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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. 

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Dr. Erika Dyck – Professor and a Canada Research Chair in the History of Health & Social Justice. Mariavittoria Mangini – family nurse-midwife for 25 years, author of numerous papers on historiography and social impacts of psychedelics. Allan Badiner – editor of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics.

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

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However, the country has a history of cannabis art dating back millenia , and scholars believe that the plant was used for centuries as a textile and for use in traditional Shinto ceremonies. Japanese authorities can prosecute citizens for violating its cannabis laws — even if they used it abroad. But in modern times? Shutterstock).

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Pennsylvania Doctor Denied Handgun over Legal Medical Cannabis Use Sues FBI, ATF

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Roman, who has no criminal history, told the clerk truthfully that he has a medical prescription for marijuana. Roman has no criminal history—of violence or any other offenses. The 1968 law prohibits anyone who uses an “unlawful” substance from purchasing a firearm. Sorry, the clerk told him, no gun. Read more at [link].

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

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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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Marijuana Possession Cases No Longer Prosecuted In Baltimore

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These “common sense changes,” which are to be implemented immediately, also state that the quantity a person has will not matter, and neither will the person’s criminal history, as long as it is only for personal use. Nearly 5,000 marijuana possession convictions that have occurred since 2011 may be overturned as well.

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Does The History Of The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board Inform Some The Current Issues The Board Is Having With Field Enforcement Officers & Internal Culture

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PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. First, a brief history. . There were some minor changes over the years but nothing of consequence until voters passed Initiative 1183 in November 2011. And as strange as it may seem, this was a radical departure from what the WSLCB had been charged with in it’s history up until that point.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

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Elliott held multiple positions in the Office of San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee from 2011 to 2017, including Director of Legislative and Government Affairs, Board Liaison, Director of Appointments and Commission Liaison. Lee served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Vince Chhabria at the U.S. Friedland at the U.S.