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Alberta Life Sciences State of the Industry Report Highlights Continued Industry Growth and an Optimistic Outlook

Cannabis Law Report

Respondents noted a few key industry opportunities: 1) Increased commercialization and scaling of companies both within and outside of Alberta; 2) Increased partnerships and collaborations in Alberta; 3) Increased incubators and/or accelerators to support commercialization; and 4) Increased access to capital. Tele: 780-974-3539.

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Oregon NORML, In Partnership With The Oregon Justice League, Files “Legalization Justice Act of 2020”

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She generated international headlines when she opened the World Famous Cannabis Cafe in 2009, the nation’s first public-facing cannabis consumption lounge. “This is about equal rights because whenever you pick a certain group and treat them differently that is discrimination.

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Transplant Denied To Med Marijuana Patient With Liver Cancer

Otherside Farms

Smith was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer in 2009 and sought treatment from the internationally known Cedars-Sinai in L.A. Medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) issued a latter on Thursday urging the Cedars-Sinai Transplant Department to promptly re-list Smith for a liver transplant.

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Press Release: Terrapin calls on the cannabis industry to lead an anti-racist movement

Cannabis Law Report

In order to gain a competitive advantage and help make the industry more accessible, diverse and equitable for everyone, forward-thinking cannabis companies must increase their social equity emphasis. Boulder, Colorado-based Terrapin is a minority-owned business in operation since 2009.

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5 Psychedelics Friendly Countries | Cannabis Culture

SpeedWeed

Also, in 2009, New Zealand became the first country to accept ibogaine as a medication. These developments came after yearlong campaigns by advocacy groups and publicly traded companies who worked with the health ministry to encourage better access to psilocybin and other hallucinogens.

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Cannabis Freedom Alliance Publish Their Inaugural Monthly Newsletter

Cannabis Law Report

Indeed, there is a danger that federal legalization, done incorrectly, could produce outcomes even more adverse than the status quo wherein consumers and patients in states where marijuana is legal are generally able to access the marijuana they need. Florida’s medical marijuana market is primed for growth of up to $1.3

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First ethics at MAPS in question and now Australia’s Mind Medicine look to have some serious integrity issues too

Cannabis Law Report

Dr Emma Tumilty, a bioethicist from Deakin University, says that advertisement raised suspicions “that the research was in part being used as a vehicle to provide access to the drug so that MMA could offer training that included that experience”. That would, of course, be ethically and scientifically inappropriate.”