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McConnell Misleads on Marijuana

NORML

Some opponents of marijuana policy reform have manipulated the Speaker’s comments to imply that she was opining that cannabis therapy has been proven specifically to be successful for the treatment of COVID-19. The post McConnell Misleads on Marijuana appeared first on NORML.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/18/20

NORML

The US House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a legislative hearing entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade.” ” This marks the first time that members of the Energy and Commerce Committee will hear and debate issues specific to marijuana policy reform. NH resident? New Jersey. NJ resident?

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The Hemp Standard is 0.3% THC. That Should Be Changed.

Canna Law Blog

The international market is taking form and access to banking services is expanding. Cannabis had been subjected to different taxonomical treatments by Linnaeus in 1753 and Lamarck in 178. First by the European Union, whose Common Agricultural Policy caps THC concentrations at 0.2 Hemp is legal. Public support is increasing.

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WSU researchers team with Puyallup tribe on medicinal cannabis research

Cannabis Chronicles

The partnership between the land grant institution in Pullman and the Tacoma-based native tribe is intended to create a standard to evaluate treatment plans at a natural healing clinic the Puyallups opened in October, and to determine the effectiveness of the drug as an alternative to opioids in managing pain.

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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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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22

NORML

Update : The Senate Rules Committee Committee unanimously approved an amended version of S182 on 2/20, only requiring a second opinion for terminally ill patients under 18, and also allowing treatment centers to sell paraphernalia. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access. IL resident? WV resident?

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/8/19

NORML

Senator Ron Wyden introduced legislation in the Senate — The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act — to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference. House Financial Services Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on cannabis business banking issues next week.