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Cannabis laws in Uruguay

The Cannigma

It became the first country in the world to fully legalize recreational cannabis in 2013, and has a long-standing cultural association with weed. The government has established a regulated market for the production, sale, and consumption of cannabis. The plant has been used for traditional and medicinal purposes for centuries.

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Is weed legal in Turkey?

The Cannigma

They can only use the fibers, seeds, and stems. Selim Aytaç, the director of Ondokuz Mayis University’s leading cannabis research center, says that researchers on his team have been improving and breeding seeds since 2013 to cultivate a product with fine fibers for industrial use and decrease the amount of drug material, with great success.

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The Latin American Cannabis Landscape – Part Two: Regulated Markets and Patient Access

CannaTech

Thanks to the recent emergence of regulated medical cannabis markets, the success of this versatile plant can be followed from farm to pharma and prescriber to patient, however, the origins of cannabis as medicine cannot be as simply traced as the plant is today from seed to sale. It is not a story about profiting off of people.

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Qualifying for a medical cannabis card in Illinois

Canna Care Docs

The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act was enacted in 2013. The Opioid Alternative Pilot Program was established in 2018 to reduce opioid deaths and offer an alternative treatment to this highly addictive substance. Illinois residents have enjoyed access to recreational marijuana for several years now.

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Could I lose my flat if I grow cannabis there?

Sensi Seeds

Shortly after the end of the Franco dictatorship, a law was passed in Spain that allowed cultivation and consumption of any drugs, provided these were not for sale and never left the grower’s home. In 2013, the same court ruled that nine plants on the balcony, plus an unproven suspicion of dealing, did not justify terminating the lease.

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What Going Green Means for the Golden State and the Rest of the World

CannaTech

The bill, scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2019, allows California farmers to enter the rapidly-growing hemp industry on a wide scale, raising industrial hemp to produce hemp seed, oil, fiber, and extract for a variety of uses. These are some of the iconic images that immediately come to mind when people think of California.

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Article – Hogan Lovells: Regulation of cannabis in Italy: Use in food and cosmetics

Cannabis Law Report

It is true that the Convention exempted the cultivation of the cannabis plant for industrial purposes (fibre and seed) or horticultural purposes. In Italy the cultivation and the industrial use of hemp has a long tradition and recent changes in law have led to a revival. Cannabis may be used also as medicinal product.

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