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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Michael Bloomberg

Canna Law Blog

Stance on marijuana: This past December, Bloomberg’s campaign told the Wall Street Journal that he supports the decriminalization of marijuana. In 2011, Bloomberg also opposed a bill proposed by state senators that reduced the penalty for possession of small amounts of cannabis. Bloomberg’s summary is below.

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

Japan has some of the harshest drug policies on Earth, including for cannabis — and is one of the worst places on Earth to get arrested on marijuana possession charges. The government has a zero tolerance policy on cannabis, but this approach doesn’t apply to investments, it appears.

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Beware, Bad Boy Bloomberg, No Fan Of Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

From 2002 to 2012, the NYPD made about 440,000 arrests for cannabis possession alone, collectively spending about one million hours processing those cases, according to a report from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). Bloomberg came out against a 2011 state bill, introduced by then-Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries (D) and Sen.

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The legal status of weed in the Netherlands and Amsterdam: What does the law actually permit?

The Cannigma

Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized. Cannabis has been decriminalized in the Netherlands since 1976. That said, the country does not prosecute for the offense because the Netherlands “ has a policy of toleration regarding soft drugs. The system is better categorized as a sort of system of tolerated recreational use.

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Is weed legal in New Zealand?

The Cannigma

The report also states that regardless of any changes to the country’s drug policies, there was a “substantial decline in arrests, prosecutions, and convictions for cannabis use,” between 1991 and 2008. supported decriminalization, and 26.8% New Zealand weed laws – what are the punishments?

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Buds Behind Bars: An Analysis of People v. Raybon

Cannabis Law Report

Put in the simplest terms, Raybon says Proposition 64 decriminalized possession of cannabis (within the parameters of the law) in correctional institutions and Perry says it did not. The second argument considers the voters’ intent when they passed Prop 64 and the public policy considerations connected to H&S 11362.45

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Drastic Increase in Scientific Research on Medicinal Cannabis

Sensi Seeds

Much remains to be done if the progress made is to be secured, but it is clear that changes are taking place in the global debate on drug policy , especially with regard to cannabis. While most research took place in the area of psychiatry, publications in the fields of neurology and cancer increased significantly between 2011 and 2013.