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The Economic Impact of the Medical Marijuana Industry: Trends and Projections

MMJ Recs

This burgeoning industry encompasses a wide range of activities, including cultivation, processing, distribution, and retail sales of medical cannabis products. The establishment of cultivation, processing, and dispensary facilities creates a diverse array of employment opportunities, spanning from agricultural roles to retail positions.

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Massachusetts: cannabis bill sails through committee

Cannabis Law Report

But more than three years since the first legal sale here, just 6 percent of the licenses issued for the cannabis industry have gone to social equity (SE) program participants or economic empowerment (EE) priority applicants, the committee said. Sonia Chang-Diaz, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, said.

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CBD Ban: Brits Take Up Fight And Send Lawyers To Brussels

Cannabis Law Report

Cannabis lawyers are heading to Brussels next week to challenge a recent decision by the European Union to reclassify food products containing cannabidiol (CBD) and prohibit their sale. This applies to both the extracts themselves and any products to which they are added as an ingredient (such as hemp seed oil).”. AUTHOR: Mark Taylor.

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Lighting Up Florida’s Medical Marijuana PEOPLE: The Front Lines

Cannabis Law Report

CLR is pleased to announce we have a new correspondent reporting regularly from the front lines in Florida. We rarely see informed and investigative articles either from the Florida press or law firms so we’re very pleased indeed to have Heather onboard to guide us through the complexities of what’s happening in the state.

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A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze

SMPL

Ringo said he would sell his seeds for as little as $5.). They sat in a circle at a house in the hills a few hours north of San Francisco — where wine country becomes weed country — to discuss the therapeutic potential of CBD, and how to get people to take it seriously. And with this group, finally, it seemed to be coming together.

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International Cannabis Brand Cookies and InterCure Announce European Expansion

Cannabis Law Report

Cookies also actively works to enrich communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs through advocacy and social equity initiatives. Cookies Partners With Leading Global Cannabis Company InterCure to Open Retail Locations in Austria and the U.K. in Early 2022. Learn more at cookies.co. About InterCure and Canndoc.

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Minorities in cannabis, with Steven Philpott Jr.

The Cannigma

Listen & Subscribe: In light of Black History Month, we feel it is important and relevant to talk about how minorities in the United States and around the world have been disproportionately affected by drug policy and the war on drugs. Tuning in, you’ll hear more about what these trichomes are and why they’re important. CP: It’s a celebration.