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Medical Marijuana and Gun Laws

PrestoDoctor

Members of the cannabis community regularly wonder how your gun laws can be affected by using medical marijuana. The US federal law considers these drugs as high-risk substances with very little therapeutic or medical value. The US federal government regulates the sales, distribution, and ownership of firearms through this law.

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

Japanese authorities can prosecute citizens for violating its cannabis laws — even if they used it abroad. Japan does not have a medical cannabis program and does not allow the use of cannabis for patients seeking to treat a medical condition. Shutterstock). Who can get medical cannabis in Japan? Shutterstock).

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Cannabis laws in Estonia

The Cannigma

Since 2011, treatment may be offered to drug-dependent offenders as an alternative to prison only if the offender is sentenced to imprisonment for six months to two years and agrees to undergo the treatment course. There is no national cannabis program; patients can only access cannabinoid-based medications, not the plant itself.

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Transplant Denied To Med Marijuana Patient With Liver Cancer

Otherside Farms

A medical marijuana patient in Los Angeles with inoperable liver cancer has been removed from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s transplant list after testing positive for marijuana. Sixty-three-year-old medical marijuana patient Norman B. The letter also urges Cedars-Sinai to change its transplant eligibility policy. Dr. Steven D.

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Medical Marijuana Patients and the Second Amendment

Leafwell

“Does being a medical marijuana patient affect my right to bear arms?”. As cannabis (the natural version of it, anyway) is federally illegal, medical marijuana patients are thought to be utilizing – or more likely to utilize – an illicit substance. The simple answer to this is simply, “Yes”.

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Press Release: Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. Obtains Final Order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia Approving Arrangement with Trulieve Cannabis Corp.

Cannabis Law Report

Since 2011, Harvest has been committed to expanding its retail and wholesale presence throughout the U.S., acquiring, manufacturing, and selling cannabis products for patients and consumers in addition to providing services to retail dispensaries. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona , Harvest Health & Recreation Inc.

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Alexander Hymowitz: Scott v. City of Buffalo and The Buffalo Fire Department

Cannabis Law Report

The plaintiff is a protected medical marijuana patient under New York’s Compassionate Care Act. Plaintiff who is a qualified medical marijuana patient deemed by statute to suffer a “disability” cannot be discriminated against or terminated by employer just for being a medical patient according to New York Public Health Law 3369(1) and (2).