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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

Veriheal

New York’s rec market is slowly but surely rolling out, a peer-reviewed study linked state cannabis prohibition to high race-based arrests, and an analysis of thousands of Army records revealed that recruits with a history of cannabis use are just as likely as their peers to excel. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews. Despite the U.S.

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Good news, governor: Cannabis will not kill your kids

The Cannigma

Ricketts also mentioned Levi Pongi , a young student who “killed himslef” after he jumped to his death from a hotel balcony after eating an edible (the coroner ruled the death an accident), and Marc Bullard, a 23-year-old with no history of mental illness who killed himself in 2016 and mentioned dabbing in his suicide note.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

Cannabis Law Report

Previously, she was Director of the Office of Cannabis for the City and County of San Francisco’s General Services Agency from 2017 to 2019, where she served as Project Manager in 2017. Lee served as Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary for the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom from 2019 to 2021. General Counsel – Matthew Lee.

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FBI Sting Catches Cannabis Stock Manipulators: PotNetwork Holdings Exposed

Cannabis Law Report

Charles Vaccaro first made contact with the undercover FBI agent in July 2019 when he said he was looking for someone to help them liquidate around $100 million in stock in multiple companies and it had to be processed in a foreign brokerage account because the Securities and Exchange Commission was getting tougher on U.S. David Sobel.

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Cookies Humboldt Grown Initiative Pays Tribute to Famed Cannabis of Emerald Triangle

Cannabis Law Report

Cookies Celebrates Renegade Cultivators and Region’s Decades-Long History With The Launch of New Craft Cannabis Line. With a history dating back to 1960s counterculture, the Emerald Triangle has long been considered the top cannabis growing region in America. About Cookies.

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Minority owned cannabis company, TheraTrue Inc., announces new CEO Victor Mancebo, $50 million in funding, and applies in Georgia and Virginia

SpeedWeed

As the company’s founder, I am keenly aware of the history of cannabis and how it has disproportionately impacted black Americans. Georgia made the production of medical grade pharmaceutical medication containing low levels of THC to treat specific medical conditions for patients registered with the state’s Low THC Registry legal in 2019.

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Legal Framework for the Use of Psychedelics in Switzerland

Cannabis Law Report

analyse the history and applications of psychedelic substances such as LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and mescaline. It was not until the 1990s that psychedelics research was resumed, first with psilocybin and DMT, and since 2008 also with LSD. ruling BVGer C-4592/2019). judgment BVGer C-4772/2019, N 7.4.1.2). The wording of Art.