Cannabis Law Report

MAY 31, 2022

Lithuania may not be the first place that you think of when it comes to cannabis policy reform, however, efforts to reform the nation’s cannabis laws are underway in the European country, which is located in the Baltic region of the continent. MPs Introduce Cannabis Decriminalization Measure In Lithuania. The measure failed to pass.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 6, 2021

City leadership in New Orleans got creative to push forward cannabis reform and decriminalization, as the city police struggle to gain back trust. While the New Orleans City Council doesn’t have the authority to legalize adult-use marijuana, it has the ability to decriminalize it through an ordinance changing police policy.

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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. Here’s the press release. The Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR).

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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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SpeedWeed

MAY 14, 2021

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal council, which oversees Native communities located on the western edge of North Carolina, has voted to decriminalize the possession of an ounce of cannabis for those 21 years and older, Cherokee One Feather reports. . The tribe began a needle exchange program in 2017. .

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 10, 2021

Marijuana policies in the United States have become more permissive, motivating research on demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use. Marijuana policies in the United States (U.S.) Introduction.

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Conducted in an effort to understand where residents stand on several policy issues that are currently being examined by the Maryland General Assembly, the poll determined that 57 percent of voters support the full legalization of cannabis. This leaves only 37 percent in opposition.

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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. The defenestration case .

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SpeedWeed

MAY 14, 2021

House member, Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican from California, launched the Congressional Cannabis Caucus in 2017 with fellow Reps. For too long, the federal government’s outdated cannabis policies have stood in the way of both individual liberty and a state’s 10th Amendment rights. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Jared Polis, D-Colo.,

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2022

The opinion by Justice Kris Pickering also rules that while recreational marijuana use was decriminalized by the Legislature and governor, it remains illegal. Recreational pot was decriminalized by a voter initiative effective Jan. Ceballos was tested after he slipped and fell in the employee break room and he was terminated.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 4, 2021

Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries, Kareem Musa says he wants to untangle marijuana policies and expunge police records for possession of the weed. Also from Channel 5. Amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act. KAREEM MUSA.

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CannaMD

DECEMBER 8, 2020

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. The cannabis total from 2019 represents 35% of all drug related arrests. Alarmingly, 92% of those arrests were for simple possession only.

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The Cannigma

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Recreational marijuana is illegal in Sweden, where strict, even “ repressive ” drug policies belie the country’s progressive image. In addition, Sweden has some of the strictest policies regarding CBD. In 2017, the country’s Supreme Court ruled that growing medical marijuana is a minor drug offense.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Virginia lawmakers will consider reforming the state’s marijuana laws early next year, and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has called a Cannabis Summit in Richmond for next week to discuss policy plans ahead of time. Virginia’s cannabis policies are just not working.

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NORML

MAY 24, 2019

Despite New York’s Marihuana Reform Act of 1977 that decriminalized low-level marijuana possession, there have been more than 800,000 arrests made in the last 20 years in the state. In 2017, in the main upstate cities, black people were 12.1 Statewide in 2018, Black and Latinx people comprised of 81.3% times more likely.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 31, 2021

A 2018 research paper in the International Journal of Drug Policy analyzed in-depth interviews carried out with 24 Israeli physicians working in pain medicine, oncology, and family medicine, and found that “physicians discussed contrasting narratives of cananbi, presenting it as both a medicine and non-medicine.”

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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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SpeedWeed

MAY 3, 2021

Cannabis lounges, where patrons can smoke a joint, rip a bong, vaporize a dab or do just about anything else you can think of with the plant, appeared to be a certainty as part of a Las Vegas ordinance back in 2017—and then again in 2019. They’ve been talked about for over four years in the entertainment capital of America.

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The Joint Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin introduced legislation recently that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of recreational marijuana for those 21 and older. Nearly 15,000 adults in Wisconsin were arrested in 2018 for marijuana possession, a 3% increase from 2017, according to data from the state Department of Justice.

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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.” Support cannabis legalization and decriminalization for our nation, or we will gladly accept your resignation.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 25, 2021

She is also on the advisory board of Decriminalize Nature Oakland, the first group in the country to successfully advocate to decriminalize all-natural plant medicines in the city of Oakland. She was an early-stage cannabis investor and industry pioneer, before founding Besito in 2017.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2021

The RTI researchers hope their work will inform policy for cannabis impairment and driving under the influence of drugs and help establish scientifically-based thresholds for marijuana intoxication. About this Article. The research described in this article was funded by NIJ grant 2016-DN-BX-0193 , awarded to RTI International.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Nevada voters voted to legalize recreational marijuana use effective January 1, 2017. The law decriminalized recreational marijuana when used in compliance with Nevada law. The Court held that “although Nevada has decriminalized adult recreational marijuana use, the drug continues to be illegal under federal law.

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Veriheal

MARCH 29, 2023

31, 2017, researchers relied heavily on data related to member enrollment information, diagnostic codes, and pharmacy claims integrated with a secure patient identifier. In some cases, legalization policies only allowed home-grown cannabis or had not yet implemented commercial sales. 1, 2003, to Dec.

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WeedAdvisor

AUGUST 9, 2019

Marijuana has been legal for medical use following a pilot project that began in 2017. Furthermore, the drug was decriminalized in 2001. Etienne Schneider, an economist and member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers Party, said to Politico that: “This drug policy we had over the last 50 years did not work. Seeking Support. .

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The Cannigma

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized. Furthermore, in 2017 the Norwegian parliament voted in favor of a measure to decriminalize drug use, shifting the focus of drug policies towards treatment. But just two months later, the move was scuttled by Norway’s main opposition party.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 6, 2019

In recent years, jurisdictions throughout the area have softened their stance on the plant, largely through policies that have decriminalized simple possession and established robust programs for medical cannabis use and sales. The trend began in Jamaica, which set off a chain reaction in 2015.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JULY 6, 2020

In the letter, District Attorney Glenn Funk outlines several policy reasons behind the decision such as disproportionately impacted minority communities, decreasing jail costs, promoting judicial economy, and avoiding collateral consequences on employment and housing for offenders. 1] Source 1. [2] 4] Source 4. [5] 5] Source 5.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

NMU began offering a degree in medicinal plant chemistry in 2017. The university’s Cannabis Center of Excellence offers courses like cannabis economics, cannabis law and policy, and survey of cannabis business. Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law offers a course on marijuana law and policy and a seminar on marijuana law.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 7, 2022

At the state level, Oregon has decriminalized possession of small amounts of almost all drugs and is also starting to implement Measure 109, approved in 2020, which will allow for supervised administration of psilocybin at licensed service centers. Psychedelic Alpha Policy Map.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Recently, the decriminalization of psilocybin (by various cities) has been in the news as an emerging medicine. In an even larger trend, the health care provider community seems to be exploring various alternative therapies and emerging medicines to improve quality of care.

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Freedom Leaf

JANUARY 4, 2018

I continue to advocate for patient access to medical marijuana, and work with recreational legalization groups like Start SMART New York and Drug Policy Alliance that aim to take away one of the many tools law enforcement uses to lock up people of color, and to make sure we’re not pushed out of this industry. ” QUEEN ADESUYI.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 28, 2019

The proposal, which makes small adjustments to the 2017 law allowing the growth and sale of medical cannabis in the state, moved out of the chamber on a 96-3 vote. Under the policy, prosecutors will not criminally charge anyone for marijuana offenses involving the possession of up to 100 grams of cannabis. An estimated 1.2

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The Joint Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

adults who currently support legalizing marijuana marks a 2% increase from the same time last year: It’s 4% higher than in 2017. Additionally, “voters in Mississippi and South Dakota join 33 states and the District of Columbia in passing laws legalizing or decriminalizing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.”

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Newsweed report… While cannabis is not really a political issue in Finland, a citizens’ initiative has taken up the subject and proposes to decriminalize cannabis in Finland . Article: Talking Drugs.com – Grass roots: cannabis decriminalization campaign in Finland pushing towards public agenda. Source: [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

Latest study designed to encourage sensible policy development. Oregon’s Public Policy Approach to Support Legal Marijuana Production and the State’s Abundant Supply: The Course for Seeking the Right Balance. Oregon’s current supply in the legal market is a reflection of successful policies to move production into the legal system.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Tom Wolf, cannabis possession would be decriminalized for adults, and convictions for some nonviolent marijuana convictions would be expunged. Pennsylvania Governor Supports Cannabis Policy Reform. If the bill is passed by the Pennsylvania legislature and signed into law by Democratic Gov.

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