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Article – Cannabis Wire: Cannabis in the Caribbean, Part I: Change is Coming

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In recent years, jurisdictions throughout the area have softened their stance on the plant, largely through policies that have decriminalized simple possession and established robust programs for medical cannabis use and sales. Similarly, last November, the Prime Minister of Dominica called for the decriminalization of simple possession.

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Protecting Cannabis Trademarks in Anticipation of Federal Legalization

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These limited marks have created a fractured market, with little clarity for businesses in a cannabis industry that continues to grow despite the lack of federal decriminalization. Prior bills that proposed to legalize or decriminalize cannabis explicitly contemplated the use of cannabis “marks” but provided little additional guidance.

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OR: OLCC “2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report” & Statement

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Recognition that cannabis is woven into the state’s cultural fabric initially emerged as institutional tolerance when Oregon became the first state in the country to decriminalize marijuana possession in 1973.

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Cannabis Education with Canada’s Newcomers

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Next, Ziad El Shourbagy, Community Engagement Specialist at Tweed, headquartered in Smith Falls since 2014 and belonging to parent holding company Canopy Growth (TSX: WEED), launched into a deeply informative “Cannabis 101” styled two-hour presentation on the Fundamentals of Cannabis and Responsible Consumption.

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How to Obtain a Medical Marijuana Growers License

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Other rules govern cultivation, storage, pest control, packaging and inventory. Measure 91, which Oregon state voters passed in November 2014, allows residents to possess and cultivate marijuana beginning July 1, 2015. But the state has moved consistently in a direction of decriminalization, meaning no prison time.

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Cannabis Convictions & Deportation

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Tony Evers has proposed decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, that would be little protection for noncitizens, experts say. Despite the wave of marijuana legalization and decriminalization across the United States, Davorin Odrcic, a Milwaukee-based immigration attorney, tells his clients to abstain. Even though Gov.

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AAFP ( American Academy of Family Physicians) Releases Marijuana, Cannabinoids Position Paper

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However, the AAFP supports decriminalization of possession of marijuana for personal use. The AAFP advocates for robust regulation regarding labeling and child-proof packaging of all marijuana and cannabinoid products. However, the AAFP supports decriminalization of possession of marijuana for personal use. Relevant AAFP Policy.