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

NORML

She generated international headlines when she opened the World Famous Cannabis Cafe in 2009, the nation’s first public-facing cannabis consumption lounge. Producers of recreational or medical cannabis may enter into caregiving relationships with qualifying patients and provide medicine directly.

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Medicinal properties of CBD

Alchimia

Those who want to use CBD but at the same time want to enjoy the effects of THC will be delighted with the study published in December 2015 in the Neuropsychopharmacology journal in which it is shown that oral consumption of CBD does not reduce the effect of smoked or vaped THC, so you don’t have to choose between fun and health!

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History of Marijuana in Mexico

Cannabis Law Report

In Mexico, with the arrival of Christopher Columbus, the Spaniards imported Cannabis seeds through large ships in order to produce textiles in “La Nueva España”, also using this plant for medicinal use. The plant was then easily forming part of the local culture. The Prohibition Era; 20th Century. The decade of the 60’s.

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What are the cannabis laws in Mexico? Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

While the government of Mexico already decriminalized possession of up to 5 grams of marijuana in 2009, more wide ranging legalization lagged far behind for nearly a decade. . The 2017 decree amended the country’s General Health Law and Federal Penal Code “to regulate the medicinal use of the pharmacological derivatives of cannabis sativa.”

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Argentina’s Congress Aprroves Law To Create Reg Framework “for public and private investments in the production of pharma-grade cannabis products.”

Cannabis Law Report

The legislation does not legalize recreational cannabis , rather, creates the ARICCAME (Regulatory Agency for Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis), the agency that will regulate the production of cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes. The Supreme Court decriminalized the use of small amounts of cannabis in 2009.

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Are Cannabis Users 22% More Likely to Need Emergency Care?

Veriheal

The population-based cohort study used data from the Ontario portion of the 2009-2010 and 2011-2012 Canada Community Health Survey (CCHS). There are two sides to the cannabis controversy: those who over-hype the medicinal benefits and those who over-exaggerate the risks of cannabis consumption.

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Can cannabis reduce acid reflux?

The Cannigma

6 medicinal plants that pharmaceuticals can't replace. A 2009 study giving pharmaceutical grade THC (dronabinol) to dogs produced a decrease in acid secretion, inflammation in the stomach lining, and frequency of acid reflux episodes. Consumption method matters. Related Stories. What is the endocannabinoid system?

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