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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22/20

NORML

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access. AL resident? OK resident? Pennsylvania.

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Policy Analysis Paper: Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy

Cannabis Law Report

Recent shifting attitudes towards the medical use of cannabis has seen legal access pathways established in many jurisdictions in North America, Europe and Australasia. Others who need to drive are excluded from accessing a needed medication and associated therapeutic benefit. Background. Conclusion. S0955395921002127-main.

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Australia – Policy Analysis: Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy – “there is little evidence to justify the differential treatment of medicinal cannabis patients, compared with those taking other prescription medications”

Cannabis Law Report

We conclude that in medical-only access models there is little evidence to justify the differential treatment of medicinal cannabis patients, compared with those taking other prescription medications with potentially impairing effects. Others who need to drive are excluded from accessing a needed medication and associated therapeutic benefit.

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UK: A blueprint for the UK Cannabis Industry

Cannabis Law Report

billion in annual tax revenue, and environmental and agricultural benefits aimed at meeting carbon neutrality commitments by 2050. This is due to current restrictions on hemp cultivation and the onerous Novel Food process, both of which effectively preclude UK farmers from accessing this high-value-add consumer segment of the CBD sector.

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Article: Seeding the future of the British hemp industry

Cannabis Law Report

Open Access Govt write. To stop our farmers from gaining access to this potentially lucrative market, and allow this revenue to flow out of the UK is preposterous. The EU law allowance of THC in a hemp plant is 0.2% In Switzerland the plant can contain up to 1% THC. A healthy dose of THC means a healthier plant.

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