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Recnt MJ Biz Report Details Tensions Between US Cannabis Industry Organisations

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A rivalry has emerged between the two largest trade associations in the cannabis industry. On one side, the legacy group, the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), counts more than 1,000 members since its 2010 founding. Its members include small and medium-sized businesses. On the other side, the U.S. ” he added.

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

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1617) this year, which would include legalizing and regulating cannabis for adult-use in New York, centered in justice and equity for victims of the War on Drugs. This legislation has the potential to boost New York State’s economy by potentially creating a $1.7 1617), known as MRTA, this legislative session in Albany.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22

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Regulators in Iowa added two new medical cannabis qualifying conditions to the current list, ulcerative colitis (effective immediately), and severe pediatric autism with self-injurious or aggressive behaviors (effective 4/2/19). Click here to email your lawmakers in support of access in healthcare facilities. California. CA resident?

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

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In this, her first article for CLR, she highlights for us who’s who and what’s what with regard to medical cannabis in the state. I am a medical patient in Florida’s Medical Marijuana Use Registry due my qualifying condition: a 2010 diagnosis of aggressive Multiple Sclerosis. David Kotler. Dr. Michelle Weiner.

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

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

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Wanda James, a prominent political activist and entrepreneur, is one of the most widely renowned leaders in today’s cannabis scene. A veteran and former Fortune 100 executive, James has dedicated the past 14 years to combatting stigma and racial inequity in the cannabis industry. Photo by Maddie Malhotra.

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First ethics at MAPS in question and now Australia’s Mind Medicine look to have some serious integrity issues too

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Dr Emma Tumilty, a bioethicist from Deakin University, says that advertisement raised suspicions “that the research was in part being used as a vehicle to provide access to the drug so that MMA could offer training that included that experience”. military officers at the National Defense University in Washington DC from 2004 till 2010.