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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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These 3 Stories Show How Cannabis Can be Bad for You Due to Unjust Laws

Veriheal

He was arrested in 2008 in the state of Louisiana. Because of a Habitual Offender Law, Harris was resentenced from the 15 years sentence he received in 2008, to life in prison in 2012. A Brutally Violent Assault on Dispensary Owner. Derek Harris is a military veteran that was sentenced to life in prison.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup August 21

Veriheal

Derek Harris was arrested in 2008 for selling a half gram of cannabis to an undercover officer. . Harris apparently had a history of nonviolent charges due to unmitigated addiction and mental health issues that stemmed from his time in the military. . For those unaware, a half gram of cannabis is barely the size of one cannabis nug.

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Is cannabis legal in South Africa?

The Cannigma

Don’t rush to find a dispensary just yet – the bill allows private cannabis clubs to grow and distribute the dagga. Cannabis has a long history in indigenous cultures in South Africa. million people used cannabis in 2008. You can also cultivate four plants per person and trade bud, plants, and seeds.

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How Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation Weathered the State’s Winter Storm

SpeedWeed

How did you find yourself one of the few history makers in the cannabis industry? In 2008, I was invited by a colleague to sit on the Board of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Collective, and subsequently ended up purchasing the company. After owning and operating that company I opened a second dispensary, Chi Holistic Collective.

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Doctor Block…….”A Physician Botanist’s Insight to Cannabis species: The Naming of Plants and Products”

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Despite its cultivation as a source of food, fiber and medicine, and its global status as the most frequently used illicit drug, plants in the genus Cannabis currently experience an inconclusive taxonomic organization and evolutionary history. 2010) History of Taxonomy – Lecture from Dept. Retrieved 2008-06-20.

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Verano Holdings Enters into Agreement to Expand Arizona Footprint

SpeedWeed

How did you find yourself one of the few history makers in the cannabis industry? In 2008, I was invited by a colleague to sit on the Board of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Collective, and subsequently ended up purchasing the company. After owning and operating that company I opened a second dispensary, Chi Holistic Collective.