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Cannabis is My Lifesaver

Americans for Safe Access

Eryck Stamper retired from the US Navy in 2013 as a decorated Senior Chief Petty Officer. He later founded Veterans Initiative 22, a Maryland based nonprofit organization that focuses on improving veteran’s mental health through medical cannabis advocacy, in October of 2017. This is Eryck’s story:

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NORML Activist Spotlight: Tamara Netzel

NORML

She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2013, and for a few years believed she could continue to teach and live her life as long as she followed all the doctors recommendations and took the medications they prescribed.

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

NORML

The MRTA ( Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act ) was first introduced by Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes and Senator Liz Krueger in 2013, and has been re-introduced every session since. Access to commonly found cannabis products in the regulated market. Create a new source of tax revenue for the state.

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Colorado Benefit Concert To Honor The Memory Of Charlotte Figi

SpeedWeed

The name of the event is a reference to the Realm of Caring (RoC), a nonprofit dedicated to supporting research into cannabinoids and helping patients who need them gain access to lifesaving medications. She had a rare form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome that caused dozens or even hundreds of seizures per day. “So

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Introducing Invert: A Visionary Net Zero Company

Cannabis Law Report

Having previously led advocacy, government relations and human resources, as well as legal, Phil has a deep understanding of the value and application of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices and of corporate governance best practices. Invert believes in making the world of carbon credits accessible to everyone, big or small.

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

NORML

During her terms, she introduced two marijuana legalization bills, first in 2011 and again in 2013. So, you’re increasing the supply and the demand naturally, then when adult-use goes online, there are fewer people who don’t already have access to the market. You have to do it state by state.

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First ethics at MAPS in question and now Australia’s Mind Medicine look to have some serious integrity issues too

Cannabis Law Report

Dr Emma Tumilty, a bioethicist from Deakin University, says that advertisement raised suspicions “that the research was in part being used as a vehicle to provide access to the drug so that MMA could offer training that included that experience”. That would, of course, be ethically and scientifically inappropriate.”