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The Changing Landscape of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What Patients Should Know

Canna Care Docs

MPAA) the states leading voice for patient rights and cannabis policy reform. While patient enrollment peaked in 2020, current levels remain significantly higher than when recreational cannabis became legal in 2018. Outdated Regulations and Policy Stagnation: The medical program cannot thrive under outdated rules.

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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. Love as Legacy – Both Pride and cannabis advocacy share a history of love as resistance—love that heals, empowers, and transforms. 2018, January 28). 2025, May).

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Before Biden Left Office, These Lawmakers Demanded More Cannabis Reform

Veriheal

Barbara Lee, called for more comprehensive reform action to address the harms of federal cannabis prohibition policies. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA): As a leading voice in promoting cannabis reform, Warren has contributed to the creation of the 2018 Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act.

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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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Why Hundreds of UK Patients are Buying their Medical Cannabis Illegally

Veriheal

In theory, medical cannabis has been legal in the United Kingdom since 2018. This article explores the history and structure of the UK’s medical cannabis framework alongside information comparing full-spectrum cannabis therapies to legal medicinal cannabis products.

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Why Oklahoma Could Be A Considered A Progressive State With Its Medical Marijuana Laws

MMJ Recs

More progressive states have been making it easier and easier for patients to have access to medical marijuana for years – but there are a few places where this progressive policy may come as a bit of a surprise… States like Oklahoma, for example. Oklahoma and Medical Marijuana: A History.

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Gubernatorial Report Card: Learn Where Your Governor Stands on Marijuana Policy

NORML

This extensive database assigns a letter grade ‘A’ through ‘F’ to states’ governors based upon their comments and voting records specific to matters of marijuana policy. Seven governors received a raise in their grade since the publication of NORML’s 2018 report. They are: Gavin Newsom: California.

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