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Playboy Gets Fired Up For Cannabis Advocacy and Reform

Veriheal

The cannabis advocacy movement goes back many years and involves many people. Cannabis advocacy as a whole has been such a successful movement because it has had such a wide variety of people and organizations on its side. Now the cannabis movement has a new ally—Playboy Enterprises, owners of the infamous adult magazine.

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Marijuana Sows Seeds of Conflict for San Francisco Employers, But Maybe Not for Utah Employers

The Blunt Truth

Effective October 1, 2018, employers are prohibited from “inquiring about, requiring disclosure of, or basing employment decisions on convictions for decriminalized behavior, including the non-commercial use and cultivation of cannabis.” San Francisco, known for its forward progress in the cannabis space, has done it again.

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Project CBD: FREE SPEECH UNDER ATTACK IN CZECH CANNABIS CRACKDOWN

Cannabis Law Report

The criminal case that may force the closing of the Czech Republic’s pioneering cannabis magazine is — at least in the eyes of its targeted editor — disturbingly redolent of the bad old days of authoritarian rule. Robert Veverka, publisher and editor-in-chief of Legalizace magazine, heads an advocacy organization of the same name.

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The LGBTQ Leaders in Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

She is also on the advisory board of Decriminalize Nature Oakland, the first group in the country to successfully advocate to decriminalize all-natural plant medicines in the city of Oakland. Amber is a veteran of the United States Coast Guard. Amber has served in a number of leadership positions in the cannabis industry.

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AAFP ( American Academy of Family Physicians) Releases Marijuana, Cannabinoids Position Paper

Cannabis Law Report

However, the AAFP supports decriminalization of possession of marijuana for personal use. The AAFP opposes the recreational use and legalization of marijuana, but supports decriminalization of marijuana for personal use. Relevant AAFP Policy. Marijuana Possession for Personal Use.

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Plant Medicine Coalition renames to Psychedelic Medicine Coalition

Cannabis Law Report

January 6, 2022 (WASHINGTON D.C.) – Plant Medicine Coalition, a nonprofit membership and advocacy organization that lobbies the federal government regarding psychedelic policy, has changed its name to Psychedelic Medicine Coalition (PMC). s Initiative 81, effectively decriminalizing entheogens in the District. The Press Release.

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Psychedelic Invest’s 100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics List

Cannabis Law Report

Healing Advocacy Fund. Sam is the Executive Director of the Healing Advocacy Fund, which is the nonprofit organization supporting the implementation of Measure 109 in Oregon. In 2018, he helped guide the Decriminalize Denver campaign in the process of drafting the initiative text. in/andrew-chadeayne-989b751/ [link].