Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A new report by drug policy reform advocacy group Volteface has revealed the UK is missing out on a potential £1.2bn medical cannabis industry and 41,000 potential jobs due to outdated licensing regimes. Volteface claims that an appointment of a dedicated cannabis tsar would allow the medical cannabis industry to grow.

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NORML

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2018 there were nearly 24,000 adults arrested for less than 30 grams of cannabis. Preliminary data*, released on request from the Pennsylvania State Police Uniform Crime Reporting System, reveals that overall arrests for marijuana possession showed a decline in 2019. The new data shows 19,990 adults arrested for the same offense in 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2022

Pericola’s bill of complaints begins in January of 2018, when Donald Trump’s then attorney general, Jeff Sessions, rescinded the Obama administration’s policy of not interfering with states that loosened their marijuana laws. The move riled an industry that had been growing as states across the country ended their bans.

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The Cannigma

MAY 18, 2023

In some areas, such as the western district of Mustang, where cannabis grows naturally, the local authorities have implemented more lenient policies due to cultural and historical considerations. The legal landscape surrounding cannabis is evolving globally, and Nepal may adapt its policies accordingly.

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NORML

APRIL 22, 2020

A representative from the Small Business Administration previously acknowledged , “With the exception of businesses that produce or sell hemp and hemp-derived products (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Public Law 115-334), marijuana-related businesses are not eligible for SBA-funded services.”

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NORML

JUNE 12, 2019

The crowd of activists and press heard from NORML’s state policy team, the ACLU-NJ, medical cannabis patients, and others who have been adversely impacted by New Jersey’s unjust cannabis policies on issues such as regulating sales, expunging past records, home cultivation rights, and more.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In 2018, a rule limiting MMJ doctors in the state to 100 patients or less was eliminated , expanding the availability of MMJ for state residents. Nonetheless, the state’s MMJ program did not actually go into effect until August 2019 , when medical dispensaries first opened their doors. Starting Aug.

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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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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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NORML

MAY 24, 2019

The Rochester advocacy groups are hosting a series of community education and outreach events to mobilize support for immediately passing the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (S.1527/A.1617), Statewide in 2018, Black and Latinx people comprised of 81.3% 1617), known as MRTA, this legislative session in Albany.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

The Medical Cannabis Users Association of Australia (MCUA) President Deb Lynch and members of the advocacy group are peturbed following police raids carried out on 2 on fellow members in Queensland yesterday. Early in the day, 66 year old disability pensioner Maggie O’Rance, was raided by police brandishing a search warrant.

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NORML

APRIL 23, 2020

The initiative is backed by a former federal prosecutor as well as the Marijuana Policy Project, a national advocacy organization. If approved, the constitutional amendment would allow adults to purchase and possess up to one ounce of marijuana and grow up to three plants for personal use. North Dakota. Issue : Adult use marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2022

Since that time, annual arrests have generally trended below 6,000 per year, while cannabis seizures fell to an all-time low in 2018 (when an estimated 2.8 The totals are the highest reported by the agency since 2011, when it reported making an estimated 8,500 marijuana-related arrests and seized some 6.7 million plants were confiscated).

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NORML

JUNE 5, 2020

During these travels, I was frequently meeting other young lawyers (although we also had many non-lawyers representing NORML around the country), many of whom were also active in the anti-Vietnam War efforts, who shared the NORML position regarding marijuana policy.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2020

Although the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp, the production of the plant and its derivatives – or certain aspects of it – remain prohibited in some states. As a result, many stakeholders are contemplating the idea of using synthetic CBD over its naturally derived counterpart.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2021

s Office’s 2018 en masse dismissal of 3,042 cases after the enactment of its “ Decline-to-Prosecute ” policy for marijuana possession and smoking. In 2018, the D.A.’s Today’s motion follows the D.A.’s 1), a class B misdemeanor, or PL 221.05, a violation.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Sonia Chang-Diaz, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, said. The Legislature has long maintained a hands-off approach to marijuana policy. There’s universal agreement about the problems: high costs of entry and lack of access to capital create a near-impossible barrier for many talented entrepreneurs.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 7, 2021

Through advocacy, thought leadership, educational programs, and other resources, it strives to create opportunities for its members and make the practice of law in the cannabis industry more efficient and secure. He was one of six members elected or re-elected to the 13-member board this month, and he will serve a two-year term.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

. > Marijuana possession arrest rate, 2010-2018: 127.62 > Total marijuana possession arrests, 2010-2018: 1351.00. > Marijuana possession arrest rate, 2010-2018: 141.72 > Total marijuana possession arrests, 2010-2018: 6333.00. > Marijuana possession arrest rate, 2010-2018: 141.72

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

From an R&D perspective, spending has increased since 2018/19, eclipsing $240 million for the first time since 2017. BioAlberta enables success for its members by providing a wide range of networking and educational events, and by effectively delivering policy options to governments.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 26, 2021

It wasn’t until October 2018 that Facebook revised its rules and allowed cannabis business pages to appear in users’ search results. While Facebook’s policies don’t allow posts or ads that promote the sale of cannabis, the way the company implements those policies is confusing. Don’t make any medical claims.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on 3/22/2018 and is still stuck in committee. The bill was voted out of committee on 11/26/2018 and is now on its second floor reading and waiting for a scheduled vote. Companion bills S. 2703 and A.

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Legalization Legislation Patients Decriminalization 183

PrestoDoctor

JULY 16, 2019

Today, groups with a decade or less of experience advance policy and conversations alongside the veteran alliances of the movement. NORML acts as a resource for media on cannabis, as well as informs lawmakers, lobbies and other top officials regarding policy. The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA).

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PrestoDoctor

JULY 16, 2019

Today, groups with a decade or less of experience advance policy and conversations alongside the veteran alliances of the movement. NORML acts as a resource for media on cannabis, as well as informs lawmakers, lobbies and other top officials regarding policy. The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA).

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NORML

JANUARY 28, 2019

Total % change from pre-legalization (2003) until 2018 = -3.3%. Adult use-sales go into effect. Four years into adult-use sales, net fatalities below 2002 despite rise in population and increased miles traveled. Total % change from pre-legalization (2003) until 5 years post (2009) = -27.3%.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

She teaches trial advocacy for the Notre Dame Law School and has coached trial team for Chicago-Kent Law School. During her employment Walmart had a drug testing policy which expressly stated that employees were prohibited from “[r]eporting to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol, including medical marijuana.” Walmart Inc. ,

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 19, 2021

These developments came after yearlong campaigns by advocacy groups and publicly traded companies who worked with the health ministry to encourage better access to psilocybin and other hallucinogens. Canada has been a liberal country when it comes to health policies in relation to drug use.

Environment 52

Environment Decriminalization Research and Development Advocacy 52

NORML

JANUARY 17, 2019

A similar version of this bill was passed in the House Judiciary Committee in 2018 yet was not taken up by the full chamber. Click here to send a message to your federal lawmaker and urge them to support the measure. .

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The Joint Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

tax firm CohnReznick, were presented during a briefing hosted by New Frontier Data in collaboration with The Liaison Group, a federal advocacy group working with federal lawmakers towards a safe and thriving cannabis economy. A changing political tide for advancing cannabis policy is progressing through Congress. Currently, 33 U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Many are operating under the guise of being hemp farms, legalized nationally under the 2018 Farm Bill, said Mark Pettinger, spokesman for the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission. In Oregon, the number of illegal grows appears to have increased recently as the Pacific Northwest endured its driest spring since 1924.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In 2018 Michigan became the first state in the midwest to legalize the possession and sale of cannabis for adult use. 2018 also marked a historic injustice when a husband and father of three was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for his operation of a Detroit city-sanctioned medical cannabis dispensary.

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Puff Puff Post

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. ” The legal challenges are coming from students studying nursing and other medical specialties who, under school policies, must undergo drug testing.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

In 2018 the UK Government relaxed the laws and allowed cannabis and cannabis based medicinal products (CBMP) to be prescribed by specially trained doctors, yet many thousands of people are complaining that they are effectively being ‘denied’ access to it.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 11, 2022

Governmental members were initially informed of the Assembly’s request after the national advocacy group published its 2021 “Federal Priorities” document. The data supported the group’s claims with governmental statistics. Quite obviously that was missed in terms of the development of the Cannabis Act.”.

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CannaTech

AUGUST 9, 2018

We are delighted to introduce you to some new friends set to make a big impact on the medical cannabis advocacy scene… the creators of a new documentary called Separating the Strains ; a deeply personal narrative that charts the reality of living with epilepsy, with and without cannabis medication as a treatment option.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2019

In May 2019, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried announced that a newly-created and appointed Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee of 18 doctors, lawyers, patients, industry leaders, and advocates will be implemented in order to “advance and modernize policies” to move Florida into the future of medical marijuana.

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Marijuana Agriculture Research and Development Education 65

SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I would love to see more targeted CBN offerings,” shares Ashleigh Brown, CEO and founder of medical cannabis advocacy group SheCann. Since 2018, Ashley has served the cannabis industry by covering cannabis industry news, advocating for medical cannabis & the patient perspective, and creating lifestyle content that matters.

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