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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. Verified Patient Enrollment Figures: November 2018 (just before adult-use sales began): 57,872 active medical marijuana patients December 2020 (enrollment peak): 99,108 patients January 25, 2025: 82,820 patients This represents a 43.1%

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

The Cannigma

Awareness Days, 2025) But what’s love got to do with cannabis advocacy? Peron, 2018; “1996 California Proposition 215,” 2025) Another trailblazer was Mary “Brownie Mary” Rathbun, a retired waitress turned cannabis advocate. Pride Month 2025. 2025, May). 2025, May). Everything. References Awareness Days.

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Before Biden Left Office, These Lawmakers Demanded More Cannabis Reform

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Barbara Lee, called for more comprehensive reform action to address the harms of federal cannabis prohibition policies. This letter expresses that such actions must take place before President Bidens term came to an end in January 2025. The lawmakers furthermore urge Biden to deprioritize federal cannabis prosecutions.

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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

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A 2025 BBC report revealed that at least 382 families, identified through online forums and interviews conducted by the parent support charity MedCan, are sourcing cannabis medicines illegally—many to manage severe forms of epilepsy that conventional treatments have failed to control.

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Ask The Green Nurse is Celebrating Liberation: What 4/20 & the 4th of July Have in Common?

The Cannigma

Far from being just a countercultural joke, it has emerged as a powerful symbol of bodily autonomy, freedom of consciousness, and resistance to outdated and often unjust drug policies. 2025 , June 27). History of 420: Bob Marley, numerology & honoring weed. The real history of 4/20, marijuana’s high holiday.

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IDFPR works to expand medical cannabis tax rates to all dispensaries

Illinois News Joint

In the 144-page report, compiled by the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office (CROO), the Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) states in its data summary, “Looking ahead to Fiscal Year 2025, IDFPR has already begun its efforts to further expand access to cannabis both to consumers and medical patients.