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Why Does Cannabis Cultivation Have Such a Negative Impact on the Environment?

Veriheal

Opponents of cannabis legalization like to point out the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation and cannabis legalization. They note how much waste is created by cannabis packaging, as well as the effects of increased energy rates and runoff from nutrients and chemicals used in cannabis cultivation.

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Article: A Comprehensive Cannabis Program for New York State: The Second Act

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Just as with the previous proposal, those Registered Organizations would be permitted to vertically integrate their business and would not be subject to the prohibition of adult-use cultivators, processors and/or distributors having a financial stake in a retail dispensary. Adult-Use Licenses.

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Legislation to Expedite Cannabis Cultivation Introduced in New York

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The NDA launched roughly five years ago as an advocacy and trade association for the retail segment of the market but has recently expanded to include cannabis cultivators and distributors. One of these priorities will likely be reforming state regulations on packaging and labeling, Martin said. “A Reflecting on Lessons Learned.

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United States: Hemp And CBD Regulation: Beyond Delta-8 THC

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As the name suggests, the Farm Bill was mostly concerned with the cultivation of hemp, outlining how states, and Native American tribes, can regulate the process by having their plans approved by the U.S. Cultivation, transportation, and sale of unprocessed hemp in New York is governed by Article 29 of the Agriculture & Markets law.

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Article: Uruguayan Legalization, Nothing To See Here, The Sky Didn’t Fall In, “Gangs of Zombies” Nowhere To Be Seen!

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“There were no gangs of zombies that attacked pharmacies, as some predicted,” he said, adding that fears that Brazilians and Argentines would travel in droves to Uruguay to buy cannabis and send consumption rates soaring also were unfounded. Chile hasn’t regulated or legalized (marijuana), and it has more consumption than Uruguay.

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Cannabis Sustainability: Scope and Solutions

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While many of California’s cultivators practice organic- style farming, the federal government holds the trademark on the U.S. “Over the years, the media has repeatedly characterized cannabis cultivation as either energy-sucking indoor grows or backwoods farms that unleash rodenticides on wildlife. Sustainable Water Usage.

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Article – Cannabis Wire: Cannabis in the Caribbean, Part I: Change is Coming

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That year, the island nation passed a law that decriminalizes possession of up to about fifty-six grams (two ounces) of cannabis, allows for the home cultivation of up to five plants, and establishes an agency to regulate medical use. The trend began in Jamaica, which set off a chain reaction in 2015. And that’s just a part of the story.