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Finnish Cannabis Association Collecting Signatures To Get Referendum On Cannabis Legalization

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“ The referendum must collect 50,000 signatures for the project to be debated in Parliament, and collected half of it at the time of writing. The number of prescriptions for medical cannabis products are still low, despite rising from 57 in 2011 to 223 in 2014 ( Eklund 2015 ) and 373 in 2017 ( Malin 2019 ).

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Looking Back on 25 Years of California Cannabis: Growing Pains (STILL) Persist

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215 opened the door for a collective model (i.e., With the passage of SB 420 , this collective system was formalized and, with the advent of the 2008 Guidelines issued by the State Attorney General’s Office, more details around “compliance” and best practices were provided; but it was nothing like we have today under Prop.

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Harborside & Nor Cal Opinions. Dispensaries, Don’t Despair. There Are Solutions

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These opinions create an opportunity for a cannabis dispensary to exclude from gross revenue a substantial portion of the money collected from cannabis consumers. These funds are money that a dispensary is obligated to remit to various governmental agencies.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

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Compliance Division – Richard Parrott. Collectively, these dedicated public servants bring extensive experience from the state and local level to the leadership team. District Court, Northern District of California from 2015 to 2016, Law Clerk for the Honorable Michelle T. Compliance Division – Richard Parrott.

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New Study Says. Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minors

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In a 2013–2014 National Roadside Survey, more drivers tested positive for cannabis (12.6%) than for alcohol (8.3%; Berning, Compton, & Wochinger, 2015) with drivers aged 16–20 having the highest rates. The lowest rate (44%) was in a community where law enforcement had recently enforced underage alcohol laws using compliance checks (i.e.,

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Exporting CBD Food Just Got Harder: The European Union Makes a Move

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Regulation 2015/2283 , which is the latest food regulation adopted by the European Parliament and the European Union (“EU”), defines “novel food” as “food that was not used for human consumption to a significant degree within the Union before 15 May 1997, irrespective of the dates of accession of the Member States to the Union.”.

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Oregon Hemp: Another Round of ODA Rules

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Since 2015 the number of licensed hemp growers has climbed from 13 to 584 (with much of that in the past two years) and hemp acreage has rapidly expanded to 11,000 acres. The new hemp sampling fees would be increased by approximately 33 percent to cover the ODA’s cost associated with collecting regulatory samples. percent total THC.

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