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Luck Presents Launches High Holidays Celebration In Honor Of Willie Nelson

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And in an effort to make the celebration the real deal, Luck Presents is even petitioning President Joe Biden and Congress to declare the ten-day period a national holiday. With this year’s High Holidays events, Luck Presents hopes to foster discussion around destigmatizing, decriminalizing, and legalizing hemp and cannabis. “I

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Norway’s Alliance for Rights-Oriented Drug Policies (AROD) To Hold Cannabis Sale Outside Oslo Police HQ Sept 11 To Highlight Country’s Drug Policy Failures

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Norway’s Alliance for rights-oriented Drug Policies (AROD) says that to vindicate the rights of drug law violators , they will on 11 September 2021, hold a cannabis sale outside Oslo’s police headquarters to protest the abject failure of Norwegian drug reform. Oslo Police HQ. It is this blind spot that the AROD wants to remove.

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Is weed gay?: An abbreviated cultural history

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In this series, part of Leafly’s celebration of Pride month, we’ll explore some of the connections between queer people and cannabis in terms of history, health, culture. . Cultures across the world began mentioning the presence of a third gender , two-spirit individuals , and other alternate gender presentations centuries ago.

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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Michael Bloomberg

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Last fall, we ran a 13-part series taking a hard look at each of the 2020 presidential candidates’ history and views related to marijuana. Past legislative history : How many marijuana-related bills did this candidate introduce, sponsor or sign? If a candidate does not actively advocate for marijuana, we doubt their conviction.

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The Evolution of Kamala Harris’ Views On Marijuana

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Despite those high numbers, Paul Henderson, Harris’ chief of administration, stated, “Our policy was that no one with a marijuana conviction for mere possession could do any (jail time) at all.”. 2015 Through the Present . After successfully defeating Hallinan, Harris did just that. In 2015 her position began to soften.

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Senate Panel Votes to Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work at Intelligence Agencies Like CIA and NSA

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The Senate Intelligence Committee has passed a bill that allows intelligence agencies like the CIA and NSA to accept applicants who have marijuana-use history. The initial “past or present use” text was also modified to “pre-employment.” Secret Service (USSS) revised its employment policies.

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Cannabis Seeds Found in a Chinese Tomb Show Evidence of Use in Ancient Times

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According to Jin Guiyun, a professor of history and culture at Shandong University, “the cannabis was stored in a pot on the coffin bed amid other staple grains such as millet. China reportedly banned cannabis in the 1950s and felt enormous pressure as most of the world began to legalize and decriminalize the substance.

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