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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

Its not nice to fool Mother Nature Sloppy language in the 2018 US Farm Bill inadvertently opened this Pandoras box of unregulated psychoactive designer compounds by legalizing cannabinoids other than Delta-9 THC that were derived from hemp as defined by federal law that is, cannabis with under 0.3 percent THC. federal THC limit.

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Pride and Plant Medicine: How the LGBTQ+ Movement Shaped the Cannabis Industry

The Cannigma

Peron, 2018; “1996 California Proposition 215,” 2025) Another trailblazer was Mary “Brownie Mary” Rathbun, a retired waitress turned cannabis advocate. It wasn’t the result of corporate lobbying but the collective efforts of queer activists, nurses, caregivers, and community members. 2018, January 28). 2025, May). Brownie Mary].

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Before Biden Left Office, These Lawmakers Demanded More Cannabis Reform

Veriheal

Shortly before his administration came to a close, a collection of congressional signatories emphasized to the president that rescheduling efforts alone are insufficient to comprehensively or effectively address the greater issues associated with the ongoing federal criminalization of cannabis classified under the legal category of marijuana.

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Locked Out: SBA’s New Lending Policy Targets Hemp and Marijuana-Adjacent Businesses

Canna Law Blog

Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. SBA policy timeline: A whiplash-inducing history The SBAs latest update to its 7(a) and 504 loan programs represents a return to the more restrictive, 2020 policy.

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State of the States: 2020 Ballot Initiative Efforts

NORML

Activists have been working for months registering new voters, collecting signatures, and educating the public, in hopes of giving voters in their state the opportunity to make their voices heard and cast their vote for marijuana. Status : Minimum # of signatures collected. Issue : Adult use marijuana. North Dakota.

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Bipartisan Legislation To End Marijuana Prohibition Filed

NORML

In the previous Congress, The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act became the first bill in American history to end the federal policy of criminalization that earned bipartisan support. Marijuana legalization is here to stay and it is time that federal policy reflect that.” ” said NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri.

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Why Legal Marijuana Does Not End The Illegal Market

MJ Business Attorneys

The surge in cannabis policy reform across the country and world may have caused many to anticipate a heavy blow to illegal operators, and black-market activity did experience an initial decline. In 2018, California’s legal cannabis sales totaled $2.5 billion, a $500 million reduction from 2017.