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Clarifying NY State Decriminalization and Marijuana Possession Related Penalties

NORML

There has been some confusion and misinformation circulating about what New York’s latest expansion of marijuana decriminalization means and what impact it will have on criminal prosecutions going forward. The Short Synopsis of the Offenses and Sentences. Legal Provisions.

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Ann Arbor Approves Entheogenic and Fungi Awareness Month

SpeedWeed

With the assistance of our local advocates, we decided that September because September is when we passed our resolution effectively decriminalizing these plants, that September should be our local month, and that’s basically what this entails.”. Ann Arbor Makes History.

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Is weed legal in Finland?

The Cannigma

In 2019, nearly 60,000 Finnish citizens signed a petition to decriminalize cannabis , surpassing the threshold of 50,000 signatures required for the parliament to consider the matter. These are set to the level of the person’s income, but are generally €60 – €80 if caught with under 10 grams of hash, or 15 grams of weed.

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The Netherlands and Cannabis: Legal Supply Chain Experiment Continues

Canna Law Blog

In the 1970s, the country decriminalized the use and possession of cannabis to a certain extent and since then the government has made it clear that criminal prosecution for cannabis possession, in particular, is the lowest enforcement priority and “sales” of cannabis at the coffee shops is openly tolerated by law enforcement.

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Is weed legal in Denmark?

The Cannigma

Medical: Legal Recreational: largely decriminalized. That number then rose to 2,967 in 2019 with the program issuing over 1800 prescriptions. In Freetown Christiana, the famous utopian commune in the heart of Copenhagen, open hash selling and usage were for decades an accepted city tradition.

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Is weed legal in New Zealand?

The Cannigma

This includes “Cannabis preparations: that is, any preparation containing any tetrahydrocannabinols, including cannabis resin (commonly known as hashish) and cannabis oil (commonly known as hash oil), produced by subjecting cannabis plant material to any kind of processing (but does not include a CBD product).”.

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Cannabis Education with Canada’s Newcomers

Cannabis Law Report

In October 2019, other formats including topicals, edibles, vapes and beverages, were made legal but these legal products may only ship to market early next year. Among other Jamaicans, cannabis seems accepted and understood because it is grown there and is decriminalized but not yet legal.