NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Next week, the two key committees will hold hearings on various aspects of federal marijuana policy. Ultimately, this prohibition on access to resources hampers the potential to create a robust and competitive marketplace for consumers. Small Businesses in the Cannabis Industry.

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Marijuana Access Programs Legislation 277

NORML

MAY 9, 2019

Those without the means to defend themselves from the state bear the greatest burden and lifelong consequences of this ongoing failed federal policy. Millions of Americans have suffered from the lifelong collateral consequences of criminal prohibition, making it harder for them to find a job, obtain housing, and access higher education.”

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Legislation Marijuana Policy Programs 242

NORML

MARCH 7, 2019

In the previous Congress, The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act became the first bill in American history to end the federal policy of criminalization that earned bipartisan support. Marijuana legalization is here to stay and it is time that federal policy reflect that.” ” said NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri.

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Legislation Marijuana Policy Research and Development 249

NORML

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Furthermore, a total of 33 states have enacted policies to establish a regulated medical cannabis program. No industry can operate safely, transparently, or effectively without access to reliable banking solutions. In 2017, then nominee for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was asked about these financial hurdles.

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Banking Business Marijuana Policy 211

NORML

MARCH 19, 2019

Thousands of state-licensed and regulated businesses lack access to the banking industry and are unable to accept credit cards, deposit revenues, or write checks to meet payroll or pay taxes because federal law discourages financial institutions from engaging in such partnerships.

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Banking Marijuana Safety Policy 226

NORML

MARCH 25, 2019

Unfortunately, legislative intransigence regarding how best to create a regulatory framework has resulted in, at least for now, a continuation of the failed policy of marijuana criminalization in the Garden State.” Total marijuana arrests in 2017 increased for the second straight year , after having fallen for nearly a decade.

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Marijuana Legislation Safety Policy 163

NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

Then, in 2017 and 2018, Virginia finally made some moves to establish its own medical marijuana industry. While patients won’t be rolling up joints full of pungent flower, they can still access oils, tinctures, lozenges, inhalers, topicals, and pills packed with non-intoxicating CBD or THC-A, the acidic precursor of THC.

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Marijuana Legalization Programs Oil 226

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. A friend suggested Tamara try CBD oil for her pain, and it gave her relief like nothing else had.

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Advocacy Legislation Chronic Pain Education 293

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. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical access. ND resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 209

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?

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Legislation Decriminalization Access Patients 177

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.

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Project CBD

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

CBD first appeared on the natural channel’s top 40 list in 2017, ranking 12th, after sales growth of more than 300% from the previous year. million more on CBD products in 2021 compared to 2017 — a 413.4% Accessed July 25, 2021. Available at: [link] Accessed October 17, 2022. Accessed October 17, 2022.

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CBD Seed-To-Sale Food Access 144

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

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Marijuana Policy Conditions Treatment 98

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. 2017, July).

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Marijuana Policy Safety Consumption 97

The Cannigma

OCTOBER 10, 2021

In July, 2017, a joint ministerial decision between the Ministers of Health and Justice legalized medical marijuana in Greece, and changed the classification of cannabis from a Table A drug to a Table B drug. In 2017 , Deputy Minister for Agriculture Yiannis Tsironis called for the legalization of cannabis cultivation for personal use.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2021

The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is engaged in a three-year initiative to examine the ethical, legal, and social implications of psychedelics research, commerce, and therapeutics. Access to Psychedelic Therapies and Equity in Emerging Psychedelics Industries. Background.

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Law Policy Research and Development Clinical Trials 59

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.

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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.

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Policy Medicine Recreational Cannabis 45

The Cannigma

JUNE 1, 2021

Marijuana is not legal in France, and the country is seen as having some of the strictest cannabis policies in western Europe. In April, 2017, Sarah Halimi, a 65-year-old Jewish woman was murdered by her neighbor, who admitted to shouting verses from the Koran during the killing. Who can get medical cannabis in France? .

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Law Epilepsy Programs Patients 119

MedicalJane

MAY 21, 2020

All seed-to-sale tracking systems must be able to interface with the State’s track and trace system, provide the DHSS with access to all stored data, and assure confidentiality of patient information and records. A 2017 report by the Colorado Department of Revenue says that the average time from seed to harvest is 132 days.

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Dispensary Seed-To-Sale Marijuana Programs 99

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 5, 2022

Realizing this need, California lawmakers passed the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) in 2017. Part 5 uses data calculated in prior sections to model California consumers’ expected behavior due to changes in retail price in response to a change in tax policy.

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Policy Legalization Safety Legislation 52

NORML

MAY 24, 2019

Protecting youth – particularly young people of color, who continue to be disproportionately impacted – by both eliminating a common reason for introduction to the criminal justice system and preventing access to marijuana through a regulated market. In 2017, in the main upstate cities, black people were 12.1

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Marijuana Education Advocacy Legislation 104

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

The legislation amends Puerto Rico’s medical marijuana access law so that registered patients are now classified as members of a protected class under the US territory’s employment protection laws. Puerto Rico’s Governor has signed legislation into law protecting qualified medical cannabis patients from workplace discrimination.

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Patients Law Research and Development Medicine 105

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. The special retail tax rate was 10% until the legislature and governor increased it in July 2017. Also, until July 2017, a 2.9% 46,104,922.

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Collective Policy Retail Programs 52

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 4, 2019

However, the about-face came the day before a motion challenging the former policy was scheduled in Carver County District Court. The suit was brought by Darrell Schmidt, who was released from the DOC on Intensive Supervised Release on March 2, 2017. We’ve instructed them to have their court-appointed lawyer seek a motion,” he said.

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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 .

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Access Patients Marijuana Medicine 45

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2021

The Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School will advance evidence-based psychedelics law and policy. Mason Marks: The project’s goal is to promote safety, innovation, equity, and accessibility in emerging psychedelics industries.

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Law Research and Development Therapy DEA 81

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. Review the 2017 study. For which materials is the Commission seeking comment?

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Programs Policy Consumption State Laws 59

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.

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Chronic Pain Advocacy Pharmaceutical Legalization 97

The Cannigma

AUGUST 19, 2022

While private workplaces can set their drug testing requirements at their leisure, the Mayo Clinic established cutoff values for federal workplaces in 2017 to help minimize false-positive results from trace amounts of THC. Some companies will randomly screen employees to ensure compliance with the company’s drug free workplace policy.

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CBD THC Hemp Compliance 112

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.

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Legalization Data Policy Cannabis 59

The Joint Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

According to reporting in the British Medical Journal , the WHO policy reversal “takes account of the growing evidence for the medical applications of the drug,” and marks the first time that the agency has reviewed its stance on cannabis in nearly 60 years. . The Commission is anticipated to vote on the issue in March.

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Therapy Policy Food Access 51

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

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 Florida plans to increase its medical marijuana program through new legislative policies and marijuana dispensary standardized procedures, how exactly do we attempt to accomplish this?

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Dispensary Patients Agriculture Conditions 76

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.

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Data Programs Business Banking 52

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. Both are before the house committee on health for approval.

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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.

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Decriminalization Policy Research and Development Data 60

Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Despite the growing body of research behind ketamine as an effective treatment for certain mental health issues and mood disorders, in 2017, an American Psychiatric Association (APA) task force related to ketamine cautioned medical practitioners (in a consensus statement ) around the expanding use of the drug as an off-label treatment.

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