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Iowa Medical Marijuana Laws: Past, Present, and Future

MMJ Recs

In this blog, we’re discussing the past, present, and future of Iowa medical marijuana laws — exploring its history, laws, regulations, patient access, and the evolving role it plays in the state’s healthcare system. For decades, cannabis was strictly prohibited for both medical and recreational use.

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Action Needed: Marijuana Vote This Week In Congress

NORML

However, since 2014, members of Congress have passed annual spending bills that included a provision protecting those who engage in the state-sanctioned use and dispensing of medical cannabis from undue prosecution by the Department of Justice. Send a message to your lawmaker in less than 20 seconds right now.

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The history of cannabis prohibition

Cannabis Info

The history of cannabis prohibition. For most of human history , marijuana has been completely legal. America was no exception and the first marijuana law , which ordered all farmers to grow the plant, was enacted in Jamestown Colony (Virginia) in 1619. In the next 200 years many similar laws came into force. BACKGROUND.

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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

The Blunt Truth

According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5 The history of the law surrounding this subject may offer insight. Therefore, the law prohibited the utilization of even medical marijuana.

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Webinar 15 December: Protecting Sincere Psychedelic Churches: Chacruna’s Guide to the Law and Best Practices

Cannabis Law Report

Protecting Sincere Psychedelic Churches: Chacruna’s Guide to the Law and Best Practices. The panel will also discuss the history of RFRA claims filed for exemptions from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), including the cases of the Santo Daime and UDV churches, which have been granted exemptions.

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Banning Smokeable Hemp Is a Big Texas Failure

Veriheal

Did this happen because law enforcement can’t distinguish the difference between hemp and cannabis? An okra farmer was raided in the middle of the night in Georgia in 2014. Hot Hemp and a History of Cannabis Issues. Make sure to follow Veriheal to keep up with updates on Texas’ cannabis policy.

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Courts Deny Naturalization Petitions Due to Marijuana

Canna Law Blog

We often write of the pernicious effects of the War on Drugs in the criminal law context as well as its harmful impacts on the hemp and (state) legal marijuana industries. This post turns to another issue resulting from federal illegality – the inability of a lawful permanent resident to petition for naturalization and and become a U.S.