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1 Kilogram of Cannabis Was the (Ultimate) Price of This Singaporean Man’s Life

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Singapore enforces some of the harshest drug laws on the planet and has faced immense pressure from all corners to banish the death penalty—a judicial law that claimed the lives of 11 people in 2021. He had an IQ of 69 and had been stuck on death row since 2010. grams of cannabis in 2017.

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Rising number of South Australians from regional areas support legalising cannabis

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Data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found 35 per cent of survey respondents in those areas said cannabis use should be legalised, up from 22 per cent in 2010. The data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey — which is conducted every three years — was collected in 2019 and released last week.

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Recnt MJ Biz Report Details Tensions Between US Cannabis Industry Organisations

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

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Perfect Union completed a trial of the program in May 2021 and collected $5,000 for the Last Prisoner Project , an organization dedicated to cannabis criminal justice reform. The brand was founded in 2010 on the principle of offering safe cannabis, free of the pesticides and chemicals that were common at the time.

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Washington Social Equity In Cannabis Licensing Window Opens March 1

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Did you own or operate a medical cannabis dispensary or collective garden, licensed as a business, prior to July 1, 2016 (10 points)? Or Did you own and operate a medical cannabis dispensary or collective garden licensed as a business in a DIA (30 points)? 10 30 in DIA 9.

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Singapore court sentences another Malaysian Indian to death for drug trafficking

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The judge also rejected his claim that he had allowed a compatriot to store the bag temporarily in the rear box of his motorcycle so that another man could collect it later. The law provides for the death penalty if the amount of heroin trafficked is more than 15g. On the contrary, the judge found, Munusamy knew what was in the bag.

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Cannabis Insurance and Coverage Disputes

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Since 2010, we have helped cannabis businesses navigate rapidly evolving cannabis regulation and policy, and our cannabis insurance coverage attorneys advise clients on what coverage, if any, may be available for a particular loss.

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