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

The Blunt Truth

The history of the law surrounding this subject may offer insight. It was not until 2014 when the Rohrabacher–Farr amendment was passed, effectively prohibiting the federal government from interfering with the implementation of state medical cannabis laws, that states were able to regulate the medical use of marijuana.

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Banning Smokeable Hemp Is a Big Texas Failure

Veriheal

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. Sadly, this wouldn’t be the first time that authorities mixed the two up. federal legalization of hemp.

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Courts Deny Naturalization Petitions Due to Marijuana

Canna Law Blog

In 2014, the petitioner and her husband opened a licensed marijuana dispensary. In 2014, the plaintiff and her husband opened a licensed marijuana dispensary. She had no criminal history, no history of violence, nothing in the parade of horribles that might mean a lack of good character. What a shame. Citizenship.

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Marijuana Possession Cases No Longer Prosecuted In Baltimore

MassRoots

Taking the initiative to reform local cannabis policy from within, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn J. These “common sense changes,” which are to be implemented immediately, also state that the quantity a person has will not matter, and neither will the person’s criminal history, as long as it is only for personal use.

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USDA Announces Pilot Insurance Coverage for Hemp Growers

Cannabis Law Report

The 2018 Farm Bill amended the Controlled Substances Act to address how industrial hemp is to be defined and regulated at the federal level, and those modifications cleared the way for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to offer policies for it. WASHINGTON, D.C., The Farm Bill defines hemp as containing 0.3

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