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Nevada NORML: A Year in Review

NORML

With a new year on the horizon, members of Nevada and Las Vegas NORML wanted to take time to shine light on 18 of our most memorable moments from 2018. (It January 2018: Protested Jeff Sessions. February 2018: Dr. Dabber became a sponsor. January – March 2018: Partnering with Harrison House.

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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). For African American women in cannabis, they represent less than 2% (McVey, 2018). The global implications classify cannabis as the new colonization.

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A Founder Looks at 50: Attorney Gerry Goldstein and the Early Years of NORML

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This is the sixth in a series of blogs on the history of NORML and the legalization movement. His son, who was elected Prime Minister in 2015, enacted legislation legalizing the adult use of marijuana in 2018.) This was an extraordinary offer from the head of the Texas prison system and we knew it was a unique opportunity.

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Cookies Humboldt Grown Initiative Pays Tribute to Famed Cannabis of Emerald Triangle

Cannabis Law Report

Cookies Celebrates Renegade Cultivators and Region’s Decades-Long History With The Launch of New Craft Cannabis Line. With a history dating back to 1960s counterculture, the Emerald Triangle has long been considered the top cannabis growing region in America. Julie Dietel. Grasslands: A Journalism-Minded Agency.

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Veriheal’s Innovation in Cannabis Scholarship 2020 Winners

Veriheal

Essay Summary: Maha envisions making a positive social impact on California’s cannabis industry through patient advocacy, cannabis education, social research, and R&D. Essay Summary: Jack outlines the Hemp Farming Act, passed in December of 2018, and the implications of the bill for hemp companies and farmers.

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Alterman Opinion Suggests Cannabis Businesses Apply Double Diligence In Records Keeping

Cannabis Law Report

On June 13, 2018, the United States Tax Court published its Opinion in Alterman & Gibson v. Memo 2018-83. A dispensary case is pending before the Tax Court – Patients Mutual Assistance Collective Corporation d.b.a. Zoot, CPA, Managing Director – CEO, who has been in professional practice since 1982. Commissioner , T.C.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

The Cannabis sativa plant has an incredibly multi-layered, rich, and versatile history of human uses for food and fibre, as well as recreational, and religious and spiritual purposes throughout the world (McPartland and Hegman 2018 ; Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ; Li 1974 ; Bonini et al. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ). Bonini et al.