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Cannabis Culture Article: African Governments Militarize Cannabis Production, Create Prison Grow-Ops

Cannabis Law Report

CANNABIS CULTURE Reports… – Across Africa, the cannabis market has become a more and more militarized scene: from Zambia´s army foray into cultivation, Zimbabwe´s army dropping the first seeds of hemp, to South Africa and Swaziland where armies have a confrontational history with Indigenous growers. . Cultivating Bizarre Bedfellows.

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Lao Peoples Democratic Republic: Outlook For Cannabis Liberalization And CBD Market Authorization In Laos

Cannabis Law Report

However, little has been done so far, and consumption, production, and commercial use of cannabis-including cultivation and commercialization of hemp-related products-remain strictly prohibited. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. The Penal Code No.

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Spain – El Pais Article: Marijuana slaves in Spain: a year imprisoned in a warehouse

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Pretty depressing stuff we have to say… Catalan police have rescued 10 people who had been trafficked by a Chinese mafia and forced to cultivate the drug. The space in which the people held in the marijuana cultivation warehouses lived. The footage from Operation Long lasts just three minutes. MOSSOS D´ESCUADRA / EL PAÍS.

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Downstream Effects: April 2023

Project CBD

This is first of an occasional column that updates developments pertaining to articles previously published by Project CBD. And freedom of expression takes a hit when it comes to cannabis advocacy in the Czech Republic. We start with some positive news from the Golden State. Sponsored by CannaCraft, Inc.,

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Authored By: By Dr. Ayoka Nurse.

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Washington DC weighs competing recreational cannabis bills

SpeedWeed

Bowser’s bill defines three classes of cultivation licenses that cap plant counts at 2,000, 6000, and 10,000. Mendelson’s bill allows regulators to “create tiers or types of cultivation licenses that are based on square footage, plant count or annual sales.”. At least one advocacy group is supporting Mendelson’s bill. “We

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Winemakers Collaborate With Weed Growers on New Cannabis Appellation Systems

Cannabis Law Report

The Wine Enthusiast site has a detailed article highlighting how both sets of producers are working together on appellation. She founded the Origins Council, a nonprofit education, research and advocacy organization dedicated to driving sustainable rural economic development within cannabis-producing regions. .