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Cannabis Freedom Alliance Publish Their Inaugural Monthly Newsletter

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The Cannabis Freedom Alliance (CFA) will take this opportunity to provide you each month with relevant news, policy, and legislative updates on how CFA and its members are marching towards the goal of ending cannabis prohibition. A new report from the Marijuana Policy Project shows that states have collected $7.9

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1 Kilogram of Cannabis Was the (Ultimate) Price of This Singaporean Man’s Life

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The family is looking for a lawyer who will defend his innocence,” said a senior founding member at Singapore’s Transformative Justice Collective, Kokila Annamalai. Last year, an intellectually impaired Malaysian man named Nagaenthran Dharmalingam paid the ultimate penalty after being caught with three tablespoons of heroin in 2009.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

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Collectively, these dedicated public servants bring extensive experience from the state and local level to the leadership team. She held multiple positions in the Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom from 2009 to 2010, including Budget Office Policy Assistant, Director of Scheduling and Deputy Board Liaison.

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Marijuana & Pregnancy: Top Studies

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As mentioned earlier, there is a longstanding cultural belief that abstinence is the best policy, and both medical and legal attitudes have long been shaped accordingly. The rationale for such policies is, in part, that prenatal cannabis exposure causes persistent deleterious effects, especially on cognitive functioning.

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Freedom Leaf’s Diversity in Cannabis Impact List

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I continue to advocate for patient access to medical marijuana, and work with recreational legalization groups like Start SMART New York and Drug Policy Alliance that aim to take away one of the many tools law enforcement uses to lock up people of color, and to make sure we’re not pushed out of this industry. ” QUEEN ADESUYI.

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US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: “Crash rates jump in wake of marijuana legalization, new studies show”

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Objectives: The objective of this study was to estimate the effects of marijuana legalization on injury and fatal traffic crash rates in the United States during the period 2009–2019. However, this is an early look at the time trends, and researchers and policymakers need to continue monitoring the data.

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Californian Cannabis Lawyers In Court Tussle

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In March 2011, the IRS audited Sosa and Mid City for tax years 2007 to 2009. On January 27, 2012, the IRS issued an Income Tax Discrepancy Adjustment to Sosa, stating that he owed approximately $35,000 for tax years 2007 to 2009 (January 2012 Demand Letter). in taxes for the 2009 tax year.