Canna Care Docs

MARCH 27, 2025

The Decline of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What It Means for Patients In recent years, Massachusetts, once a pioneer in cannabis reform, has seen its medical marijuana program gradually overshadowed by the booming recreational market. Let’s explore how this shift occurred and its implications for patients.

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Cannabis Chronicles

JANUARY 30, 2019

You might not know that after reading a recent New Yorker article that draws connection between marijuana use, schizophrenia and violent crimes in Washington. Gladwell’s article also draws on a new book by former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson called “Tell Your Children: The Truth about Marijuana, Mental Health and Violence.”.

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CannaMD

MARCH 24, 2021

As marijuana legalization continues to expand across the country, scientists are interested in tracking how legalization influences adolescents. Researchers from Temple University sought to find out how recreational marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado influenced adolescent treatment admissions for cannabis.

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NORML

MAY 8, 2020

For NORML’s 50 th anniversary, every Friday we will be posting a blog from NORML’s Founder Keith Stroup as he reflects back on a lifetime as America’s foremost marijuana smoker and legalization advocate. The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 3, 2021

Connecticut state lawmakers are advancing legislation legalizing recreational use of marijuana on the heels of a recent poll conducted by the Institute for Public Policy at Sacred Heart University (SHU) of Fairfield, Connecticut. The SHU poll also revealed that 76.3

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Last fall, we ran a 13-part series taking a hard look at each of the 2020 presidential candidates’ history and views related to marijuana. In that popular series, grading criteria was as follows: Current stance on marijuana : What have they recently said about marijuana legislation? When did they adopt this stance?

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Cannabis Chronicles

JANUARY 9, 2019

Jay Inslee announced Friday he will offer pardons to people convicted of minor marijuana possession between 1998 and 2012. Inslee’s initiative aims to ease some of the social and financial burdens imposed by a marijuana conviction, because cannabis was legalized more than six years ago. LONGVIEW — Washington Gov.

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NORML

MAY 8, 2020

For NORML’s 50 th anniversary, every Friday we will be posting a blog from NORML’s Founder Keith Stroup as he reflects back on a lifetime as America’s foremost marijuana smoker and legalization advocate. The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse.

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The Herb Collective

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Every state has its own laws about marijuana. Some states do not allow for any use of marijuana, so it is always illegal. Other states allow for the use of medical marijuana. And, other states allow people to use marijuana for recreational use. Just like many other states, it is illegal to use marijuana and drive.

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Cannabis Chronicles

JULY 2, 2019

The Clark County Council voted 3-2 to lift its ban on recreational cannabis businesses in unincorporated areas of the county at its Tuesday evening meeting. Recreational sales can begin in unincorporated areas of Clark County as early as Jan. Both Vancouver and Battle Ground allow recreational marijuana businesses.

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MassRoots

JANUARY 16, 2019

Tallian has been fighting for cannabis policy reform in the Hoosier State since 2012. Indiana, a red state where it remains illegal to catch a fish with your bare hands , is known to have some of the most stringent penalties for marijuana in the country. Previous marijuana policy reform legislation introduced by Sen.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

As we entered 2020, twelve states had legalized adult-use, recreational marijuana. This movement was, of course, spurred by Colorado voters’ watershed passage of Amendment 64 back in 2012. . A number of states have enacted policies to cover workers comp insurance for employees of marijuana businesses.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

With several states contemplating legalization of recreational marijuana, and federal lawmakers starting the process of federal descheduling , it is a good time to examine the tax implications of legalization. The following table shows the states that levy excise taxes on marijuana. Tax Design. Revenue FY 2020.

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Cannabis Life Network

AUGUST 27, 2022

Colorado and Washington didn’t legalize it until late 2012. Canada didn’t have a recreational sector until 2018. appeared first on Cannabis | Weed | Marijuana | News. We can look at tobacco and alcohol trends during recessions to make some predictions. But ultimately, we won’t know how […].

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The study, which was analyzed by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) , discovered that police were solving more violent crimes in states where cannabis has been legalized. Analyzing Crime Clearance Rates in the U.S.

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Cannabis Chronicles

APRIL 3, 2019

Marijuana is a gateway drug that’s associated with violent crime. Although Washington voters legalized cannabis in 2012, Clark County passed a ban on recreational cannabis businesses in the unincorporated areas two years later. But Olson questioned what that would add, since it’s illegal for minors to buy or use marijuana.

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Veriheal

APRIL 17, 2025

In 1937, Congress enacted the Marijuana Tax Act after repealing federal alcohol prohibition in 1933. Incarceration rates for cannabis possession and distribution continued to rise, as well as public opinion against marijuana among parental and morality groups. The Roots of Anti-Legalization Efforts in the U.S.

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The majority of Maryland voters support legalizing recreational cannabis, according to the most recent Goucher Poll. Nearly 70 percent of residents under the age of 35 reported being in favor of legal marijuana, and 66 percent of respondents who identify as political independents also support legalization. The Road To Legalization.

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WeedAdvisor

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Unfortunately, cannabis use during pregnancy in Canada has increased since 2012, according to Global News. in 2012 to 1.8% WeedAdvisor takes the time to pick out and research only the best medical and recreational marijuana products from legal, established producers. Although the increase itself is minor – 1.2%

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Veriheal

JULY 25, 2023

Currently, 23 states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, including California, Massachusetts, Arizona, and Washington, D.C. They also stated that there has been a steady increase in positive post-accident cannabis tests since 2012, when the first states legalized recreational marijuana. in 2022).

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The Cannigma

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Medical: legal Recreational: illegal. Recreational marijuana is illegal in Sweden, where strict, even “ repressive ” drug policies belie the country’s progressive image. Sweden legalized medical marijuana in 2012 but the program is highly restrictive and the Scandinavian country has yet to legalize recreational marijuana.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 12, 2021

As recently as 2014, the vast majority of medical and recreational cannabis sold in Colorado was flower and only 11% was the high-potency concentrates consumed through dab rigs or vape pens. They don’t make cannabis products like they used to, and there’s an increasing number of Colorado lawmakers who think that’s problematic.

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Cannabis Chronicles

APRIL 1, 2019

One in four marijuana users who are employed admit to doing this within the past year, according to a new survey of cannabis consumers in Washington, Oregon and Colorado, three states where recreational weed is legal. With legalization, it seems that marijuana has entered into the mainstream. Oregon followed in 2014.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

After Initiative 502 (I-502) passed in 2012, which made Washington the second state in the country to legalize recreational cannabis, it was largely celebrated. Many supporters had hopes that Washington’s recreational cannabis industry could be a template for other states that weren’t far behind. Another $5.6

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 18, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In November 2012, Colorado and Washington approved ballot initiatives that legalized marijuana for recreational use under state law.… … Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 12, 2020

The topic of marijuana (cannabis) legalization moved into headlines following Colorado’s and Washington’s decisions to permit recreational use of the drug in 2012. Yet, these … Read More.

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Cannabis Chronicles

MARCH 15, 2019

Emerald Enterprises, the owner of now-closed Sticky’s Pot Shop, has reached an agreement to pay fines stemming from defying Clark County’s ban on recreational marijuana retailing in unincorporated parts of the county. Emerald Enterprises, which owns Sticky’s, first tried to operate a marijuana shop in Hazel Dell in 2014.

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The Cannigma

JUNE 19, 2022

Recreational: No, but decriminalized Medical: Yes. Recreational cannabis is not legal in Colombia, but personal consumption and possession of the plant is decriminalized. Adult-use cannabis is not legal, but in 2012, the Colombian government decriminalized personal use of cannabis and possession of up to 20 grams.

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Project CBD

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

When he first smoked marijuana as a teenager at a social gathering, it was a revelation. Favored by fashionistas and Silicon Valley bros, it’s still part of the recreational drug scene. 2012 Dec 5;367(1607):3326-41. Epub 2012 Jul 27. © Copyright, Project CBD. May not be reprinted without permission. Biol Psychiatry.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

JANUARY 14, 2023

Possible recession Washington and Colorado kindled the recreational trade in 2012 when they legalised marijuana use for adults 21 and. Read More.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Colorado became the first in the nation in 2012 to make the recreational use of marijuana legal. In the following. Read More

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Otherside Farms

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

According to research by Way of Leaf , the first-ever mention of marijuana was in 1989, but by 2016 more than 30 references were found and was the most mentioned substance above any other. A 2012 comedy directed and written by MacFarlane who also plays an animated teddy bear that came to life due to a magical wish coming true.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Colorado, along with the state of Washington that same year, was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012. However, the city of Colorado Springs has opted out of the sale of recreational marijuana despite how cannabis-progressive the rest of the state around them has been for years.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2021

He had never heard of marijuana producing a side effect like that. Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012. Over the next nine months, Gribbon went to the emergency room 11 times for the same problem: severe vomiting and screaming at the same time that lasted for hours.

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Otherside Farms

JANUARY 18, 2019

There’s been a huge overhaul in marijuana laws across the country in the last few years. In 2015 it became legal for Alaska residents to own and import up to one ounce of marijuana for personal consumption (but not resale). You have to be 21 or over to smoke marijuana in Alaska. California. Massachusetts.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A lawyer from Buffalo whose expertise includes advising clients on the marijuana industry was named to the state’s new Cannabis Control Board on Wednesday. Maloney Award, 2012. Adam Perry was appointed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-The Bronx), who got to choose one of the board’s five members. Read more at [link].

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Medicinal Marijuana Association

JUNE 25, 2019

Illinois became the 11th state to approve legal marijuana in the U.S. Illinois Legalizes Recreational Marijuana Sales. Until then, it will be a crime to possess marijuana. I’ll keep my pulse on this news, as well as other states that are coming up on legalizing marijuana. when the bill was signed.

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