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Perfect Union’s New Community Fund Permanently Infuses Charity into Its 530 Grower Product Line

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The company’s storied history over the last decade and their focus on charitable causes has earned respect from the cannabis industry and loyal supporters. Perfect Union CEO David Spradlin opened his first dispensary with $17,000 and a passion for cannabis patient advocacy. Following its modest start in an Auburn, Calif.

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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). Despite this investment, nearly 20,000 New Jerseyans died of a drug-related overdose between 2010 and 2019. times greater than it had been in 2010; for Black residents, this rate was 3.6 New Jersey Invested $11.6 New Jersey spent at least $11.6 billion annually. times greater.

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The Legend of Jack Herer - The Top Things to Know About The Pot Pioneer 

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The non-fiction piece sought out to use history and science to explore the topic of cannabis, in a way that was digestible for a wide range of readers. In 2010, Herer passed away just two years after legalization in the state in which he lived. . His smoke shop in Oregon, The Third Eye Shoppe was sadly closed in 2017.

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CBD Ban: Brits Take Up Fight And Send Lawyers To Brussels

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and derived products containing cannabinoids are considered novel foods as a history of consumption has not been demonstrated. Called Lincoln’s Inn 1995; Silk 2010. He has been an approved Bar Advocacy Trainer for 10 years and was appointed as counsel at the United Nations (ICTR) in 2005 and Queen’s Counsel in 2010.

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Alterman Opinion Suggests Cannabis Businesses Apply Double Diligence In Records Keeping

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Alterman involved income tax deficiencies and penalties asserted by the IRS for 2010 and 2011 against individual taxpayers who owned and operated a small Colorado cannabis dispensary. The individual taxpayers had filed joint returns for 2010 and 2011 in which they reported the income from their cannabis dispensary.

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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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Tragedy Strikes The Dagga Couple: South Africa’s Most Prominent Cannabis Advocates

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The organization began as a result of their arrest in 2010 for possession and dealing in cannabis. The Dagga Couple is a pro-cannabis organization that was founded by Julian Stobbs and Myrtle Clark, whom people have come to love and respect as the lobbyists they were.