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Florida Lawyer Disbarred & Fined After Charging Clients For “Patient Identification Card”

Cannabis Law Report

Ian Christensen was disbarred on January 18 after charging people nearly $800 for a “patient identification card” and other services, which he said would prevent his clients from being arrested for growing or having the drug on them, even before the state had legalized medical marijuana. .”

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Germany is now producing state sponsored medical cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

This move does not ban the importation of cannabis, as BfArM does not have the legal power to do so, but, according to them, it will improve patient care. The company was founded in 2013 to provide patients, medical institutions, doctors, and pharmacists across Europe with access to safe and reliable cannabis-based medicine.

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Three years after legalization, what’s the state of the cannabis industry in Canada?

The Cannigma

In 2018 Canada legalized recreational cannabis use, becoming the first G7 country to do so and only the second country after Uruguay, which legalized cannabis in 2013. Patients in Canada can legally possess the lesser of 150 grams or a 30-day supply of dried cannabis, as well as the 30 grams allowed for non-medical purposes.

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Rhode Island: Gov. Raimondo’s Proposed Marijuana Legalization Budget Plan

NORML

Other parts of the proposal will no longer permit growing marijuana plants by and for medical marijuana patients who can’t or won’t demonstrate hardship, instead driving them toward retail sales at compassion centers. per-package limit.). Rhode Island decriminalized minor marijuana-possession offenses in 2013.

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Will Cannabis Businesses Get Federal Coronavirus Money? Probably Not.

Canna Law Blog

And the Department of Justice has at times instituted enforcement criteria to remain entirely hands off when it comes to prosecuting state licensed cannabis business owners under federal law (see, e.g., the 2013 Cole Memo ) and even Native American Tribes (see the 2014 Wilkinson Statement ). from the financial disaster caused by COVID-19.

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How High Are Taxes on Recreational Marijuana in Your State?

SpeedWeed

After a nearly 10-hour filibuster Tuesday, House lawmakers reconvened Thursday and considered several floor amendments before passing the Senate-originated bill, 68-34, which would allow registered patients diagnosed with qualifying conditions to access cannabis. Sponsored by Republican Sen. Tim Melson, S.B. Republican Rep. If enacted, S.B.

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Reform Efforts Pick Up Speed in Alabama, Texas: Week in Review

SpeedWeed

After a nearly 10-hour filibuster Tuesday, House lawmakers reconvened Thursday and considered several floor amendments before passing the Senate-originated bill, 68-34, which would allow registered patients diagnosed with qualifying conditions to access cannabis. Sponsored by Republican Sen. Tim Melson, S.B. Republican Rep. If enacted, S.B.