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Pennsylvania: Marijuana possession arrests decline statewide

NORML

JANUARY 28, 2020

cannabis arrest data since 2008. ” “This is likely the result of two major policy changes: More than twenty decriminalization or penalty downgrade ordinances passed by city councils across the Commonwealth, and approximately a quarter of a million registered medical marijuana patients,” said Goldstein. .

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First Amazon & Now GM Are Having Employee Issues Due To Cannabis Testing Policies

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2021

Now GM have admitted they are in the same boat but they, as yet, haven’t decided to change policies with regard to testing. GM’s Policy on Cannabis Use Partly to Blame for Worker Shortage: UAW. Additionally, there’s the odd-hour shifts and the company’s policy on drug testing for cannabis. The Drive reports.

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Chacruna Article: The Decriminalization of Marijuana in Brazil Beyond the Medicinal Use: Cannabis Associations and Human Rights

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2021

There isn’t much writing at all on Brazilian policy issues regarding cannabis so this is well worth spending some time with. Gradually, then, the so-called “popular medicine” was being despised, under a moralistic perspective that supported laws criminalizing the use of certain drugs in society. Here’s their introduction.

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The Social Justice Impact of Legal Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A new study has found that states where cannabis is legal or decriminalized have seen big decreases in racial disparity in drug arrests, a hoped-for result for those who support social justice. Many proponents of legal cannabis say they support changing the laws because of the social justice impact. “The states between 2008 and 2019.

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Michigan: City of Port Huron will no longer consider marijuana use a disqualification for job applicants

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 11, 2022

The city of Port Huron will no longer consider marijuana use a disqualification for job applicants — nor, a policy violation for most employees when off the clock — under an administrative order issued this week. The voters of this state and this city have spoken, and we need to update our policies accordingly.”.

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Philippino Fear Factor Winner Spends Six Years In Prison For Cannabis Possession & Now Forms Asia’s First Legalize Cannabis Party

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 9, 2021

In 2008, he won the first season of the Philippine edition of Fear Factor. Now he works as an organizer and occasional spokesperson of the newly formed Medical Cannabis Party, the first political party in the Philippines and Asia dedicated to the decriminalization of cannabis use. “We He just wanted to relax.

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Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring calls a Cannabis summit in Richmond for next week

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Virginia lawmakers will consider reforming the state’s marijuana laws early next year, and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has called a Cannabis Summit in Richmond for next week to discuss policy plans ahead of time. Virginia’s cannabis policies are just not working.

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Research Shows Strong Support for Natural Therapeutics

Veriheal

OCTOBER 20, 2021

He is said to have microdosed with LSD for the last 25 years of his life, passing away on April 29, 2008. In 2020, Oregon became the first state in America to decriminalize psychedelics in small amounts. the laws surrounding the substance can be a little confusing. 11, 1906, and lived a long life—some might say thanks to LSD.

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Virginia, Marijuana, and How Medical Legalization May Unfold in the South

NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

Virginia has been one of the most reluctant states to consider marijuana law reform, though it recently began allowing some forms of cannabis oil for approved patients. Jenn Michelle Pedini: Virginia passed one of the nation’s first medical marijuana laws way back in 1979. The 2015 Virginia law is an affirmative defense law.

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Is weed legal in Switzerland?

The Cannigma

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Medical: legal Recreational: decriminalized. In 2012, Switzerland decriminalized the possession of marijuana, and since October 1, 2013, the possession of up to 10 grams of cannabis is subject to an on the spot fine of CHF 100 ($107.8). Minors under the age of 18 can still face legal proceedings under Swiss juvenile criminal law.

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Reed Smith Article: New marijuana laws and court cases continue to provide inconsistent guidance for employers: a summary of recent developments in Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey and Michigan

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 27, 2019

Offer on 25 June 2019 Posted in Employment & Labor (U.S.), Medical Marijuana, Workplace Laws and Regulations. While the Act, which goes into effect on January 1, 2020, decriminalizes marijuana use, it maintains an employer’s right to prohibit such use in several respects. By Melissa M. Ferrara and Meghan O.

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UK: Recorded drug offences up a staggering 19% in England and Wales from 2019/20 – 2020/21

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

ByLine Times reports on the internal war in the UK Labour party about how to manage the “drugs issue” and cannabis specifically after Mayor of London’s announcement he wishes to decriminalize possession. These statistics suggest that current drugs policy is not working and contradict the official stance of the Labour Party.

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Massachusetts: cannabis bill sails through committee

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The more wide-ranging bill (H 174/S 72), which a spokesperson said is a priority for House Speaker Ron Mariano, addresses aspects of state laws that cannabis regulators and industry entrepreneurs have been increasingly vocal about taking issue with. Sonia Chang-Diaz, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, said.

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Is weed legal in New Zealand?

The Cannigma

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The report also states that regardless of any changes to the country’s drug policies, there was a “substantial decline in arrests, prosecutions, and convictions for cannabis use,” between 1991 and 2008. New Zealand weed laws – what are the punishments? supported decriminalization, and 26.8%

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Could A New Constitution Mean Recreational Cannabis in Chile?

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In 2008, the laws were made more harsh because of illicit cannabis flowing into the country. It took until the end of 2015 for president Michelle Bachelet to officially sign into law a medical cannabis policy, which allows prescribed use. Drug regulation in Chile is governed by Ley de Drogas from 2005.

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Here’s Where The Next House Speaker Stands On Marijuana

MassRoots

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Prior to the current Congress, though, she hadn’t signed onto any cannabis bills since first joining the House in 2008. For example, Pelosi has talked about marijuana (and yoga) as a safer alternative to opioids and she pushed back against former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s decision to rescind an Obama-era marijuana guidance policy.

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Psychedelic Invest’s 100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics List

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 4, 2021

Legislative initiatives (introduction and support of changes of laws). As the top executive at Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, he has become known for his activism around a range of issues, especially fair trade, sustainable agriculture, animal rights, and drug policy reform. Mr Psychedelic Law & Iter Investments. Andrew Yang.

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