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NORML Members Call On NFL’s Goodell To Allow Players Access To Medicine

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” In 2017, Goodell said that he believed marijuana to be both addictive and unhealthy. When asked about the likelihood of the league changing its policies on the use of medical marijuana, Goodell answered, “We rely on our medical advisors to give us advice.

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Veterans Medical Marijuana Access Legislation Introduced In House and Senate

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Today, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced legislation, The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act , to expand and facilitate medical cannabis access to military veterans suffering from chronic pain, PTSD, and other serious medical conditions. A copy of the bill is available here.

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Peru: Congess Approves Self Cultivation of Medicinal Cannabis Bill

Cannabis Law Report

In Peru , Congress approved a bill that will allow the self-cultivation of medicinal cannabis and associative cultivation regulated by the State. Thus, with 100 votes in favor, zero against and four abstentions , the legislators expanded the scope of Law 30681, which regulates medical cannabis since 2017.

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Ex JP Morgan Dude Ben Langley founder & chief executive of Grow Group says in interview he’s fighting for fairer access for UK patients

Cannabis Law Report

I founded Grow in 2017, having left JP Morgan to become a socially conscious entrepreneur. Is he being altruistic? Or is it about market share? Only time will tell. How and when did the business start?

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Research Shows Access to Legal Medical Cannabis Doesn’t Encourage Youth Drug Abuse

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Even as recently as 2017. The Reefer Madness era told young people that using cannabis would make them go psychotic. The War on Drugs sent people of color to jail at disproportionate rates for non-violent cannabis possession charges.

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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. Legal access does not necessarily equate to financial access.

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Curaleaf International Advances Accessibility of Medical Cannabis Products in Germany with Strategic Partnership

Cannabis Law Report

Since 2017, cannabis has been approved for therapeutic use in Germany and may be prescribed by doctors for serious illnesses. Together we want to advance the development of high-quality medicinal cannabis and have made it our mission to improve the quality of life of neurological patients who still have symptoms despite conventional therapy.

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