Canna Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

At this point, over a month into the 2019 session, a preponderance of legislators appear vaguely inclined to “let it ride” and drop the big ideas when it comes to cannabis. Let’s hope Oregon gets it right in 2019, so that cannabis consumers are treated like alcohol consumers, and patients have access to medicine without fear of job loss.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Victoria led the way when in 2016 it allowed for sick patients to have access to cannabis for medicinal purposes. “Australia is championing changes to cannabis laws in March, which is great,” Mr David told the Daily Mail.

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PrestoDoctor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It has been a go-to option for healthcare professionals seeking to manage pain effectively for their patients. This has led many patients to explore cannabis as a potential substitute for prescription codeine. Additionally, common side effects such as drowsiness, constipation, and respiratory depression can be burdensome for patients.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

For those of you in the dark about Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program, I will be lighting up the dim corners of Florida: The Nation’s Fastest-Growing Medical Marijuana Market , according to The Miami New Times on May 2, 2019. CANNABIS PRIMER. Glossary of Marijuana Terminologyvia CannaInsider.com. Americans for Safe Access.org.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

20 September 2019. In May 2014, Barnaby Joyce spoke out in support of legalising cannabis medicine: a campaign fronted by a young patient named Dan Haslam. “We speculate that the tight regulation is more a means of control and restriction with the aim of keeping Australian patient numbers minimal.”

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 6, 2021

The 2019 EVALI/VAPI health crisis was caused by illegal-market vape cartridge manufacturers introducing toxic thinners into their products. . Forcing patients to purchase more. Doing so, Pollara wrote, would effectively force a 50% to 150% tax on patients. In 2019, Sen. Florida State Sen. The math is pretty simple.

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The Cannigma

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

In 2019, Cypriot lawmakers approved a law legalizing the possession, import and export, and cultivation of marijuana for medical use. In 2016, a new law was introduced that allowed people with drug charges outside of trafficking to apply for alternative treatment rather than prison. Medical: legal Recreational: illegal.

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

After two years of waiting, medical marijuana patients in North Dakota’s largest city will finally have safe, reliable access to medication. The very first medical cannabis dispensary in the Roughrider State is opening in Fargo on February 28, 2019. Only 120 medical marijuana cards have been issued to patients at this time.

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MassRoots

AUGUST 3, 2020

The state’s medical marijuana program has been criticized for being too limited and too restrictive since the program was established in 2016, but the three laws that went into effect on Saturday aim to improve the situation. Home cultivation remains illegal for the more than 4,000 registered medical marijuana patients. House Bill 819.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 25, 2021

A United Kingdom police chief proposed a novel idea this January: Allow drug-dependent inmates access to free cannabis to help them overcome opioid addiction. This creates a situation where state detention facilities — even where cannabis is legal — do not allow inmates access to medical cannabis because it violates federal law.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Clinic founder Gary Mackenzie said he is concerned some people will come to the Releaf Clinic hoping to access cannabis to get high. . There will be some patients who will get the wrong idea,’ he said. . But it’s not a magic bullet and should be part of the holistic approach to managing the patient as a whole. .

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

In 2018, the first full year of operations for the retail medical marijuana program in Pennsylvania, patients spent more than $130 million on the herbal medication. Patients are realizing the benefits and there has been steady, positive progress that I am pleased to report.”. — Senator Jay Costa (@Senatorcosta) February 15, 2019.

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Veriheal

MAY 31, 2022

opioid epidemic, which claimed a record number of lives in 2021 , is the result of America’s faulty regulation of these powerful pain-killing drugs and a widespread lack of access to safe and adequate pain management solutions. A 2019 study found that 76% of patients in the U.S. This trend dates back to the 1990s when U.S.

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Veriheal

MAY 13, 2021

In November of 2016, the majority of Arkansas voters voted yes on the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment. Based on the law’s original language, they were also supposed to begin accepting applications for cultivation and dispensing in June of 2017, with patient cards being issued within the same time frame. 10,773 patients.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Arkansas voters approved a medical cannabis program on November 8, 2016, and the legislature subsequently amended the program through the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016. Until 2019, however, no law provided a way to access that oil. Nor do there appear to be any significant proposed bills that would do so.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

John Bel Edwards (D) in 2016. Nonetheless, the state’s MMJ program did not actually go into effect until August 2019 , when medical dispensaries first opened their doors. In 2018, a rule limiting MMJ doctors in the state to 100 patients or less was eliminated , expanding the availability of MMJ for state residents.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In Connecticut specifically, more than 80% of drug overdose deaths since 2019 have been due to fentanyl. Between 2016 and 2019, the U.S. In 2019, 10.1 In addition to the societal impacts of the pandemic, experts blame this increase on the rising prevalence of fentanyl in the illicit drug supply.

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CannaMD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Current Florida medical marijuana patient? SHORT ANSWER: In November 2016, the Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative (known as Amendment 2 ) legalized medical marijuana treatment in Florida. The governor also signed Senate Bill 1700 to protect the privacy of doctors recommending low-THC marijuana and their patients.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 26, 2021

The country legalized medical cannabis in 2016, but patients in the country have long criticized the program as too restrictive, and access to cannabis-based medicines remains behind that of many other legal cannabis jurisdictions. A doctor who applies to the TGA on behalf of a patient must provide a clinical justification.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Australia’s westernmost state is making it easier for patients to access medical cannabis. The state is expected to see a similar increase in patient numbers as other jurisdictions that already abolished specialist approval. Western Australia cuts red tape for medical cannabis in boost for patients, industry.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 4, 2019

In addition to eliminating the $50 annual registration fee for medical marijuana patients, the draft regulations spell out the proposed rules for two areas that have been topics of much discussion since the early days of legal marijuana and the CCC: authorized social or public use of marijuana and home delivery of nonmedical . JULY 3, 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 28, 2019

May 2, 2019. Veterans Struggle to Gain Access to Medical Marijuana. Despite this expansion military veterans often face greater obstacles to gaining access to medical marijuana than other groups. Many patients with PTSD report having flashbacks or intrusive thoughts which result in involuntarily re-living past traumatic events.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 24, 2021

Dubbed the Marijuana Working Group, the newly formed panel will consist of civic officials, industry representatives, caregivers, and medical marijuana patients who will make recommendations to Maine’s Office of Marijuana Policy (OMP) with the goal of improving the state’s medicinal cannabis program. Prohibitionist Need Not Apply.

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Also, a 2016 survey of 507 Irish students aged 15-18 found that 39.4% Does Irish law permit for medical patients? In 2019, Ireland’s Minister for Health signed legislation to allow a pilot plan for medical cannabis, which launched in 2021 and is set to run for five years. reported previous cannabis use, but only 18.2%

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Also, a 2016 survey of 507 Irish students aged 15-18 found that 39.4% What Irish law permits for medical patients? In 2019, Ireland’s Minister for Health signed legislation to allow a pilot plan for medical cannabis, which launched in 2021 and is set to run for five years. reporte previous cannabis use, but only 18.2%

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

.” Emerald has four clinics – in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and the Northern Rivers region of NSW – in which patients can be prescribed medical marijuana under the federal government’s Special Access Scheme. In fiscal 2019 it had a loss of $5.5

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2020

Now, he is the Vice-Chair of Indiana NORML — an organization who is currently focused on changing cannabis laws for the access to Medical Cannabis as therapeutic treatment in Indiana. Effective Date: 2019. The findings of anecdotal and controlled studies regarding the efficacy for patient use are mixed.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 18, 2019

The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) reported that almost $100 million in medical marijuana sales occurred between February 15, 2018, and February 15, 2019, the first full year that medical cannabis was available to Pennsylvania patients. The DOH system requires that a patient possess a state-issued form of identification.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

California hospital facilities will be allowed to use medical cannabis for terminally ill patients. Gavin Newsom signed into law the Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act, or Ryan’s Law – remarkable for the fact that he vetoed a similar measure in 2019 due to conflict with federal law. Call us at 714-937-2050.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2022

In the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years, state officials reported that revenue from the 37% cannabis retail tax outpaced alcohol tax revenue, despite the fact that many more adults consume alcohol than cannabis. Those sales were taxed at 25% beginning January 4, 2016. The state’s medical patients (about 0.5% 46,104,922. 104,759,961.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Medical cannabis was legalized in Australia in 2016 when the Narcotic Drugs Act was amended, allowing cannabis to be grown for medical and scientific purposes. According to Australian marijuana research firm FreshLeaf Analytics, during Q3 of 2019, 76 new products were introduced in the market, up from 54 in Q1.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2019

For those of you in the dark about Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program, I will be lighting up the dim corners of Florida: The Nation’s Fastest-Growing Medical Marijuana Market , according to The Miami New Times on May 2, 2019. Since then, my quality of life has increased dramatically, both mentally and physically.

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MassRoots

MARCH 5, 2019

A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports on February 25, 2019, compared data submitted to the Releaf App between June 6, 2016, and March 5, 2018. Meanwhile, THC remains federally illegal under the Controlled Substance Act. Data Tracking.

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Veriheal

MARCH 30, 2021

In 2016, after being stopped by police for loud music, he was discovered to be in possession of cannabis and eventually sentenced to prison time. In 2012, the Alabama Medical Marijuana Patients Rights Act was introduced. Suffering from a traumatic brain injury and PTSD after his service, Worsely used medical cannabis to cope.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2019

Minister for Health Simon Harris TD today signed legislation which will allow for the operation of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme on a pilot basis for five years. The Programme will facilitate access to cannabis-based products for medical use in line with legislation. We have highlighted relevant passages.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 24, 2022

The legal framework regarding the use of psychedelics in patients is very pragmatic in Switzerland and unique internationally. Nevertheless, the regulatory hurdles for researchers and patients are still extremely high. ruling BVGer C-4592/2019). A total of 170 patients were treated under these licenses.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 11, 2021

A new study recently published in the Journal of Adolescent Health collected data on 14,798 adolescents aged 12 to 17 who vaped weed or tobacco between December 2016 and January 2018. In 2019, global health officials reported an outbreak of EVALI , a mysterious lung illness that only affected people who vaped.

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