SpeedWeed

JULY 6, 2021

In response to a reporter’s question of whether he supported the high court’s decision, AMLO answered that his government “decided not to intervene” in the high court’s decision — but that his administration would be willing to promote a law reversing the course of legalization should widened access to cannabis “harm” the country. .

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In 2018, the leaders of 19 Caribbean nations decided that they would “review marijuana’s current status with a view to reclassification” The leaders emphasized the importance of these cannabis legalization bills as a tool for social justice and economic gain. Recently, The Bahamas’ made good on that 2018 promise.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 25, 2021

Decriminalization and legalization of cannabis may be gaining ground but patients in certain countries are still struggling to access medical cannabis through the legal market. Swiss Info explains that the number of registered producers jumped from five in 2017 to around 630 in 2018.

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 4, 2021

State lawmakers in Louisiana approved a bill on Wednesday that allows patients in the state’s medical marijuana program to access smokable forms of cannabis. Decriminalization Bill Also on The Table for Louisiana. Louisiana state lawmakers are also debating a measure to decriminalize possession of small amounts of cannabis by adults.

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WeedAdvisor

JULY 17, 2019

As the stigma and laws around marijuana both relax, patient access to medical marijuana continues to broaden in many states. New Mexico, having decriminalized marijuana just weeks ago is already looking into moving further. The post New Mexico Medical Marijuana Patient Levels Spike Since Mid-2018 appeared first on WeedAdvisor.

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Veriheal

MAY 11, 2023

In 2015, Texas passed the Compassionate Use Act, which allowed patients with intractable epilepsy to access low-THC cannabis oil containing no more than 0.5% Efforts to Move Medical Marijuana Forward House Bill 218, also known as the Texas Marijuana Decriminalization Bill, was introduced in the Texas House of Representatives in 2021.

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The Cannigma

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Medical cannabis has been legal in Lithuania in 2018 , but the program is limited and has run into issues. The country was the last EU member to allow industrial hemp in 2013 but created a medical program in 2018. As of July 2022, at least one publication reported no patients have access to cannabis medicine.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 7, 2020

Legislative initiatives include decriminalization of marijuana, parole reform, raising the felony larceny threshold, raising the age of juvenile transfer to adult court, and the permanent elimination of driver’s license suspensions for unpaid fines, fees, and court costs. Click on image to watch video of announcements on FB live.

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NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

Current Office: Senator from Minnesota 2018 NORML Congressional Scorecard Grade: B Co-Sponsored Legislation: STATES Act (2017-2018). While serving as mayor of Burlington, Vermont in the 1980’s, he called for decriminalizing drug possession and treating substance abuse as a public health issue. The Senators. Amy Klobuchar.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Four members of Congress introduced a bill allowing the marijuana industry to access relief funds. New Jersey may decriminalize cannabis. Four members of Oregon’s Congressional delegation recently introduced a bill to allow those in the marijuana industry to access federal relief funds. cannabis relief. new jersey.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In addition to numerous expansions to the state’s medical marijuana (MMJ) program, the state’s decriminalization of cannabis went into effect in August, beginning the reversal of decades of harm done by the war on drugs. Edwards signed Glover’s decriminalization bill (HB 652) into law on June 14 of this year. Starting Aug.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 27, 2023

If You Give An Octopus Some Ecstasy Let’s take it back to 2018. As a result, Thai residents have gained access to many new jobs in cannabis hospitality, retail, and cultivation. The proposed bill would have decriminalized the personal possession of natural psychedelics. Newsom’s psychedelic veto. Undeterred, Sen.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The lawmakers cite a 2018 study from the ACLU as the basis of their mission. If approved, the bill would decriminalize psychedelics for personal use and noncommercial activities like cultivation, provided there is no monetary exchange involved. Enthea is on a mission to make this experience accessible to everyone.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Adult-use cannabis was officially legalized in Vermont in 2018 with the passing of House Bill 511, a revised version of an earlier bill. However, qualifying patients were forced to wait until 2013 to access the state’s licensed dispensaries for their medicine. Vermont Lawmakers Keen to Decriminalize Drug Possession.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

2318 would allow for expedited expungement of records for those previously convicted of a marijuana crime upon passage of decriminalization or legalization measures in the state of New Jersey, as long as those past violations are no longer considered a crime under state law. Companion bills S.

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The Cannigma

JULY 5, 2022

There is no adult-use market, thought several cities have decriminalized possession. Several cities have decriminalized cannabis possession, but this is not statewide. But the law required the medical program to be overseen by a governor-appointed board and there was no legal access to cannabis, so no patients were ever served.

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The Cannigma

JULY 12, 2022

In February 2022, a state senator introduced a bill to decriminalize possession of two ounces or less, reducing the penalty from up to a year in jail to a $250 fine. They cannot access flower or edibles and can only have 70 daily doses at one time with a maximum of 50 mg per dose. How do people in Alabama view marijuana?

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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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NORML

MAY 9, 2019

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.” Schumer (D-NY). An additional thirteen states have passed laws specific to the possession of cannabidiol (CBD) oil for therapeutic purposes.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

” “But it’s not enough to simply decriminalize marijuana. According to tax data compiled by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, tax revenues in 2018 derived from state-sanctioned recreational sales surpassed $1 billion – a 57 percent increase over 2017 levels.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 21, 2021

Often once one state sticks its neck out and decriminalizes or legalizes a particular activity, other states start to follow suit. . After the legislation changed in November 2018, history was made as the first legal cannabis shipment arrived in the UK a few months later. Oregon got the ball rolling. The FDA approves CBD drug.

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

For example, Oklahoma went from a staunchly anti-MMJ state to a very liberal legal MMJ state almost overnight, when voters approved State Question 788 in 2018. The Irish Medical Cannabis Access Programme is operating on a pilot basis for the next five years. Belgium: Recreational marijuana use is decriminalized and widely accepted.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

With the increasing decriminalization of medical cannabis, more and more military veterans have turned to the plant for help. 3409), the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018 (H.R. 5520), and the Veterans Equal Access Act (H.R. However, it is clear that there is momentum to give veterans access to cannabis.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 13, 2022

The lack of access to the traditional financial sector, and the need to do business in cash, makes dispensaries a prime target. Cory Booker (D-NJ), previously a co-sponsor of the Act in 2018, pledged last year to “lay myself down” in the Senate chamber to prevent passage of the Act without equity or criminal justice provisions.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2021

In 2017, the FDA designated MDMA a breakthrough therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, and in 2018 the agency identified psilocybin as a breakthrough for treatment-resistant depression. cities and the State of Oregon have decriminalized them, and last November, Oregon voters legalized the supervised administration of psilocybin.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

California legalized commercial cannabis activity in 2016, and licensing began in January 2018. We will look at the process and results for Measure 109 (psilocybin licensing) and Measure 110 (controlled substance decriminalization) in Oregon, as well as future efforts to decriminalize, protect and regulate psychedelic drug use.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In order to access medical cannabis previously, patients had to submit a request for approval by the Federal Office of Public Health, which is the government center of public health in Switzerland. While more patients are going to be able to access cannabis in the country, there are still stringent restrictions surrounding what is legal.

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The Cannigma

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Medical: Ilegal Recreational: decriminalized. In 2018, Costa Ricans reaped the fruit of Cordas’s legal battle, and the personal usage of weed in Costa Rica was decriminalized in “small doses.” One could postulate that since personal usage was legalized in 2018, those numbers have risen significantly.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

During the 2018 legislative session, state representative Jim Lucas (R-69) introduced his first medical cannabis bill, HB 1106, which quickly gained three co-authors after being assigned to the House Public Health committee. Numerous individuals testified in favor, including I.U.

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 16, 2020

Pretty much every news outlet that covers cannabis has a piece on this, Marijuana Business Daily has a nice round-up that’s free to access. This is in addition to another bill that would decriminalize marijuana , introduced in August. Legislators have introduced both medical marijuana and decriminalization bills.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hawaii legalized cannabis in its’ House Bill 2729 which was passed in 2018. Governor Ige passed House Bill 1383 which decriminalizes cannabis for consumption granted that the possession is 3 grams or less. House Bill 773 for the decriminalization of industrial hemp. . Act 241 which regulates and approves cannabis dispensaries.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We discussed how licensed facilities won’t be up and running for a few more years, and how, in the meantime, people will have to make do with general decriminalization under Measure 109 and maybe, in certain cases, reliance on Right to Try access. It’s quite restrictive. Or, it could be because FDA is sort of a drag about everything.

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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. Norway has not legalized recreational cannabis but typically possession of less than 15 grams is punished with a simple fine.

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MassRoots

AUGUST 17, 2020

.” She continued, “While I don’t believe in legalizing all drugs — as a career prosecutor, I just don’t — we need to do the smart thing, the right thing, and finally decriminalize marijuana.”. I know this as a former prosecutor, and I know it as a senator.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Congressional Republicans have taken a new approach to changing cannabis law, introducing a bill that will decriminalize marijuana, but not legalize it. Cannabis advocates and many Democrats have pushed for full legalization, much like what happened in Canada in 2018. What the Republican Decriminalization Bill Would Do.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 10, 2022

One in three Americans now live in a state where the plant is legal, and dozens of countries around the world have legalized or decriminalized the plant. Despite 19 states having fully legal access to marijuana, the US continues to put people behind bars for small cannabis charges. million arrests were made between 2010 and 2018.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For another, cities and states around the country are moving toward decriminalizing psilocybin. The Effort to Decriminalize Psilocybin in California is Underway. Denver Decriminalizes Psilocybin. A decriminalization measure is even on the ballot in Washington D.C. million in 2018, and $70.2 million in 2017.

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