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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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Positive Cannabis Drug Tests in the Workplace at the Highest in 25 years

Veriheal

Between 2002 and 2009, there was a progressive decline in positive post-accident drug tests for American workers. It is imperative employers take the proper steps to create and maintain a policy that addresses cannabis use, build a safety-focused culture, and educate the workforce to keep all workers safe on and off the job.”

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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. The letter also urges Cedars-Sinai to change its transplant eligibility policy. Sixty-three-year-old medical marijuana patient Norman B. Dr. Steven D. Nevertheless, Dr. Steven D.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

Cannabis Law Report

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. He was Assistant Program Officer for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation from 2005 to 2008, where he was Program Assistant from 2004 to 2005.

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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.

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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).

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New DEA Report Says Border Seizures of Mexican Weed Have Fallen By 80 Percent

SpeedWeed

The US sourced 92 percent of its heroin from Mexico in 2019, according to product analyzed by a DEA tracing program. 2009 was the high water mark for seizures along the Southwest Border. The Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation Cartels continue to be identified as Mexico’s biggest drug trafficking organizations.

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