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Cannabis laws in Lithuania

The Cannigma

In 2013 , the country legalized growing industrial hemp. The country was the last EU member to allow industrial hemp in 2013 but created a medical program in 2018. In 2021, Parliament voted against fully decriminalizing the cannabis plant, but personal use and possession of small amounts are decriminalized.

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DLG Learning Center: Half In, Half Out – Standing Akimbo, LLC v. United States, 594 U.S. (2021)

Cannabis Law Report

08/05/2021. On June 28, 2021, Justice Thomas stated that although federal law still flatly forbids the intrastate possession, cultivation, or distribution of marijuana, the Government, post-Raich, has sent mixed signals on its views. s government to decriminalize medical marijuana under local ordinance. Half In, Half Out.

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Czech It Out: Cannabis Legalization Trend Continues in Europe

Canna Law Blog

The possession and cultivation of cannabis, under certain thresholds, was decriminalized in the Czech Republic in 2010. Medical use was legalized in 2013, but only for the treatment of certain ailments, and with THC and CBD levels capped at 19% and 7.5%, respectively.

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Is weed legal in Portugal?

The Cannigma

Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized. In 2001, in one of the most progressive social moves surrounding drug usage, Portugal decriminalized all drugs, weed included. Because recreational use has been decriminalized, however, if found with 20g or less of flower, you will not face criminal charges. .

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The Baltic Times: Cannabis policy reform in Lithuania: history, current status, and future challenges

Cannabis Law Report

On Tuesday, the Seimas greenlighted the draft bill that aims to decriminalize personal possession of small amounts of cannabis. In November 2021, a similar initiative proposed by the Liberal Party was rejected by the Seimas. The law defines hemp as the plant with less than 0.2%

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Cannabis laws in France

The Cannigma

The measure was seen by some as a form of decriminalization meant to thin out the court dockets, but the fines still remain on a person’s criminal record, and the plant still remains for all intents and purposes illegal. . Shutterstock. France’s (experimental) medical cannabis program.

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Why the MRTA gets an A- & the CRTA gets a C-

NORML

New York State is set to legalize and regulate cannabis for adult-use, and improve our existing medical marijuana and hemp programs by April 1st with the 2020-2021 NYS Budget. But our work isn’t over yet and we need to fight for SMART legalization now more than ever!

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