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

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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. James was the first in her family to earn a college degree.

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NORML’s 2020 Democratic Primary Marijuana Straw Poll

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Summary: Senator Sanders has a long history of supporting reforming our nation’s drug policy. When elected to Congress in the 1990s, he co-sponsored legislation that would have allowed for access to medical marijuana. NORML endorsed his campaign for New Jersey’s Senate seat in 2010. The Governors. Jay Inslee.

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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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South Dakota voters legalized cannabis, but state politicians aren’t having it

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Card’s belief is supported by a statement from MelissaMentele, campaign manager for IM 26 and executive director of the medical marijuana advocacy group New Approach South Dakota. 70% of [South Dakota] voters checked yes in November for July 1, 2021, patient access. He has covered the legal cannabis industry since 2010.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

However, the nature of the government regulations and the subsequent complexity of prescribing, as well as doctors’ safety uncertainties and the stigma of the plant, remain contributing barriers to patient access. It also has an extensive and diverse history of medicinal use. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ). Refractory paediatric epilepsy.

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A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze

SMPL

“There was a strong sense that this was really going to be something, if when people use these strains they have any kind of experience like the mice did in the laboratories,” said Martin Lee, a writer who at the time had been finishing a book about the social history of marijuana for Simon & Schuster. Lee, the writer.

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AAFP ( American Academy of Family Physicians) Releases Marijuana, Cannabinoids Position Paper

Cannabis Law Report

Cannabis use, both medically and recreationally, is prevalent throughout history. Surveying marijuana use is essential to gauge public health implications of increased access to marijuana, cannabinoid, and cannabis products. Medicinal cannabis: history, pharmacology, and implications for the acute care setting. Background.