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

Cannabis Law Report

The move is another small step in the direction of making cannabis policy more lenient toward consumers who may be otherwise law-abiding citizens. It was only in 2013 that the country aligned its policy with the rest of the Union and allowed the cultivation of hemp by local farmers.

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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. Certain types of CBD products, like oils, can be found in Lithuania. Cannabis in Lithuania. Lithuania has a complicated relationship with cannabis. CBD regulations.

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Expert Gives Delta-8 THC Thumbs Down

Project CBD

From 1994 to 2013, he was employed as a principal investigator at DuPont Central Research and Development. Scialdone is currently founder and president of BetterChem Consulting , which provides consulting services worldwide in the chemical, food, plant essential oil, and cannabis industries.

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What to Do About the Worrisome Cannabis Vaping Trend Among Adolescents

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According to a recent report published in JAMA Pediatrics , the number of adolescents who reported vaping cannabis within the previous 30 days has increased substantially since 2013—specifically, from 1.6% and Canada. It’s time to smash the stigma with education. While thousands of people across the U.S.

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Linked In Article: Lawyers and offices in Brazil embrace marijuana

Cannabis Law Report

Before 2013, legal professionals’ contact with cannabis issues was basically limited to criminal proceedings relating to the possession or sale of the substance. At that time, the lawyer Diogo Busse was in charge of the drug policy secretariat in Curitiba (PR) when he was introduced to Anny’s family by a friend.

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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. A friend suggested Tamara try CBD oil for her pain, and it gave her relief like nothing else had.

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The FDA’s Problem With Hemp-CBD

Canna Law Blog

Only 21% of respondents believed that CBD oil should be sold with a prescription and a mere 2% believed it should not be available at all. If the FDA and CBD oil were politicians, they’d be neck and neck. Recently, the FDA issued a new statement on CBD : FDA is Committed to Sound, Science-Based Policy on CBD. That sounds great!

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