and Saying No to Tobacco

Veriheal

Cannabis was demonized, criminalized, and anyone who was caught with it was prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. In 2006, Judge Gladys Kessler oversaw a case against tobacco companies presented by the American Cancer Society and others. This practice still goes on today. Let’s take a closer look at tobacco and its legacy.

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Is weed legal in Brazil?

The Cannigma

Brazil weed laws. Possession and cultivation of cannabis in personal amounts and for private use was decriminalized in Brazil in 2006. In Brazil, medicinal marijuana is cost-prohibitive for most patients (around $400 a month), and only one month’s worth of consumption can be bought at a time. and $15 per gram.

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High Tide Becomes First Non-Franchised Canadian Cannabis Retailer to Surpass 100-Store Milestone

Cannabis Law Report

These openings bring High Tide’s total number of branded retail locations across Canada to 101, and 30 in Ontario , selling recreational cannabis products and consumption accessories. High Tide Inc. With the opening of these locations, the Company has launched eight organically-built stores in the month of September alone. High Tide Inc.

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