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Last Prisoner Project and Dodi Blunts Launch Apprenticeship Program, Plus Upcoming Events

Cannabis Law Report

Marshawn Lynch’s Dodi Blunts teams up with Last Prisoner Project to launch apprenticeship program for justice-impacted individuals… Here’s what they are saying. Dodi Blunts and Last Prisoner Project are excited to announce the Dodi Blunts/Last Prisoner Project Apprenticeship Program.

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DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Spike, Arrests Fall in 2019

NORML

In 2011, for instance, the DEA seized over 8.7 Commenting on the longer-term trends, NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano said: “Following the enactment of statewide adult-use cannabis legalization laws, both DEA-related marijuana arrests and seizures have fallen dramatically. ” DEA data for 2019 is online here. .

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Mississippi Overturns Legalization Vote Over its Ballot Initiative Process

Veriheal

In November of 2020, voters in Mississippi decided on the question to legalize or not to legalize medical cannabis. I’m not sure what Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has up his sleeves, but it doesn’t look good for the great state of Mississippi regarding the people’s vote for legalizing medical cannabis.

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Is weed legal in Greece?

The Cannigma

Medical: legal Recreational: illegal. In July, 2017, a joint ministerial decision between the Ministers of Health and Justice legalized medical marijuana in Greece, and changed the classification of cannabis from a Table A drug to a Table B drug. For a first offense, a counseling program can be a substitute for incarceration.

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District of Columbia Medical Cannabis Amendment Act Makes Sweeping Changes to Local Cannabis Laws

Cannabis Law Report

David Grosso, Shahiedah Shabazz ArentFox Schiff Medical marijuana has been legal in DC since 2011. In recent years, the District has adopted piecemeal amendments to its medical cannabis program, largely through temporary emergency legislation and mayoral rulemaking.

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Former State Rep. Diane Russell on Maine’s Cannabis Legalization Woes

NORML

On November 5, 2016, Maine’s voters legalized recreational, or adult-use, marijuana. Business licenses will soon be available , but when the state finally makes its first legal sale, it would have done so after a three-year delay. During her terms, she introduced two marijuana legalization bills, first in 2011 and again in 2013.

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

Medical : Illegal Recreational : Illegal *CBD products are legal in Japan, as long as they contain no THC whatsoever and are not made from cannabis flower. 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). Shutterstock).

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