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Why Legal Marijuana Does Not End The Illegal Market

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In May of this year, authorities conducted what they describe as the largest collective marijuana bust in Colorado’s history, seizing over 80,000 plants and making 42 arrests. billion, a $500 million reduction from 2017. Law enforcement has found Colorado-grown plants in 34 other states.

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Is weed legal in Greece?

The Cannigma

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. The following year, Greek lawmakers approved a law to allow the cultivation and processing of medical cannabis with up to 0.2%

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Is weed legal in India?

The Cannigma

In the world history of cannabis, few countries appear as prominently as India. Despite that rich and storied history, cannabis remains illegal in India, though the country does allow certain preparations of cannabis (such as the traditional beverage bhang ) and individual states are allowed to adjudicate their own regulations on mariuana.

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Ohio to More than Double Number of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries |

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In July, a pair of Ohio lawmakers introduced what was said to be the first bill to legalize and regulate the cultivation and sale of marijuana in the state’s history. But while the state’s medical marijuana law continues to evolve, efforts to legalize recreational pot use have been slow to get off the ground. .

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Greece Launches First-Ever Medical Marijuana Plant in Seaside Town

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During the inauguration, Georgiadis noted that Greek patients stand to benefit from using plant-produced medicines, despite cannabis “having a difficult history due to its nature as a narcotic.” Although recreational cannabis remains illegal across the Grecian landscape, the plant was legalized for medical use in 2017.

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Denver Nuggets Fever Spreads to the Cannabis Industry as Co-founder of Cherry Introduces Exciting New Strains

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This is the first time the team has made its way to the NBA finals in the history of the sports franchise. Jason MacLean isn’t new to cannabis cultivation and genetic breading. He has been immersed within the cannabis community in Denver for over 15 years, working as a horticulturist and cultivator.

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

From the systemic history of racism in the United States, African Americans exclusion from economic opportunities leads to maximizing profits for the White elite (Hirschman, 2019). American slaves and sharecroppers cultivated and tended to cannabis farms. SSRN: [link] or [link] McVey, E (2017). References. Baradaran, M.

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