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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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Is cannabis legal in South Africa?

The Cannigma

Recreational: decriminalized Medical: legal . 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. But this may not be the case for much longer.

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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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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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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.

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Just desserts: The Cookies and Cakes family genealogy

SpeedWeed

The Cookies story spans the recent histories of cannabis, weed law reform, San Francisco, and hip-hop. Californians legalized medical marijuana in 1996, and personal defenses against cannabis prosecution had become collective defenses—green-lighting the first dispensaries and more grows. Mr. Sherbinski. The profits outweighed the risk.

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Former State Rep. Diane Russell on Maine’s Cannabis Legalization Woes

NORML

On November 5, 2016, Maine’s voters legalized recreational, or adult-use, marijuana. From 2008 to 2016, Russell served as a state representative in Maine’s government. This week, the recreational applications open for submissions. How do you think legalization will soon unfold in Maine? Come see my retail space.”