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NORML Members Call On NFL’s Goodell To Allow Players Access To Medicine

NORML

In his state-of-the-NFL address the Friday prior to Superbowl LIII, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell remained vague about the NFL’s future policies regarding medical marijuana and drug testing. They look at this constantly, they look at the data, they look at the science and they make those recommendations to us on that basis.”

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Court Dismisses Case Demanding DEA to Move Expeditiously to License Cannabis Cultivators

NORML

That marked a reversal in agency policy, as in 2011 it rejecting a ruling from its own Administrative Law Judge finding that it would be ‘in the public interest’ to grant the University of Massachusetts a license to grow marijuana for federally regulated research.

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City Lights Bookshop & Synergetic Press Present Free 2 Day Event celebrating the pioneering legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin for the launch of the first Shulgin book since 2011, The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact. 

Cannabis Law Report

The talks will be made public, open-access on YouTube two weeks after the event. Leonard Pickard – chemist, author, former research associate in neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, and Deputy Director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLA. Kile Ortigo, Mike Margolies, Leonard Pickard, and Dr. Paul Daley among many others.

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Cannabis and Obesity: New study ties cannabis to lower rates of obesity

Veriheal

The researchers explain that their study provides essential insight for drug policies since it provides “a more robust understanding of the relationship between recreational marijuana use and obesity rates,” which also “provides insights for public health policy examining the determinants and behaviors that can increase obesity.”

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Is weed legal in Greece?

The Cannigma

A demonstration in central Athens during the Global Marijuana march, an annual rally demanding the legalization of marijuana and changes in drug policies (Shutterstock). A more recent survey carried out in 2011 found that one in every 10 students aged 15-19 had used cannabis recently, and that 13.4% overall had used cannabis.

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International Cannabis Brand Cookies Debuts New SKUs in Washington State Through Partnership with Edgemont Group

Cannabis Law Report

Washington cannabis consumers now have access to a full line of concentrates and cartridges featuring Cookies’ sought-after genetics such as Berry Pie, Pomello and Sweet Tea. These offerings will headline at Cookies Tacoma before becoming available to Edgemont Group’s statewide distribution network of more than 200 retail locations.

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Beto O’Rourke Makes an Oath to Legalize Cannabis for Texas Veterans

Veriheal

If elected as Texas’ new governor, O’Rourke strives to “ensure every American can live to their full potential because they have the health care, the education, the access to a high-quality job that pays a living wage, and the access to equal opportunity that they need to thrive fully.”