The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 26, 2024

GERMANY Germany has been considering legalizing cannabis for adult-use for a while now, as we most recently reported last month. The legislation would not set up a retail market, but would decriminalize cannabis, allow home cultivation and possession, and allow for the establishment of “cultivation clubs,” which would start in July.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Cannabis is decriminalized, the cops really don’t want to enforce. The head of New York’s Cannabis Control Board said last week she does not anticipate the state will begin issuing industry licenses until the spring of 2023 at the earliest. This is what got California into the trouble it is still in. Regis Mohawks.

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The Cannigma

JULY 5, 2022

Cannabis regulation in Georgia is complicated, but the plant is still illegal. There is no adult-use market, thought several cities have decriminalized possession. Georgia has a limited medical program but doesn’t consider itself a “medical marijuana” state as growing, possessing, or smoking any form of the plant is still illegal.

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Medical: legal Recreational: decriminalized. Cannabis is medically legal in the Czech Republic and has been since 2013. The country has progressive views on cannabis and first decriminalized small possession amounts back in the 1990s. Full recreational legalization is on the horizon in 2023. Possible penalties.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

New York’s rec market is slowly but surely rolling out, a peer-reviewed study linked state cannabis prohibition to high race-based arrests, and an analysis of thousands of Army records revealed that recruits with a history of cannabis use are just as likely as their peers to excel. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews.

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Both medical and adult-use cannabis are illegal in Wyoming. Cannabis in Wyoming. Wyoming does not have a legal medical or adult-use cannabis program. A 2020 poll found that 54% of Wyoming residents support a legal adult-use program, up nearly 20% from a similar 2014 poll. Wyoming Medical Marijuana Program.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

With the dust settled and the votes all counted, it’s time to take a look at how cannabis fared in the 2022 midterm elections. The states that had cannabis measures on the ballot included Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Arkansas voters rejected Issue 4, which would have legalized adult-use cannabis.

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The Cannigma

JULY 12, 2022

Alabama law does not allow the consumption, possession, or cultivation of marijuana for recreational purposes, but has approved the establishment of a medical marijuana program in February 2021. Unlike other states, Alabama requires doctors to document a failure of conventional medical treatment before issuing a medical cannabis prescription.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 19, 2022

Psychedelic substances, clinically authorized and regulated by practitioners to treat psychological disorders, are rapidly moving into the mainstream as clinical research programs and legalization/decriminalization measures accelerate in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

What To Know: – The efforts to legalize cannabis have gained traction in some states and run into serious roadblocks in others. – Nineteen states allow adults to possess and use cannabis for non-medical uses (adult use). – Thirty-seven states allow for medical cannabis use through state run programs.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Cannabis is legal and regulated in most U.S. Cities around the country decriminalized (and more are decriminalizing) a host of other psychedelics. It’s entirely plausible that they go the route of cannabis (as is happening in Oregon) or some new route (as is happening with local grassroots decrim efforts).

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Exciting things are happening with cannabis around the world. While cannabis reform in the United States may seem like it’s moving at a snail’s pace, there is an abundance of progress happening overseas. The medical cannabis program in the U.K. medical cannabis patients now exceeds 17,000.

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Veriheal

JUNE 6, 2023

17 at the 2023 USA Track and Field (USATF) indoor championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after she had won the long jump title with a record of 6.99 Davis-Woodhall tested positive for THC , a psychoactive chemical found in cannabis, marijuana, and hashish. The sample was collected on Feb. 17 have been annulled.

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Veriheal

MARCH 30, 2023

billion by 2023.” That one thing is cannabis. Cannabis Legalization in America Cannabis legalization is sweeping the nation. Twenty-one states have passed adult-use recreational cannabis laws, and over 30 states have implemented positive cannabis reform laws resulting in successful medical cannabis programs.

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The Cannigma

JANUARY 12, 2022

Finland has a mixed attitude to cannabis. It is now illegal to use or possess cannabis in Finland recreationally, and those charged end up on a police database, which can hinder their ability to find work. They have until the end of the current parliament, in 2023, to do so. What about cannabis for medical use?

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Activists in Oregon have filed a 2020 ballot initiative with the Secretary of State that, if approved, would allow social cannabis consumption sites and protect consumers from employment discrimination. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed legislation into law to restore patients’ right to smoke medical cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2022

7] And cities around the country are beginning to decriminalize some psychedelics, with advocates for decriminalization citing the potential medical benefits. In May 2019, Denver became the first city to decriminalize psilocybin, followed by Oakland, CA, Washington, D.C., and Seattle, among other municipalities. Challenges.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

To ease the minds of anxious employers, the Hall Act explicitly acknowledges that “it is important to balance the needs of employers to have a strong functioning workforce with the needs of employees who will genuinely benefit from using cannabis for a medical use in a manner that makes the employee a productive employee.” Puerto Rico.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Phil Murphy signed into law a package of bills that create the rules and regulations regarding the state’s legal cannabis industry. The new laws follow last November’s statewide vote to legalize cannabis for all adults. A1897 , which reforms criminal and civil penalties for cannabis. Is it legal to possess cannabis right now?

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NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Governor Jim Justice (R) of West Virginia signed legislation into law that allows financial institutions to provide banking services related to the state’s medical marijuana program. Late last week, the North Dakota State Senate overwhelmingly passed a measure to expand the state’s medical marijuana program. California.

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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

This Act amends the Controlled Substances Act to reduce the number of instances in which federal law enforcement agencies could carry out legal actions against state-licensed cannabis businesses or other related enterprises. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) of New Mexico signed cannabis decriminalization legislation into law.

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Veriheal

MARCH 4, 2022

Not only was Oregon one of the first states to legalize cannabis for medical and recreational use, but it was also the first to boldly contest the war on drugs. Measure 110 officially decriminalized the minor personal possession of all drugs in the state of Oregon. What Is Measure 110? 15% to Oregon State Police.

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Nature's Way Medicine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This week’s cannabis news consists of updates for Mississippi, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. President Biden’s administration does not seem to want to relax their stance on cannabis but U.S. cannabis jobs are at an all time high. US Cannabis Jobs at 321,000. Mississippi. North Dakota.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

House Bill 4016 – Mortarium on Cannabis & Hemp Producer Licenses. HB 4016 authorizes the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) and Oregon State Department of Agriculture (ODA) to unilaterally issue moratoriums on the issuance of new marijuana and hemp producer licenses.

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Veriheal

MARCH 9, 2023

states — Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania — stand a good chance at legalizing recreational cannabis this year. However, the use and possession of cannabis remain illegal under federal law for any purpose as per the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (CSA) , which classifies cannabis as a Schedule I substance.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2022

Physician Lawrence Leeman, a medicine professor at the University of New Mexico, urged legislators to move forward without waiting for federal decriminalization or regulatory approval to expand responsible therapies using doses of psilocybin. The Democratic-led Legislature convenes its next regular session in January 2023.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 30, 2019

NORML write, “2019 has been a monumental year for cannabis reform across the United States. Over 60 cannabis-related bills were signed into law in states across the country. Now, nearly 1 in 4 Americans reside in a jurisdiction where the adult use of cannabis is legal, and 33 states regulate medical marijuana access.

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