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Finnish Cannabis Association Collecting Signatures To Get Referendum On Cannabis Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

Newsweed report… While cannabis is not really a political issue in Finland, a citizens’ initiative has taken up the subject and proposes to decriminalize cannabis in Finland . “ The referendum must collect 50,000 signatures for the project to be debated in Parliament, and collected half of it at the time of writing.

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USA: Testing People for Marijuana Impairment Based on THC Levels is ‘Not Reliable,’ Federally Funded Study Finds

Cannabis Law Report

Samples of blood, urine, and oral fluid were collected from study participants before cannabis dosing and then nearly every hour for eight hours after dosing. The researchers reported that the one leg stand, walk and turn, and modified Romberg balance tests were not sensitive to cannabis intoxication for any of the study participants.

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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). The group also highlighted consistent racial disparities in cannabis arrests in the city.

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The LGBTQ Leaders in Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

She is also on the advisory board of Decriminalize Nature Oakland, the first group in the country to successfully advocate to decriminalize all-natural plant medicines in the city of Oakland. Sapphire Blackwood pivoted to a legal career from a career in marketing and media in 2012.

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Drastic Increase in Scientific Research on Medicinal Cannabis

Sensi Seeds

As a result, a new model of public health in the area of drugs has been generated, as have alternative policies at the local level in different countries to decriminalize and legalize cannabis, despite the fact that these policies do not comply with the international regulatory framework. Prohibition Does Not Stop Science.

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Colombia: An Exciting New Landscape for the Cannabis Industry 

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The latest report from the Collective of Studies on Drug Laws in Latin America outlines the impact of drug legislation on users, growers and sellers for various reasons, like the stigmatization from society and harassment under the authorities. Article by Adrianna Alfidi.

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How Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation Weathered the State’s Winter Storm

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in 2012, part of a medical cannabis market that has grown steadily ever since. . In 2008, I was invited by a colleague to sit on the Board of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Collective, and subsequently ended up purchasing the company. After owning and operating that company I opened a second dispensary, Chi Holistic Collective.