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DLG Learning Center: Half In, Half Out – Standing Akimbo, LLC v. United States, 594 U.S. (2021)

Cannabis Law Report

The petitioners in this case lawfully operate a medium medical-marijuana dispensary in Colorado. But because of a public-policy provision in the Tax Code, companies that deal in controlled substances prohibited by federal law are treated differently. In 2009, Congress enabled Washington D.

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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. “I would sum up our policy as ‘do the right thing’ Let’s create legal cannabis policy that acknowledges both science and reality,” Bacca says.

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In states with legal cannabis, teen use triggers concerns

Cannabis Chronicles

The increase was most notable in the years following legalization of medical sales in 2009 and retail use in 2014, according to a study in the Journal of Adolescent Health published in 2018. Policy seems to have outpaced science, and in the best of all possible worlds, science would allow us to set policy.”.

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Tribal cannabis store coming to CT’s Foxwoods Casino, and maybe North Carolina too

SpeedWeed

But opening a tribal dispensary in a non-medical state like North Carolina would be a precedent-setting action—and it’s unclear whether the Cherokee tribe will wait until the state legalizes medical before opening its dispensary. The facility shuttered in 2009 and the tribe demolished the old building in 2017.

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Can You Use Marijuana to Treat PTSD?

Cannabis Law Report

The 2009 law ranks as the first in the United States to specifically added PTSD to the list of conditions the state allowed cannabis to treat. Today, all but two state medical cannabis programs allow cannabis for treatment of PTSD, according to the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). appeared first on Dispensaries.

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High Potency Cannabis Strikes Again as Heavy Users Experience Scromiting

Veriheal

Jasmin Block, 18, got cannabis through illegal means and became an advocate for stricter cannabis policies as a result of her own experience. In 2009, the ER at Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo reportedly only saw 5 scromiting cases, but the number had risen to over 120 in 2018. CHS Cases Are on the Rise .

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

Cannabis Law Report

With this in mind, one focus of our extensive corporate social responsibility program is eliminating policies, practices, attitudes, actions and cultural messages that reinforce differential outcomes based on race. Boulder, Colorado-based Terrapin is a minority-owned business in operation since 2009.