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Medical Program Decline

Canna Care Docs

By 2016, the medical marijuana program had established itself as a vital resource for thousands of Massachusetts residents seeking alternative treatments for various health issues. Shift to Recreational Focus The landscape changed dramatically with the legalization of recreational marijuana in 2016.

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The Rise of Anti-Legalization Efforts

Veriheal

This policy ensured significant penalties and incarceration for possession, cultivation, and trafficking for anyone found guilty in the U.S. Harpers magazine also released an article in 2016 , with clips from an interview with a top Nixon advisor who made a similar admission.

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Jared Shaw Could Face the Death Penalty for Edibles in Indonesia

Veriheal

Indonesia’s last executions were carried out in 2016. “We are still running the investigation to uncover the international drug network behind this case and to stop its distribution,” Soekarno-Hatta Airport police chief Ronald Sipayung said in a statement to the press. About 147 million people, or 2.5%

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NORML Formally Responds to DEA’s Proposed Changes to Marijuana Cultivation Rules

NORML

Under existing regulations, the agency only licenses one facility — the University of Mississippi — to cultivate cannabis for use in FDA-approved clinical trials. In 2016, the agency appeared to reconsider its longstanding policy, and publicly stated for the first time that it would consider additional applicants.

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Court: DEA Must Explain Its Failure to Act Upon Pending Marijuana Cultivation Applications

NORML

A federal court has ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to respond to a lawsuit charging the agency with failing to move forward with a 2016 policy to expand the total number of federally licensed marijuana cultivators. On July 29, the Appellate Court ordered to provide a written response to the filing with 30 days.

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NORML Says DEA’s Newly Proposed Bulk Cultivation Rules Are “Unduly Onerous, Expensive, and Impractical”

NORML

In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking , published this week in the Federal Register , the agency acknowledges its longstanding failure to act upon the 35 bulk cultivation applications before it. Those entities who wish to either cultivate low-THC crops (those containing no more than 0.3

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DEA Promises Progress on Federal Cultivation Applications, But Provides No Timetable for Action

NORML

According to the agency’s filing today in the Federal Register, the DEA “intends to promulgate regulations” to evaluate several dozen applications before it from private entities that wish to cultivate cannabis for FDA-approved research. However, this is not the first time the agency has made such a promise.

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