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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

The Blunt Truth

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5

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How indoor cannabis could change the way we grow food

The Cannigma

Cannabis legalization is expanding at a rapid clip into states not usually associated with large scale marijuana cultivation. This includes Midwestern states like Michigan and Illinois that don’t benefit from year-round sunshine like California, for decades the cannabis cultivation powerhouse of the United States.

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Bloomberg Article: Federal Taxation of Cannabis Under Proposed Legislation

Cannabis Law Report

Greg Kaufman of Eversheds Sutherland outlines the key provisions and urges lawmakers to consider data collected at the state level to get it right. This summer three U.S. On July 14, 2021, U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

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GROWING PAINS PT. 1 EMERGING PATTERNS IN THE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA MARKETPLACE

Cannabis Law Report

As we entered 2020, twelve states had legalized adult-use, recreational marijuana. smoke or vapor) or cultivation plant odors cross a reasonable limit whereby the government feels it is compelled to get involved. We have enough data now to analyze it and draw the right conclusions. The 2010s were a big decade for cannabis.

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Michigan Sets the Stage to Slash Cannabis Convictions

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The Detroit Free Press was quoted saying that Michigan lawmakers had approved a proposal that would “create a process to streamline expungement of marijuana offenses if the activity that led to the conviction would have been legal under the recreational marijuana law. In comparison, Michigan’s population is at around 10 million.

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Cultivating a Single 8th of Weed Creates 41-Pound Carbon Footprint, Study Finds

SpeedWeed

Researchers from Colorado State University set out to rectify this situation by determining the exact carbon footprint of the average indoor cultivation facility. . The researchers recreated every element of the standard weed greenhouse in their model, including HVAC, grow lights, irrigation, pesticides, and fungicides.

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Leafbuyer.com Pen Impossibly Positive Article About State Of Australia’s Medical Cannabis Market

Cannabis Law Report

Australia has a huge black market for recreational at relatively high prices , over complicated and over regulated sets of federal and state legislation and politicians still living the glory days of coal and the war on drugs. New Frontier Data estimates that Australia could have a count nearing 330,000 by 2025. Read the article at.