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The Week in Weed: March 1, 2024

The Blunt Truth

Nevada opens its first cannabis consumption lounges. The measure would increase the number of practitioners who could prescribe medical cannabis, and the number of qualifying conditions. NEVADA Cannabis consumption lounges are open for business in Nevada. And Philadelphia (where the series is set) has decriminalized.

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Nevada: Reform Efforts are Still Alive

NORML

Even though cannabis has been recreationally legal in the Battle Born State for nearly two years and Sin City has become a greenish gold mine of legal cannabis, many problems and societal penalties still arise with the use of it; no social consumption lounges being among the most glaring.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/15/20

NORML

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Legislation is pending, House Bill 4706, to regulate public on-site marijuana consumption for adults. HI resident? IL resident? KY resident?

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Is weed legal in Ukraine?

The Cannigma

Recreational: not legal, possession decriminalized Medical: legal. Recreational cannabis is not legal in Ukraine, but possession of up to 5 grams is decriminalized and there is a limited, but expanding, medical program. Possession of up to 5 grams is decriminalized.

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Cannabis Use Has Risen With Legalization and COVID-19 Lockdowns

Veriheal

A new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) suggests that cannabis consumption levels soared amid COVID-19 lockdowns and wide-ranging legalization. Numerous other studies have also supported cannabis’ ability to alleviate, not worsen, mental conditions.

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Cannabis laws in Lithuania

The Cannigma

In 2021, Parliament voted against fully decriminalizing the cannabis plant, but personal use and possession of small amounts are decriminalized. Patients with qualifying conditions, including cancer, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and HIV/AIDS can access cannabis-derived medicines with a prescription. Possible penalties.

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And the Winner of the 2020 Election Is…Weed!

The Blunt Truth

Likewise, employers are also not required to allow or accommodate the use, consumption, or possession of marijuana on the job. also approved measures aimed at decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelic plants. See Section 36-2851(1). See Section 36-2851(2). Patients can also possess up to 2.5 Washington, D.C.,