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Recnt MJ Biz Report Details Tensions Between US Cannabis Industry Organisations

Cannabis Law Report

On one side, the legacy group, the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), counts more than 1,000 members since its 2010 founding. Launched in 2021, the USCC says it “combines the collective resources of many of the largest cannabis companies, prominent advocacy organizations and hundreds of thousands of individuals.”

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New York: New Report Released Showing Ongoing Extreme Racial Disparities in Marijuana Enforcement at City and County Levels

NORML

The Rochester advocacy groups are hosting a series of community education and outreach events to mobilize support for immediately passing the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (S.1527/A.1617), 1617), known as MRTA, this legislative session in Albany.

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Transplant Denied To Med Marijuana Patient With Liver Cancer

Otherside Farms

Norman Smith: “Since I am the only successful patient in the clinical trial, to take away something that’s been part of a successful regimen does not make any sense” In September 2010, Smith became eligible for a liver transplant, but after testing positive for marijuana in February he was removed from the transplant list.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22

NORML

Legislation is pending, House Bill 2149, to amend the definition of “cannabis” under the 2010 voter-approved medical marijuana law. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 305, to permit qualified patients the ability to access medical cannabis preparations while in health care facilities. California. CA resident? Connecticut.

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Report: A War on Us: How Much New Jersey Spends Enforcing the War on Drugs

Cannabis Law Report

Billion to Enforce the Drug War (2010-2019). People who have access to harm reduction programs are five times more likely to connect with drug treatment than those who do not and three times more likely to stop problematic drug use. times greater than it had been in 2010; for Black residents, this rate was 3.6 billion annually.

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Lighting Up Florida’s Medical Marijuana PEOPLE: The Front Lines

Cannabis Law Report

I am a medical patient in Florida’s Medical Marijuana Use Registry due my qualifying condition: a 2010 diagnosis of aggressive Multiple Sclerosis. Pain Foundation, the Florida Cannabis Advocacy Network, Americans for Safe Access, Drug Policy Alliance, and the Law Enforcement Action Partnership. .

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Fourteen Years Later, Wanda James Sustains Simply Pure’s Mission

Veriheal

Her Denver-based dispensary, Simply Pure , made history in 2010 as the first Black-owned and veteran-owned dispensary in the United States. James Opens First Ever Black-Owned Dispensary in 2010 From the start, Wanda James was already performing inspiring feats. Simply Pure was founded as a healthy alternative edibles company in 2010.