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Article – Governing Magazine: California Promised to Clear Cannabis Convictions. It Hasn’t.

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Governing magazine have hit the nail squarely on its head… The state legalized the use of recreational marijuana in 2016 and agreed to create a pathway to clear or reduce past weed-related convictions. At least 34,000 marijuana records have still not been processed by court.

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Teen pot use hasn’t risen amid legalization, researchers conclude

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Pete Ricketts said in March that he opposed medical cannabis because, ‘if you legalize marijuana, you’re going to kill your kids. That’s what the data shows from around the country.’. Teens report using less cannabis amid legalization. Yeah, exactly the opposite of that, Pete. In a new Research Letter published Sept.

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Is weed legal in Iceland?

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Is cannabis legal in Iceland? A brief legal overview. Not much changed on the legalization front until 2017 when reform MP Pawel Bartozek put forth a bill to legalize the production, consumption, and sale of cannabis in Iceland for users over age 20, a quick look at WayofLeaf explains. THC or less. 3% THC global standard.

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Is cannabis legal in Israel?

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Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized (legalization may be pending). Cannabis is legal for medical use in Israel and the country has implemented decriminalization policies for small-scale possession charges. The post Is cannabis legal in Israel? Can foreigners access medical marijuana?

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Cannabis Was First Domesticated in East Asia 12,000 Years Ago, New Study Finds

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Observational and historical data have suggested this might have been the original domestication site for cannabis,” said study co-author Luca Fumagalli, evolutionary biologist at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, to Smithsonian Magazine. It shows that serious research on cannabis isn’t off limits anymore.”.

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Now That Hemp’s Legal, All Roads Are Leading to Mass-Market Retail

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farmers are finally allowed to grow hemp legally. But one thing the Farm Bill did not do is legalize CBD. But one thing the Farm Bill did not do is legalize CBD. Lanier acknowledges the confusion around the legality of CBD. Subscribe to the magazine here. After more than 80 years of prohibition, U.S.

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Fortune: Black cannabis entrepreneurs account for less than 2% of the nation’s marijuana businesses

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In 2022, the landscape of the legal cannabis industry is still as homogenous as ever, and it’s getting worse. As of 2021, 73% of active owners, employees, executives, and volunteers of cannabis establishments in Massachusetts were white, and 64% were male, according to the state’s Cannabis Control Commission data. Fortune write.