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The Changing Landscape of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What Patients Should Know

Canna Care Docs

MPAA) the states leading voice for patient rights and cannabis policy reform. Outdated Regulations and Policy Stagnation: The medical program cannot thrive under outdated rules. To expand access and improve care, we need responsive policy changes that remove unnecessary barriers and allow the program to grow with patient needs.

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Will Texas Legalize Recreational Marijuana?

Veriheal

This bill would heavily reduce the cannabis products on the market that are currently available recreationally, returning to more traditional policies of the past. The signing of House Bill 1325 by Governor Abbott in 2019 legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp (cannabis containing less than 0.3% ounces of cannabis.

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The Fall of South Dakota’s Cannabis Industry

Veriheal

In this article, youll discover the complicated history of legal cannabis in South Dakota, why recreational cannabis failed despite voters’ wishes, and why some medical dispensaries in South Dakota are now closing their doors. If authorized, medical patients can cultivate up to two flowering and two non-flowering cannabis plants.

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U.S. Secret Service Relaxes Past-Use Cannabis Policy for Applicants

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Secret Service (USSS) recently loosened its applicant drug use policy to be more accommodating to past cannabis consumers. Before this policy, cannabis use within the past three years led to automatic disqualification. The quantity sold, cultivated, or distributed will also be considered.

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Action Needed: Marijuana Vote This Week In Congress

NORML

The existing language maintains that federal funds cannot be used to prevent states from “implementing their own state laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession or cultivation of medical marijuana.” Send a message to your lawmaker in less than 20 seconds right now.

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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. New Hampshire. NH resident?

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Court Dismisses Case Demanding DEA to Move Expeditiously to License Cannabis Cultivators

NORML

A federal court on Friday denied a petition for a writ of mandamus that sought to order the US Drug Enforcement Administration to begin licensing private entities that wish to cultivate cannabis. The agency in 2016 first announced its intent to license private entities to grow cannabis for FDA-approved clinical trials.

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