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On Giving Tuesday, Pledge to Legalize It

NORML

Giving Tuesday is the largest global giving day of the year and NORML is excited to be a part of this worldwide event! The post On Giving Tuesday, Pledge to Legalize It appeared first on NORML.

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Cannabis Legalization in Ireland?

Cannabis Life Network

Ireland is the latest European country to take a step closer to cannabis legalization. Introduced by a People Before Profit Party member, the bill would legalize cannabis possession for adults over 18. However, the bill doesn’t include cannabis sales or cultivation. It is more decriminalization than the commercialization of the industry. The bill says possessing up to seven grams “shall be lawful,” despite no commercial market.

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Pennsylvania To Give $50 A Month For Medical Marijuana Costs To Low-Income Seniors

The Fresh Toast

Pennsylvania To Give $50 A Month For Medical Marijuana Costs To Low-Income Seniors. Prices for medical marijuana in the state have been an issue for a while now. The post Pennsylvania To Give $50 A Month For Medical Marijuana Costs To Low-Income Seniors appeared first on The Fresh Toast.

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‘Is this your eighth?’: Reflections from NYC’s Smokus Pocus magic show

Leafly

Cannabis is magical all on its own. So magician Ben Zabin made it the star of his new weed magic show, Smokus Pocus. We investigated if its all smoke and mirrors. The post ‘Is this your eighth?’: Reflections from NYC’s Smokus Pocus magic show appeared first on Leafly.

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Where the Money Grows: Learning the Industry Trends in Medical Cannabis, Recreational Marijuana, Hemp, and Beyond

Speaker: Jonathan Bench, International Cannabis and Securities Business Attorney at Harris Bricken

The U.S. cannabis industry is still in its infancy, even though states began engaging with legalization in one form or another in the late 1990s. Today, many opportunities exist for individuals and businesses that want to engage in the industry. Some want to directly own licensed businesses, while others prefer to keep the industry at an arm’s length and merely profit from it.

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Patenting Cannabis Genes: Three Ways To Protect New Cultivars

Canna Law Blog

Many cannabis companies spend significant resources developing new cannabis cultivars or refining popular strain genetics. As they do so, more and more are looking for strategies to protect those investments. Plant patents for purportedly novel cannabis plants are increasingly common, but are plant patents really the best way to protect cannabis genes?

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Why do Dispensaries use Mylar Bags?

Cannabis Law Report

Mylar is durable, light-weight and flexible. This makes it a perfect choice for growers and retailers to use in the dispensary industry. Dispensaries package their product in durable mylar storage bags so they can be kept safe from humidity and other weather factors that could affect the quality of the product. They also use mylar […].

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Poll: Nearly Three in Four Likely Voters Support “Ending the Federal Ban” on Marijuana, Other Federal Reforms

NORML

“Voters are consistent in their support for these common-sense federal reforms. Majorities of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans back these changes and federal lawmakers should work in a bipartisan manner to achieve them.”. The post Poll: Nearly Three in Four Likely Voters Support “Ending the Federal Ban” on Marijuana, Other Federal Reforms appeared first on NORML.

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Midterm Round-Up: Marijuana in Missouri

Cannabis Law Report

By Robert H. Eisentrout on November 28, 2022 Missouri has legalized marijuana. It joins 20 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing adult recreational use of marijuana. Starting December 8, 2022, adults 21 and older may use marijuana recreationally in Missouri. Missouri is amending its constitution to make this change. 53% of Missourians voted for the […].

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Money for Nothing? Marijuana and the Midterms

Cannabis Law Report

By Whitt Steineker & Bradley on November 28, 2022 I don’t think the great Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits was talking about Congress when he wrote “that’s the way you do it, money for nothing,” but the recent midterm elections reminded me of that cynical refrain. A few billion dollars here, a few billion dollars there. We end up with basically the […].

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Australia: LSD drugs and the law in Australia

Cannabis Law Report

28 November 2022 by Poppy Morandin and Jimmy Singh Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia ACID DRUG | WHAT IS LSD AND WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR? LSD stands for ‘Lysergic Acid Diethylamide’, and is a hallucinogen, which can distort the senses of a user. LSD is a potent psychedelic drug which causes its users to experience intensified emotions, senses, […].

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CA: Berkeleyside -“Move to decriminalize LSD in Berkeley under discussion”

Cannabis Law Report

A project to decriminalize natural psychedelics that lingered for three years in the Berkeley City Council will come back to life in a few weeks. But unlike other jurisdictions that have taken steps to chip away at the national and state ban on psychedelics, Berkeley is about to consider an even broader proposal: one that could make it […].

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Lawyer. “Police will keep raiding Toronto magic mushroom dispensary if city doesn’t step up”

Cannabis Law Report

The city says it has no plans to use its powers to shut down Toronto’s only magic mushroom dispensary after a Toronto police raid earlier this month, leaving the shop still operating in a kind of grey area. Shroomyz — a dispensary chain that first opened in Ottawa — became Toronto’s first mushroom dispensary after […].

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Press Release: CCB to Hold Random Number Selection Event for Cannabis Consumption Lounge Licenses

Cannabis Law Report

November 23, 2022 CCB to Hold Random Number Selection Event for Cannabis Consumption Lounge Licenses Event will determine the recipients of 20 independent cannabis consumption lounge prospective licenses, 10 of which are designated for social equity applicants. (LAS VEGAS, NV) – The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) will conduct two drawings via a random […].

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UK: Regulation And Trade Mark Protection For CBD Novel Foods: Has It Gone To Pot?

Cannabis Law Report

24 November 2022 byEve BrownandClaire Keating Marks & Clerk The BBC’s‘Good Food’ publicationreported earlier this year that Cannabidiol (CBD) is becoming increasingly popular in the health world. It is sourced from the cannabis plant but derived from the non-intoxicating hemp plant, and some believe it may have potential health and wellness benefits.

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Flora Growth Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Cannabis Law Report

Revenue for the three-month period ended September 30, 2022 was $10.8 million, an increase of 414% year over year Revenue for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 was $25.7 million, an increase of 510% year over year Gross profit for the three-month period ended September 30, 2022 was $5.0 million, an increase of 703% […].

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Costa Rica first hemp authorization granted

Cannabis Law Report

An agriculture conglomerate has received the first authorization to grow and process hemp in Costa Rica under a recently signed resolution from the country’s agriculture ministry. Farming and food conglomerate Ingenio Taboga SA said it plans to plant hemp and build a processing factory at a 150-acre site. Taboga, based in Bebedero de Cañas, Guanacaste, […].

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Nevada to hold lotteries for consumption lounge licenses

Cannabis Law Report

Business of Cannabis reports Nevada’s Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) has announced it will be holding lotteries on 30 November to select 20 independent cannabis consumption lounge licensees, reports Marijuana Moment. According to the announcement, half of the licenses will be reserved for social equity applicants. So far, around 100 applications for the new license type have […].

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Midterm Round-Up: Maryland Legalizes Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

Maryland has legalized cannabis. It joins 20 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing adults to use marijuana recreationally. Starting July 1, 2023, adults 21 and older may use cannabis recreationally in Maryland. This change comes via a constitutional amendment. Maryland voters resoundingly approved adding “Article XX – Cannabis” to their state’s constitution […].

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United States: California OEHHA Adopts Safe Harbor Warning Regulations For Cannabis Smoke And Delta-9-THC

Cannabis Law Report

29 November 2022 by Azim Chowdhury , Mitzi Ng Clark and Ian J. Murray Keller & Heckman Recently, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) adopted safe harbor warning regulations for cannabis smoke and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC) under California Proposition 65.1 What is Proposition 65? The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (also known as Proposition 65) […].

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Australia: Legalise Cannabis and other progressive parties could hold balance of power in Victorian upper house

Cannabis Law Report

The Guardian Counting suggests Legalise Cannabis party, Greens and Reason Party are likely to win seats in Legislative Council Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Reason Party leader, Fiona Patten, is in a tight tussle with Adem Somyurek. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian The […].

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Two More Cannabis Fails In The Australian Senate

Cannabis Law Report

Cannabiz Australia Read more (paywall).

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2022 The Business of NJ Hemp Panel

Cannabis Law Report

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Arkansas cannabis cultivator can’t fight for revoked license, judge rules

Cannabis Law Report

MJ Biz report (This story has been updated to reflect that Bennett Nolan will get a hearing and he has appeals options.) An Arkansas medical marijuana cultivator with an invalid license will not be permitted to intervene in a legal challenge to the state’s licensing process. According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, it was Bennett Nolan’s second […].