NORML

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

While most of the recent media conversation around cannabis and the Super Bowl surrounded the ability for a medical marijuana company’s attempt to air an advertisement, one of the issues raised by various NORML members over the last few weeks has been more focused on the actual well-being of the players themselves.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Last week, a LinkedIn post by cannabis economist Beau Whitney caught my eye, because Beau said something pretty amazing. I did my best to confirm Beau’s statement and was reminded of how challenging it has always been to aggregate data in this space. Maybe there really were more licensed hemp acres in 2017 than today.

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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. Authored By: By Dr. Ayoka Nurse.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 9, 2022

Legalizing cannabis for adults has been a wise investment. 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. billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use cannabis sales. Also, until July 2017, a 2.9%

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Veriheal

JUNE 22, 2020

Whether or not cannabis use during pregnancy causes physical, cognitive, or mental impairments later in life has been something scientists and researchers have been investigating for decades. This has led medical and legal professionals to draft and base their policies on individual studies that do not truly show conclusive results.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Social equity is a critical component in every cannabis market, new and old. Also missing: hard data about it. First published in 2017, and updated in 2019, the new 2021 Women & Minorities in the Cannabis Industry , is now available for download here. As the cannabis industry expands, more women are getting involved.

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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. But how does cannabis legalization impact crime in neighboring states?

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MJ Business Attorneys

APRIL 29, 2019

There is no data showing that there are pervasive health or safety issues in the cannabis industry. While unions may provide valuable benefits in these industries, the cannabis industry drastically differs from them. The term ‘green lung’ had no prior widespread medical use, nor is it medically defined.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Does recreational cannabis legalization contribute to a spike in consumption? have fully legalized cannabis use for adults over 21, and an additional 21 states have legalized medical cannabis. have fully legalized cannabis use for adults over 21, and an additional 21 states have legalized medical cannabis.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Virginia cannabis law went into effect on July 1, 2021, and in a little over two months since that starting date, the county of Richmond has experienced a shocking decrease in cannabis-related arrests. . According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch , cannabis arrests have decreased by 90 percent in the state’s capitol. Shutterstock.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 31, 2021

Barely a quarter of cannabis users trust their doctor to provide them with reliable information about medical cannabis and how to use it to treat their medical or health conditions, according to a recent survey. People want to trust their doctors, but doctors need knowledge. We have a ways to go,” Tan said.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

NORML is pleased to announce that its newly updated and revised publication, Clinical Applications for Cannabis & Cannabinoids: A Review of the Recent Scientific Literature, 2000 — 2021 , is now available for download on the Kindle app. Proceeds from the purchase of the new book directly fund NORML’s cannabis advocacy efforts.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Pete Ricketts said in March that he opposed medical cannabis because, ‘if you legalize marijuana, you’re going to kill your kids. That’s what the data shows from around the country.’. Teens report using less cannabis amid legalization. A slide from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board’s compliance program.

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WeedAdvisor

JUNE 22, 2019

Although still not fully confirmed, marijuana policy in Colombia appears to be inching closer to legalization. According to Forbes, the issue lay in Colombia’s 2017 Police Code – a set of laws put forth by President Iván Duque, who remains president to this day. Medical cannabis has been legal for the last three years.

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NORML

JANUARY 28, 2019

The New York State Association of Police made a statement opposing legalization of cannabis for adult-use in New York, in response to Governor Cuomo’s announcement that he plans to pass legislation April 1st, with the budget, that will legalize cannabis for adult-use in New York. Adult-use passes by ballot.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. Building the bridge between brands and the marketplace through testing and the importance of good data. QUESTION: What’s the state of the Cannabis business today? . If you wish to re-publish this story please do so with following accreditation. AUTHOR: Glenn Johnson. We all have to do better.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

An insurance policy can consist of a couple hundred pages that include numerous coverage forms; lists of defined terms of great legal significance such as “occurrence,” “property damage,” and “bodily injury;” pages of exclusions; pages of endorsements that modify the coverage forms; and riders that condition or limit the coverage.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

Starting Monday, January 31, 2022, the public may weigh in on possible changes to the Cannabis Control Commission (Commission)’s list of 29 Massachusetts municipalities – including certain census tracts – deemed Disproportionately Impacted Areas (DIAs). Review the 2017 study. on Friday, March 4, 2022. View the current DIA list.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 18, 2021

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) quietly made an announcement that’s expected to have a profound and long-lasting impact on cannabis research and development in the United States. In other words, the feds are ending their monopoly on cannabis grown for scientific purposes. cannabis researchers. cannabis researchers.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 7, 2021

Marvin Scott’s death in prison following his arrest for cannabis use is putting the spotlight on Texas, and on the fact that medical cannabis patients and Black people are unfairly targeted by the police in the United States. Marvin Scott, Racial Discrimination, and Cannabis Arrests. Black folks are 3.64

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 26, 2022

In 2022, the landscape of the legal cannabis industry is still as homogenous as ever, and it’s getting worse. 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.

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Freedom Leaf

JANUARY 4, 2018

“Our goal is to bring awareness of emerging innovation and opportunities to the East Coast regarding cannabis technology.” Cofounder, Jade Insights and Cannabis Tech Group, New York, N.Y. It’s a software platform that helps cannabis businesses augment their process by providing insights for data-backed decision-making.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Welcome to the seventh annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis. For the first year since program launch, regulated cannabis sales fell in the state. Overall, it has been a rocky ride (see: Tough Times in Oregon Cannabis ). Let’s get to it. Retail pricing has generally followed these trendlines.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 23, 2021

Berlin – The Berlin Senate wants to force the approval of its model project for the sale of cannabis for consumption in pharmacies: After the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) had rejected the necessary applications, the Senate is now going to the Cologne Administrative Court.

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The Joint Blog

MAY 25, 2020

The study reports a greater than 30% reduction in opioid dispensing in Colorado between 2007 and 2017. Other national research more clearly showed that marijuana policies were associated with reductions in analgesic opioid use. Prescription data reported to the Drug Enforcement Administration for nine opioids used for pain (e.g.,

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SpeedWeed

JULY 18, 2021

Legal cannabis grow-ops don’t use as much water as researchers previously thought, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Environmental Management. . Starting in 2017, researchers began collecting data from state-licensed cannabis cultivators and supplemented this information with anonymous surveys of weed farmers.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 5, 2019

State policy toward cannabis is evolving rapidly. While much of the debate around legalization has rightly focused on potential health and criminal justice impacts, legalization also has revenue implications for state and local governments that choose to regulate and tax cannabis sales. Executive Summary. But this is changing.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Welcome to the sixth annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis. For anyone interested in doing a deeper dive on some of these trends, the OLCC keeps some good “Marijuana Market Data” sets here. Craft cannabis growers in particular seem to have lost ground relative to low-cost growers, during COVID. And that’s it.

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The Joint Blog

AUGUST 24, 2020

“As more local, state, and national governments change laws regarding the legality of cannabis use, it is essential for organizations to understand how the workplace may be influenced by these changes”, begins the abstract of a new study published in the journal Group and Organization Management.

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CannaMD

DECEMBER 8, 2020

You might think that cannabis legalization would lead to a significant decrease in marijuana-related arrests, but that hasn’t been the case. In 2019, that trend finally appeared to shift as the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report tallied 545,601 marijuana arrests compared to 663,367 in 2018 and 659,700 in 2017.

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NORML

MAY 24, 2019

1617) this year, which would include legalizing and regulating cannabis for adult-use in New York, centered in justice and equity for victims of the War on Drugs. In 2017, in the main upstate cities, black people were 12.1 In the rest of the state in 2017 (outside of NYC and the main Upstate cities), black people were 11.2

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The Cannigma

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

With only four hours of daylight during the winter and an average winter temperature of 0 degrees Celsius, one might deem Iceland a prime environment for cannabis and drug consumption. Is cannabis legal in Iceland? In 1969, Iceland implemented its first official ban on cannabis. How do locals in Iceland view cannabis.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 21, 2021

July 1, 2021, marked four years since Nevada launched its first adult-use cannabis sales, and the market has certainly seen its fair share of rapid growth and regulatory changes during that time, not to mention the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. They’re flexible and ready to pivot.”. Reflecting on Lessons Learned.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 21, 2021

July 1, 2021, marked four years since Nevada launched its first adult-use cannabis sales, and the market has certainly seen its fair share of rapid growth and regulatory changes during that time, not to mention the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. They’re flexible and ready to pivot.”. Reflecting on Lessons Learned.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

As the cannabis industry grows, people and companies from other trades are rapidly migrating toward it. However, it is not usual to hear that a cannabis-focused company is venturing outside of the cannabis arena. Back in 2017, publicly traded MassRoots almost acquired CannaRegs for $12 million.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 24, 2022

Considering the Curaleaf Juneteenth action this is probably worth reading… The legal cannabis industry is currently one of the fastest-growing employers in the U.S. Since 2017, the number of Americans working with cannabis has grown each year by at least 27%.

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