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Washington DC weighs competing recreational cannabis bills

SpeedWeed

Washington DC lawmakers have two recreational marijuana legalization bills to consider after Mayor Muriel Bowser and City Council Chair Phil Mendelson introduced separate measures. At least one advocacy group is supporting Mendelson’s bill. “We Each measure says it is something regulators can consider.

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Iowa Medical Marijuana Laws: Past, Present, and Future

MMJ Recs

For decades, cannabis was strictly prohibited for both medical and recreational use. In 2014, the Iowa Legislature passed the Medical Cannabidiol Act, allowing for the limited use of cannabis-derived products containing low levels of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) for medical purposes.

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Louisiana Is Blazing Trails With New Cannabis Laws

Veriheal

After the first attempt at establishing a dispensary system was shut down by state senators in 2014, a second attempt the next year saw better results. While cannabis has been decriminalized, citizens are still far from seeing a recreational cannabis program implemented—which they would benefit from in more ways than one.

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This Week On The Karma Koala Podcast (49) The Honorable Robert J. Torres, Jr. Supreme Court Justice Guam, Marlo Nicole, Arundati Dandapani & George Smitherman of the Cannabis Council of Canada

Cannabis Law Report

CRIC represents the highest standards, ethics and best practices; provides effective promotion and advocacy of the industry; serves as a source of information and thought leadership; and is a forum for collective industry action. Torres, Jr. Medical Cannabis Canada* , Max Monahan-Ellison (max@patientaccess.ca).

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Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana CEO Asks Why Patients Are Being Taxed

Cannabis Law Report

Founded in 2014, Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana (CFAMM) (Canadiens pour l’accès équitable à la marijuana médicale (CAEMM)) is a federal non-partisan, non-profit, patient-run organisation dedicated to protecting and improving the rights of medical cannabis patients. Patient advocacy is alive and well in Canada.

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How I Use Cannabis For My Essential Tremor And Fibromyalgia

Miss Marijuana

The need for access to actual medical cannabis was obvious in late 2014, when my tremor started to not be so benign anymore. Colorado went great but I found myself busy traveling for work causing me to never actually get my state medical card, it was Recreational by this time.

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CBD Ban: Brits Take Up Fight And Send Lawyers To Brussels

Cannabis Law Report

He has been an approved Bar Advocacy Trainer for 10 years and was appointed as counsel at the United Nations (ICTR) in 2005 and Queen’s Counsel in 2010. Cannabis lawyers are heading to Brussels next week to challenge a recent decision by the European Union to reclassify food products containing cannabidiol (CBD) and prohibit their sale.

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