Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Czechia, officially known as the Czech Republic, may soon the join the growing list of European countries with legal adult-use cannabis. As to what the new law might look like: The new measures should establish the level of narcotic substances that legal marijuana products can contain. Czech National Anti-Drug Coordinator Jind?ich

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Medical: legal Recreational: decriminalized. Although adult-use cannabis is not legal, Croatia has a relatively progressive approach to cannabis laws. Since 2013, the possession of cannabis for personal use is considered a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of between €650-2,600. Cannabis in Croatia.

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The Cannigma

JUNE 1, 2021

While France has long been said to have the highest number of cannabis users per capita in Europe, it has long lagged behind its western Europe neighbors when it comes to tolerance of the plant. Marijuana is not legal in France, and the country is seen as having some of the strictest cannabis policies in western Europe.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2021

The amount of THC in a person’s system after consuming marijuana is not an accurate predictor of impairment, a federally funded study has determined. The research, backed by a grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), involved 20 people who either ate or vaporized cannabis with varying levels of THC. April 5, 2021.

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized. In 2001, in one of the most progressive social moves surrounding drug usage, Portugal decriminalized all drugs, weed included. Is marijuana legal in Portugal? It is illegal to plant, sell, possess, buy or smoke cannabis for recreational purposes in Portugal.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 2, 2022

On Tuesday, the Seimas greenlighted the draft bill that aims to decriminalize personal possession of small amounts of cannabis. The move is another small step in the direction of making cannabis policy more lenient toward consumers who may be otherwise law-abiding citizens.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2020

This is precisely what the City Council of Portland, Oregon, sought to accomplish last week, when it approved an amendment to a proposed budget for its underwhelming cannabis program. Since the 1970s, enforcement of marijuana possession laws has been carried out with staggering racial bias.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Kind Idaho Chair Jackee Winters is laser-focused on qualifying the group’s medical cannabis legalization initiative for the state’s 2022 ballot in order to help her daughter, who suffers from a brain tumor, get legal access to cannabis. It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Kind Idaho Chair Jackee Winters is laser-focused on qualifying the group’s medical cannabis legalization initiative for the state’s 2022 ballot in order to help her daughter, who suffers from a brain tumor, get legal access to cannabis. It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Cancer patients arguably stand to benefit the most from cannabis’ unique properties and benefits, such as anti-nausea, anti-inflammation, reduced pain, inhibited tumor growth, and appetite stimulation. Cannabis is an ideal substance to use during the various stages of cancer treatment but most especially after chemotherapy.

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NORML

MARCH 3, 2020

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. The CRTA (Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act) was first introduced by Governor Andrew Cuomo with the 2019-2020 budget proposal.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 6, 2021

Cherokee native people just made history, as the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has legalized cannabis. . For the first time in North Carolina history, medical marijuana is legal. Cultivating, selling and consuming medical marijuana has been approved by The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. . Courtesy of Shutterstock.

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The Cannigma

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Medical: legal Recreational: decriminalized. In 2012, Switzerland decriminalized the possession of marijuana, and since October 1, 2013, the possession of up to 10 grams of cannabis is subject to an on the spot fine of CHF 100 ($107.8). How do the Swiss generally view marijuana?

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The Joint Blog

APRIL 26, 2019

Two companies – one from Uruguay and one from Colombia – will soon become the first in Latin America to legally export medical marijuana products to Europe under deals announced Wednesday. Colombia, which has decriminalized pot use, legalized medical marijuana products. It sells dried cannabis flowers.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 26, 2021

Kind Idaho Chair Jackee Winters is laser-focused on qualifying the group’s medical cannabis legalization initiative for the state’s 2022 ballot in order to help her daughter, who suffers from a brain tumor, get legal access to cannabis. It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 4, 2019

When major states of the United States started decriminalized marijuana, Illinois did not stand back. Medical Marijuana was declared as legal in the state of Illinois in the year 2013! However, it took more than a couple of years for the registered patients to buy themselves some medical marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 6, 2022

On June 28th, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas released a statement pertaining to the federal ban on the cultivation and use of marijuana within states where he noted that it “may no longer be necessary or proper.” The petitioners in this case lawfully operate a medium medical-marijuana dispensary in Colorado. Half In, Half Out.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 28, 2020

For many years those who have stood against the reform of cannabis laws have argued that decriminalization and/or legalization would lead to an increase in consumption among adolescents. On the opposite side of the argument, cannabis activists have argued that legalization would have the opposite effect.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 24, 2021

With the Eastern seaboard’s most ambitious Adult Use program primed to explode, New Jersey’s Superior Court Appellate Division (“Appellate Division”) just lifted its “stay” on scoring 18 month old Medical Marijuana applications clearing the way for 5 cultivation, 15 dispensary, and 4 vertically integrated license awards. Super. __ (App.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 26, 2022

Black Americans are being arrested for cannabis possession laws at a rate of nearly four times that of white Americans despite the fact that the groups consume cannabis at similar rates. Racial Disparity in Cannabis Arrests. Decriminalization: The Key to Equality. Additionally, Black Wisconsinites were 4.2 He states, “U.S

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2022

7] And cities around the country are beginning to decriminalize some psychedelics, with advocates for decriminalization citing the potential medical benefits. In May 2019, Denver became the first city to decriminalize psilocybin, followed by Oakland, CA, Washington, D.C., and Seattle, among other municipalities. 811(b)–(c). [18]

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

He has been a vocal advocate of marijuana legalization for more than half a century, but he has watched the last few years unfold with a combination of joy and dread. Even as the country has softened its stance toward marijuana, a legion of large corporations has gathered to dominate the legal market.

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Cannabis Info

JUNE 8, 2019

Australia’s preeminent source of cannabis information. Recreational marijuana is now legal in 11 states, and medical marijuana is legal in 33. Denver has just passed a referendum to decriminalize magic mushrooms. Allthough Cannabis has been illegal since the war on drugs began, there has been 223.7 Let’s find out.

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

APRIL 12, 2023

Its use in reference to cannabis has been around for decades now and was (probably) originally used by a group of high school students in California who would meet up at 4:20 in the afternoon to smoke cannabis. One enduring theory is that “420” originated as the official police code for “smoking cannabis in progress.”

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 6, 2021

Proposals to cap the amount of THC in cannabis flower and concentrates have been gaining traction in a number of state legislatures, and earlier this week the idea reached the federal level. Cornyn and Feinstein are longtime opponents of cannabis legalization. Cornyn have indicated their support for descheduling cannabis.

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Medical: legal (only Sativex available) Recreational: illegal, decriminalized. While recreational cannabis is not legal in Belgium, possession of up to three grams by an adult over 18 is decriminalized and punishable by only a fine. The country has a limited medical cannabis program that recognizes Sativex and CBD.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Marijuana and Cannabinoids: Health, Research and Regulatory Considerations (Position Paper). Marijuana and related substance misuse are complex issues impacting family medicine, patient health, and public health. of the global population uses cannabis annually, making it the most commonly used drug worldwide. Executive Summary.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 26, 2021

The criminal case that may force the closing of the Czech Republic’s pioneering cannabis magazine is — at least in the eyes of its targeted editor — disturbingly redolent of the bad old days of authoritarian rule. But Veverka felt this decriminalization was far too limited. SEEDS OF CHANGE.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Is the Colorado Marijuana Industry Showing Signs of Maturation? DECEMBER 31, 2019 | This issue of the Rocky Mountain Economist provides an update on the economic impacts of the marijuana industry in Colorado and evaluates signs of maturation within this industry nearly six years after the first recreational marijuana storefronts opened.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 25, 2021

This list certainly doesn’t include every leader in the cannabis industry and we apologize if there are key people we missed. Seattle resident JJ McKay is the founder/ publisher of The Fresh Toast , one of the largest media content consumer-facing cannabis media companies in the US and Canada. Love is love.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 19, 2019

While marijuana can be grown in all parts of the country, according to the NDLEA, the states that are notorious for cultivating the plant are Ondo, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Ekiti, Edo and Delta. In the recent times, there have been calls from different quarters on the need to legalize the use of Marijuana in Nigeria. Marijuana in Nigeria.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 13, 2020

Israel is among the world’s leaders in the medical and non-medical cannabis research and development (R&D). Israeli scientists made breakthrough discoveries in the mid-twentieth century, paving the way for the country being one of the early adopters of a medical cannabis program.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 24, 2021

What used to be considered an illicit drug in most countries is now a decriminalized plant with some medicinal potential. Cannabis is in the midst of a global transformation into a major industry with massive investment and growth potential. Cannabis Legalization Timeline in Canada. Medical use of Cannabis. Background.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Czech Republic has recently been working on polishing a legislative plan that would allow citizens to cultivate marijuana plants or enjoy them recreationally in cannabis social clubs. As a member of the European Union (EU), they are barred from opening or allowing for a widespread cannabis market at this time.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Gina Raimondo unveiled a budget proposal for 2020 that would legalize recreational marijuana in Rhode Island “with reluctance,” as she told The Providence Journal. to limit the potency of marijuana products sold for adult use. Massachusetts has no limit on marijuana-product potency. On January 17, 2019, Gov.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A suggested 15% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) potency cap for cannabis products in Vermont’s adult-use cannabis market has been dismissed after a strong debate among the Vermont legislature. Vermont Physicians Push for Low-Potency Cannabis. Recreational Cannabis Sales in Vermont Set to Begin in May .

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

WHEREAS, in 2013, simple cannabis possession was the fourth most common cause of deportation for any offense and the most common cause of deportation for drug law violations; and. times more likely to receive a Federal sentence for cannabis possession than non-Hispanic whites; and.

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