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New Report from the Law Library of Congress On The Regulation of Hemp Around the World February 13, 2023

Cannabis Law Report

The following is a guest post by Tariq Ahmad, foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress.

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Cannabis laws in Uruguay

The Cannigma

Medical: legal Recreational: legal Uruguay has gained international recognition for its pioneering approach to cannabis laws. It became the first country in the world to fully legalize recreational cannabis in 2013, and has a long-standing cultural association with weed. Is it legal to grow cannabis in Uruguay?

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

We tabulated responses to questions about driving after marijuana use from the Traffic Safety Culture Index based on demographic factors, recreational and medical marijuana policies, and per-se marijuana laws. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws.

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1 Kilogram of Cannabis Was the (Ultimate) Price of This Singaporean Man’s Life

Veriheal

Singapore enforces some of the harshest drug laws on the planet and has faced immense pressure from all corners to banish the death penalty—a judicial law that claimed the lives of 11 people in 2021. After a two-year break, Singapore’s death penalty was reinforced in early 2022. grams of cannabis in 2017.

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Delaware Lawmaker Will Reintroduce Cannabis Legalization Bill in January

SpeedWeed

Winters said Kind Idaho has a “skeleton crew” of volunteers in different parts of the state, and has collected roughly 5,000 of the 65,000 total signatures needed to get the group’s medical cannabis legalization measure, the Idaho Medical Marijuana Act for 2022 (IMMA) , before voters next year.

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The Uruguayan government is considering proposed changes to regulations which, if approved, will result in the legalisation of edible non-psychoactive cannabis products.

Cannabis Law Report

Other major changes would include the participation of Mutualistas, a type of collective and affordable health insurance according to Carlos Lavaca, head of the country’s new National Medicinal and Therapeutic Cannabis Program.

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Third Senate Committee Approves North Carolina Medical Cannabis Bill

SpeedWeed

Winters said Kind Idaho has a “skeleton crew” of volunteers in different parts of the state, and has collected roughly 5,000 of the 65,000 total signatures needed to get the group’s medical cannabis legalization measure, the Idaho Medical Marijuana Act for 2022 (IMMA) , before voters next year.