The Cannigma

MAY 30, 2023

The government maintains a firm prohibitionist stance on cannabis, with no signs of considering legalization or decriminalization. The government places a high priority on maintaining public safety and minimizing the presence of illegal drugs within the country. Is weed legal in Venezuela?

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Individuals looking for psychedelic mushroom services would not need a medical diagnosis or referral to access services. Clients would be required to go through a counseling session before treatment and may go to another session after. She said she’s concerned the mushroom policy will be put into place before standards are set.

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Veriheal

MARCH 31, 2023

All that being said, the study also uncovered a few symptoms that were not improved by the cannabis treatment. While the study’s findings are promising, researchers say that more studies are necessary to evaluate the efficacy and safety of these cannabis treatments. What do you think of this Tourettes study’s findings?

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

This question is being asked by patients all over the world who would see a massive benefit in their quality of life if they could avail of medical marijuana treatment. Medical marijuana is now proven beyond doubt to be a very effective treatment for a whole host of painful and debilitating conditions.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2021

In 2017, the FDA designated MDMA a breakthrough therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, and in 2018 the agency identified psilocybin as a breakthrough for treatment-resistant depression. These developments indicate that psychedelics may represent substantial improvements over existing treatments for mental illness.

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CannaMD

JUNE 2, 2020

Rochester, specifically, passed a law on May 12, 2020, which no longer requires city employees to take pre-employment marijuana drug screening tests, except when applying for safety-sensitive positions, such as commercial driving and police officer positions. Exceptions were again made for safety-sensitive positions. Get Started.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 30, 2022

If a rule of criminal law precludes a person from obtaining appropriate medical treatment when his or her life or health is in danger, then the state has intervened and this intervention constitutes a violation of that man’s or that woman’s security of the person …. Publisher: Law Now. MAY 1, 2020 BY PETER BOWAL AND DUSTIN BODNAR.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 26, 2021

Medical: Legal Recreational: Illegal (though at least one territory has adopted decriminalization). The country legalized medical cannabis in 2016, but patients in the country have long criticized the program as too restrictive, and access to cannabis-based medicines remains behind that of many other legal cannabis jurisdictions.

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Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2022

The campaign manager of the ‘Yes on 109’ campaign that helped see the measure passed, Sam Chapman, told media sources, “There’s a huge breadth of expertise on this board from harm reduction experts to folks that have experience working with different populations that stand to benefit from having access to psilocybin therapy.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2022

Widespread approval for psychedelic treatments remains unlikely, but the tide is slowly turning. 7] And cities around the country are beginning to decriminalize some psychedelics, with advocates for decriminalization citing the potential medical benefits. For the regulated community, this is a trend worth watching. Times (Nov.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 9, 2021

Not only are more and more jurisdictions decriminalizing the use of psychedelics for recreational purposes, but it appears that psychedelic substances are the new horizon for the treatment of severe psychological disorders and other ailments. Published Via JD Supra. The state of the law on psychedelic substances is in flux.

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NORML

AUGUST 19, 2019

The MORE Act, which was introduced to the US Congress last month, would completely decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. Currently, public support for legalizing weed nationwide is at an all-time high: 62 percent of Americans favor legalizing the adult use of marijuana, while over 90 percent want access to medical cannabis.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 1, 2020

All over the world, governments are moving towards legalizing or at least decriminalizing, cannabis. Cannabis is easily accessible, and the regulations are loosening up quite a bit. The media storm came about as 12-year-old Billy Caldwell and 6-year-old Alfie Dingley were being denied cannabis oil as a treatment for their epilepsy.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

People who have access to harm reduction programs are five times more likely to connect with drug treatment than those who do not and three times more likely to stop problematic drug use. Make data about drug war enforcement publicly available and easily accessible, and regularly publish racial and gender impact analyses.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Recognizing this, Cuomo is amending his proposal to allow for the permitting of delivery services as a way to open up access to this new industry even further so more New Yorkers can participate as it grows. Cuomo’s proposal builds on years of work to understand and decriminalize cannabis for adult use.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Recognizing this, Cuomo is amending his proposal to allow for the permitting of delivery services as a way to open up access to this new industry even further so more New Yorkers can participate as it grows. Cuomo’s proposal builds on years of work to understand and decriminalize cannabis for adult use.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This would not allow a retail market outside of the liquor stores,” he told the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee Wednesday. “My We have medical marijuana and decriminalization, so no one is going to jail for marijuana.”. My local paper the Daily Sun in Conway has full page ads from the stores in Maine.”.

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Veriheal

JUNE 30, 2020

Arrests for violations disproportionately impact communities of color, carry significant social & public costs to taxpayers, and can jeopardize employment opportunities, immigration status, and access to health, housing, and other programs for those subjected to these unnecessary arrests. One of those offenses is cannabis possession.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

At the state level, the North Dakota House of Representatives defeated a decriminalization bill on the House floor by a narrow 43-47 vote. Update : HB 2149 was approved by the Public Safety Committee on 2/20. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of access in healthcare facilities. AZ resident? California. CA resident?

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Veriheal

JANUARY 5, 2022

Young and Joyce also question the federal government’s motives, stating, “To be clear, we do not negate the benefit of traditional therapies, but question why the federal government continues to bar access to innovative, proven—and in many cases—safer alternatives.” So why has nothing changed? Young’s Trail of Cannabis Reform.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 1, 2021

For the elections to the Spanish Parliament in November 2019, the political formation Unidas-Podemos was already betting on its program for the legalization or decriminalization of the self-cultivation of cannabis and the possession of cannabis for personal use. Up to twenty plants for self-cultivation in 2018 in draft.

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NORML

MAY 24, 2019

At the same time, the bill would redirect tax revenue from a legal industry towards various programs that redress harms from the War on Drugs, while also increasing and improving public education and treatment programs geared towards responsible use, reducing overdoses, and saving lives. of the state’s population.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Though carrying a small amount of cannabis is decriminalized, it will attract penalties if the weight is more than 7.5grams. Only a certain set of people who undergo medical treatment are permitted to purchase medical cannabis. Also, there no alternative treatment options for these people except medical cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

While seemingly revolutionary, SB 1326 is contingent on an official assurance that the activity would not result in federal enforcement action against California – meaning, most likely, that this bill cannot be utilized until cannabis is federally decriminalized. SB 1186– Medicinal Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act. FOOTNOTES. [1]

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 6, 2021

Public safety at issue. Proponents of these THC caps—who are often the same politicians who stood against legalization and lost—contend that limiting THC levels will increase public safety. By limiting a patient’s THC access to 50mg per day, Iowa’s cap may prevent chronic pain patients from moving off opioids via cannabis substitution.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2019

The recent trend towards decriminalization of cannabis in other countries suggests they may be right, but in the meantime, a proliferation of products containing extracts from cannabis plants are appearing in UK stores. CBD is not listed in any of the schedules of the Regulations, so it is not controlled by the Regulations.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The AAFP urges its members to be involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of substance use, as well as secondary diseases impacted or caused by use. However, the AAFP supports decriminalization of possession of marijuana for personal use. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports approximately 2.5% In the Exam Room.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

People are increasingly using ketamine for ailments that resist treatment through traditional pharmaceutical drugs. Recently, the decriminalization of psilocybin (by various cities) has been in the news as an emerging medicine. Ketamine is also widely known as a popular party drug (“ Special K “).

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

To acknowledge its impressive safety record and potential for treating depression more effectively than existing therapies, the Food and Drug Administration designated psilocybin a breakthrough therapy in 2018 and 2019 for treating drug-resistant depression and major depressive disorder. But only if it is made affordable and accessible.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

At the end of the episode, Debbie Churgai, executive director of Americans for Safe Access, discusses the various ways that military veterans — who could very much benefit from medical cannabis — have difficulty accessing it and the ways that the Veterans Administration can address that issue. Produced by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

People are increasingly using ketamine for ailments that resist treatment through traditional pharmaceutical drugs. Recently, the decriminalization of psilocybin (by various cities) has been in the news as an emerging medicine. Ketamine is also widely known as a popular party drug (“ Special K “).

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

Americans for Safe Access released its 2018-2019 State-of-the-State report examining state laws and regulations surrounding Patient Rights and Civil Protection from Discrimination, Access to Medicine, Ease of Navigation, Functionality of the Programs, and Consumer Safety and Provider Requirements.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

viii Other states have decriminalized the first-time possession of small quantities of marijuana or legalized the limited sale and use of low-THC CBD oil, a non-psychoactive product from the cannabis plant often used for medical purposes. xxxvii Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, Department of Public Safety. Conclusion.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

As such, we hope that in treating the wounds of war — both visible and invisible — that our servicemembers and veterans would have access to the widest array of possible treatments,” writes an excerpt from the veterans’ letter, via NBC News. Armed Forces often face difficult physical and mental challenges upon returning home.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

A few weeks back, the House of Representatives again advanced the MORE Act (Marijuana Opportunity and Expungement Act), which puts cannabis one step closer to federal decriminalization (more on that here ). states have legalized or decriminalized cannabis in one form or another. Even Republicans are proposing cannabis legislation!

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 31, 2021

And a year ago, Northam signed a bill that decriminalized weed. Every Virginian deserves access to a fair and equitable criminal justice system,” said Northam in a statement after signing the bill. It will take effect on July 1. The bill provides plenty of caveats.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JULY 6, 2020

In the official statement, Funk stated, “[m]arijuana charges do little to promote public health, and even less to promote public safety.” The Ohio senate recently voted in favor of expanding decriminalization policies by doubling the amount of marijuana an individual may possess without receiving jail time.

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