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The Latin American Cannabis Landscape – Part Two: Regulated Markets and Patient Access

CannaTech

Thanks to the recent emergence of regulated medical cannabis markets, the success of this versatile plant can be followed from farm to pharma and prescriber to patient, however, the origins of cannabis as medicine cannot be as simply traced as the plant is today from seed to sale. It is not a story about profiting off of people.

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Millions Per Month: Why The Missouri Medical Marijuana Business Is Booming

MMJ Recs

Since these beginnings in 2014, many other changes surrounding the use and possession of medical marijuana have been put into place in Missouri so the state can provide legal medical marijuana to patients suffering from a variety of approved conditions. In 2018, Amendment 2 was passed, making medical marijuana in the state completely legal.

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The Status of Cannabis Legalization in the South

Cannabis Law Report

Although there is no excise tax on medical cannabis, there is a medical cannabis special privilege tax of 4% of the gross receipts or gross proceeds derived from the sale of usable cannabis to be collected by cultivation facilities, dispensaries, or other cannabis businesses and remitted to the Department of Finance and Administration.

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NORML’s 2020 Democratic Primary Marijuana Straw Poll

NORML

Current Office: Senator from Vermont 2018 NORML Congressional Scorecard Grade: A+ Sponsored Legislation: Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act (2015-2016) Co-Sponsored Legislation: Marijuana Justice Act of 2017 (2017-2020), Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act (2017-2018). The Senators. Amy Klobuchar. ” – 02/22/19.

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Georgia Governor Signs SB 195 To Expand Medical Cannabis Program

SpeedWeed

After a long legacy of having a medical cannabis program that barely took care of patients, the governor of Georgia has finally signed SB 195—a law that will expand the medical cannabis program to license retailers of low-THC cannabis . Without crossing state lines, there was no legal way for medical patients to obtain cannabis oil. .

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Is weed legal in India?

The Cannigma

In 2020, VICE India reported on the opening of “India’s first medical cannabis clinic,” which is not part of a state-run legal program, rather, uses the loophole in India’s drug laws to make cannabis preparations using leaves and seeds. How do Indians generally view marijuana?

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Columbia Loosens Cannabis Regulations

Cannabis Law Report

Some of the new language is as follows: To encourage the pharmaceutical industry, Colombia will allow the entry of dried flower, seeds, grain, plants, plant components, and derivatives to free zones, so that companies can carry out processing, packaging, and repackaging activities at lower prices, taking into account the tax benefits of these zones.