Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Theme 3 involved access to capital.

Policy 105

Policy Research and Development Collective Banking 105

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Develop a comprehensive marijuana policy that accounts for current laws in each state where your company operates. A zero-tolerance policy for marijuana may not be possible, depending on your state’s laws. However, the best marijuana policies will: Prohibit workers using marijuana in any form while at work.

Marijuana 97

Marijuana Policy Safety Consumption 97

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2022

Since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. Eight of the laws were approved in 2020 or 2021, and in seven of those states, sales and tax collections have not yet begun. Also, until July 2017, a 2.9%

Collective 52

Collective Policy Retail Programs 52

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 31, 2019

Blair Gibbs, the prime minister’s new policy adviser, is joining Downing Street from the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis. The prime minister is hiring Blair Gibbs, a long-term advocate of reforming cannabis laws, as one of his policy advisers in Downing Street. Buzzfeed News reports. ” Blair Gibbs / Twitter.

Policy 45

Policy Medicine Recreational Cannabis 45

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 16, 2022

City of Cartersville , a civil rights lawsuit filed by SCHR and The Merchant Law Firm, PC, after 64 young people were arrested for being present at a party on December 30, 2017, where less than an ounce of marijuana was found. SCHR is calling on the City of Cartersville to rescind this destructive and wasteful policy. “No

Marijuana 98

Marijuana Policy Conditions Treatment 98

NORML

MAY 12, 2020

When those very medications led to liver failure in 2017, triggering chronic pain and other MS symptoms, she was forced to retire from teaching. By the time she learned she was breaking the law, cannabis medicine was saving her life. By the time she learned she was breaking the law, cannabis medicine was saving her life.

Advocacy 272

Advocacy Legislation Chronic Pain Education 272

Veriheal

MARCH 29, 2023

In addition, several other studies suggest that legalizing access to marijuana is actually associated with decreased: Crime Opioid overdose Mental illness rates Gone are the days when cautionary tales run rampant. In some cases, legalization policies only allowed home-grown cannabis or had not yet implemented commercial sales.

Legalization 57

Legalization Data Policy Cannabis 57

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 4, 2019

The Minnesota Lawyer continues… The department has decided that persons on parole, supervised release or conditional release may use the drug in accordance with state law, which includes registration. However, the about-face came the day before a motion challenging the former policy was scheduled in Carver County District Court.

Policy 40

Policy Conditions Cannabis Topical 40

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 28, 2019

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. 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. ACM S32386, 2017 CCA LEXIS 522 (A.F. AUTHOR: Patrick McKnight. Current Issues in Marijuana Regulation.

Access 49

Access Marijuana Research and Development Programs 49

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 31, 2019

Network of Trial Law Firms – July 29, 2019. Virgin Islands have passed laws allowing medical marijuana use. [7] 11] But in 2018, the DOJ reversed course and announced a further update to its marijuana enforcement policy, including “a return to the rule of law and the rescission of previous guidance documents.” [12]

Law 40

Law Legalization Marijuana Policy 40

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Commission has designated certain geographic areas in Massachusetts as DIAs for having historically disproportionately higher drug-policy enforcement and lower socio-economic status due to marijuana prohibition and the War on Drugs. The 29 DIAs respond to the Commission’s equity mandates under state law ( M.G.L.

Programs 59

Programs Consumption Policy State Laws 59

NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

Legislation is pending, House Bill 1272, to expand access to medical cannabis in North Dakota. Lawmakers decriminalized minor marijuana possession offenses in 2017. Legislation is pending, House Bill 350, to expand medical cannabis access. Under existing law, only a handful of licensed dispensaries are permitted in the state.

Legislation 185

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 185

CannaMD

MARCH 3, 2021

Law enforcement, policy makers, and public citizens have long debated how recreational marijuana legalization influences crime and public safety. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy , and PLOS One – discovering a buffer effect and decreased crime rates. Most existing research focuses on crime in legalized states.

Legalization 119

Legalization Marijuana Data Safety 119

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 12, 2019

Founded in 2014, Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana (CFAMM) (Canadiens pour l’accès équitable à la marijuana médicale (CAEMM)) is a federal non-partisan, non-profit, patient-run organisation dedicated to protecting and improving the rights of medical cannabis patients. Canadian’s for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana .

Access 45

Access Patients Marijuana Medicine 45

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Importantly, control of psychedelics by a small number of companies may stifle innovation and reduce access to these therapies. Griffiths, Potential Therapeutic Effects of Psilocybin , 14 NEUROTHERAPEUTICS 734, 735–36 (2017) (describing the therapeutic benefits of psilocybin therapy for cancer-related anxiety and depression).

Research and Development 52

Research and Development Therapy Law Clinical Trials 52

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2021

The creation of this standalone cannabis department is part of a larger effort to improve access to licensure, simplify regulatory oversight and support California businesses. Lee served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Vince Chhabria at the U.S. Chief Deputy Director – Rasha Salama. Friedland at the U.S.

Research and Development 105

Research and Development Compliance Compliance Food 105

Veriheal

MARCH 11, 2022

veterans have called on the government to increase cannabis access, and Colorado police report a rise in street cannabis tainted with fentanyl. The TTAB’s decision on PUREXXXCBD is consistent with the precedent set in a 2017 cannabis trademark case. Do you think the VA will go through with the policy changes it teased?

CBD 57

CBD Access Cannabis Therapy 57

NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

At the state level, activists in Florida and Missouri gathered in their state capitals along side state and local NORML chapters to lobby state lawmakers in favor of sensible marijuana policy reform. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access. John Fetterman, Lt. CA resident? CT resident? Update : S. FL resident?

Legislation 162

Legislation Decriminalization Access Patients 162

Veriheal

MAY 17, 2023

Singapore enforces some of the harshest drug laws on the planet and has faced immense pressure from all corners to banish the death penalty—a judicial law that claimed the lives of 11 people in 2021. grams of cannabis in 2017. After a two-year break, Singapore’s death penalty was reinforced in early 2022.

Research and Development 96

Research and Development Medicine Treatment Epilepsy 96

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 31, 2021

The main roadblock is President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial anti-drug policy – popularly called the ‘war on drugs’ – which has attracted criticism from human rights advocates because of the rising number of extra-judicial killings.

Seed-To-Sale 66

Seed-To-Sale Epilepsy Medicine Sativa 66

Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 4, 2021

First published in 2017, and updated in 2019, the new 2021 Women & Minorities in the Cannabis Industry , is now available for download here. Since the first edition of this report was published in 2017, the cannabis industry has changed significantly—and with it the diversity landscape. We hold up the mirror. businesses.

Data 52

Data Programs Business Banking 52

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Different legislation across EU countries on prescribing cannabis-based medicines can hinder patients’ access to their treatment when they travel abroad, EUMCA said. In January 2017, the German Parliament passed a reform of the country’s drug law, allowing easier access to cannabis products for therapeutic purposes.

Medicine 59

Medicine Clinical Trials Treatment Access 59

Veriheal

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Until this study, little was known about changes in cannabis use outcomes by race or ethnicity following passage of recreational cannabis laws among states that already had passed medical cannabis use laws,” said the associate professor of epidemiology at Mailman School of Public Health, Silvia Martins , MD, Ph.D. .

Consumption 57

Consumption Recreational Legalization Data 57

Veriheal

JUNE 20, 2022

.” The LPP’s mission is: “Through intervention, advocacy, and awareness campaigns the Last Prisoner Project works to redress the past and continuing harms of these unjust laws and policies.” Or you can continue to hide behind archaic laws and outdated cannabis policy until we come for you.

Chronic Pain 95

Chronic Pain Advocacy Pharmaceutical Legalization 95

MMJ Recs

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

In 2017, a law was enacted in Virginia that allowed people with specific types of intractable epilepsy to access cannabis oil, as long as they had a doctor certify they needed it and it could help with their condition. Essentially, patients who have access to MMJ in Virginia now cannot be prosecuted for possession of marijuana.

Marijuana 52

Marijuana Epilepsy Access Conditions 52

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2021

. – Today, ahead of the 50th anniversary—on June 17—of when President Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs,” Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Cori Bush (D-MO) unveiled the Drug Policy Reform Act (DPRA), alongside the Drug Policy Alliance, which has been a strategic partner on the development of the legislation.

Decriminalization 78

Decriminalization Policy Research and Development Data 78

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 26, 2022

A 2017 survey from Marijuana Business Daily found that 81% of American cannabis business owners and founders were white and 10% of cannabis business founders identified as Hispanic/Latino or Black. An appalling statistic and one that must be improved upon. Fortune write. Many Black cannabis businesses can’t secure funding.

Business 59

Business Marijuana Programs Data 59

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 23, 2022

The change isn’t driven by a more liberal drug policy, however, but rather European farmers’ concerns over a limited assortment of permitted hemp varieties. “But this change would make another three to five varieties accessible that would be possible for us to grow for seed,” Siiner said.

THC 52

THC Sativa Hemp Conditions 52

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 19, 2022

The Psychedelic Access and Research European Alliance (PAREA) is a group founded in 2022 and comprised of 15 organizations with common goals in the field of mental health and psychedelics. We are equally excited about the inaugural launch of the Psychedelic Access and Research European Alliance! Welcome : Prof.

Therapy 52

Therapy Advocacy Events Treatment 52

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. I am a legal Florida medical marijuana patient since January 2017, as well as a traveling medical cannabis writer, patient educator and vocal advocate. If you wish to re-publish this story please do so with following accreditation. AUTHOR: Heather Allman. Clearing the Air- Florida Condensed Cannabis

Dispensary 76

Dispensary Patients Agriculture Conditions 76

NORML

MAY 24, 2019

Clearing prior cannabis-related criminal records and addressing additional devastating impacts of marijuana criminalization in the fields of immigration, family law, housing, and employment. In 2017, in the main upstate cities, black people were 12.1 times more likely. times more likely to be arrested while Latino people were 5.2

Education 102

Education Marijuana Advocacy Legislation 102

CannaTech

JANUARY 10, 2019

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), almost 50,000 people died of opiate-related overdoses in 2017. These frightening statistics have led some policy-makers to call for imposing greater regulation and oversight in dispensing practices, and this is certainly a necessary measure to prevent the creation of new addicts.

Research and Development 88

Research and Development Treatment Access Cannabis 88

The Cannigma

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Furthermore, in 2017 the Norwegian parliament voted in favor of a measure to decriminalize drug use, shifting the focus of drug policies towards treatment. Norway has an official medical cannabis system, but its access is extremely limited and prescriptions are difficult to obtain (Wikimedia).

Legalization 59

Legalization Decriminalization Patients Medicine 59

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

These regulations implement Senate Bill (SB) 166 , signed into law on September 23, 2021, which outlined broad criteria for the waivers and mandated that DCC have a fee waiver program in place by January 1, 2022. DCC develops and implements progressive cannabis policies with robust protections for public health, safety and the environment.

Business 52

Business Programs Environment Access 52

SpeedWeed

MAY 14, 2021

As a sovereign nation not subject to state laws, the tribe’s decision to decriminalize cannabis possession of up to an ounce makes it the first area in North Carolina to remove marijuana possession penalties. . The tribe began a needle exchange program in 2017. . Cannabis would actually be the exit drug.”.

Decriminalization 52

Decriminalization Hash Pharmaceutical Programs 52

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 16, 2019

The research, which was published in the journal Ecological Economics earlier this month, is thought to be the first of its kind to analyze the effects of legalization policies on illegal outdoor grows in national forests throughout the United States. Meanwhile, an increase in law enforcement presence only made a slight difference (a 2.5

Legalization 40

Legalization Marijuana Recreational Policy 40

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2021

Since federal law still categorizes marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug — which makes marijuana businesses illegal — national banks fear they’ll violate federal law doing business with the cannabis industry. You’ll get access to checking, savings and money market accounts as well as online banking. Numerica Credit Union.

Banking 110

Banking Compliance Compliance Business 110