Sat.Jul 09, 2022

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Dutch Farmers’ Protest: Hemp Solutions

Cannabis Life Network

What’s going with the Dutch farmers’ protest? On Tuesday, Netherland lawmakers voted to declare farmers propagators of climate change. Their emissions are planet-destroying pollutants, and they’ll have to cut back on everything from livestock to how much they harvest. Any farmer on the margin is going out of business. It’s all for the good of […].

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Don’t Travel with Cannabis

Canna Law Blog

Marijuana is illegal in most countries in the world, is federally illegal in the United States, and is highly regulated even in the U.S. states that allow it. Hemp laws are all over the place in the U.S. and are often just as bad as marijuana laws internationally. It goes without saying that it’s a bad idea to travel with cannabis. Today I’ll look at a few key examples of why traveling with cannabis – as well as other substances – is likely to lead to some serious issues.

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Children with deficient endocannabinoid production have NORDs

Cannabis Life Network

Our knowledge of human disease and its connection to the Endocannabinoid System has grown over three decades as science connects the dots. Adding to this, a genetic failure within the production of 2-AG causes a deficient endocannabinoid system in children. Now known as NORDS, the clinical syndrome includes several unique symptoms. (1) An endocannabinoid explained […].

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India: Kannur man who sourced LSD from Poland arrested

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The New Indian Express reports. KOCHI: The anti-narcotic special squad of the excise department arrested a Kannur native who procured 200 LSD stamps from Poland using a fake name. The excise team arrested Vyas, 35, from his house in Kannur on Thursday. A parcel containing the LSD stamps was seized after officials at the Foreign Post Office (FPO) in Kochi grew suspicious and alerted the excise department.

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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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Answer of the Day for Jul 10, 2022

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Chronic pain was the most common qualifying condition for receiving medical cannabis in 2020 in the US. What percentage of patients reported chronic pain as their qualifying condition? What was the second most common qualifying condition in 2020? In 2020, nearly 61% of the patients enrolled in a medical cannabis program reported chronic pain as the qualifying condition.

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OPB: Rural Oregon counties not supporters of psilocybin launch

Cannabis Law Report

OPB. Umatilla, Jackson and Linn Counties are among the latest to put a psilocybin service center ban on the November ballot. The next drug debate is coming to the ballot in a growing number of rural counties this November. On Tuesday, the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to put a ban on psilocybin manufacturing and service centers on the Nov. 8 ballot.

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Indiana Nurse Could Face A Decade In Prison For Microdosing Psilocybin Mushrooms

Cannabis Law Report

Psychedelic Spotlight has the story… and we are sure this story is just the tip of a very big iceberg. For Jessica Thornton, who has lived with treatment-resistant depression since her senior year at high school, psychedelics represent a lifeline. Thornton, a mom of five and neonatal intensive care nurse, turned to psilocybin after twenty years of taking a smorgasbord of antidepressants with little to no effect.

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Arizona Lawsuit Filed By The Greater Phoenix Urban League Wants State To Look At Equity Program So Big Cannabis Doesn’t Hijack It

Cannabis Law Report

The Phoenix New Times writes. Over the past few weeks, some Arizona residents have been inundated with flyers, mailers, and glossy pamphlets. “Once in a lifetime opportunity,” they say. “Brighten your future. Own a cannabis dispensary at no cost to you.” They’re all from the state’s biggest cannabis investors, who are searching — desperately — for people with prior marijuana charges, people who live in communities most impacted by marijuana laws, to front thei

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UK: Cannabis Farm Found In The Street Behind Carlisle Crown Court !

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A large cannabis farm has been discovered by police in a street behind Carlisle Crown Court. Police have closed off St Paul’s Lane, which runs alongside the court, this afternoon, as officers deal with the drug farm inside a property at the nearby Lonsdale Street. That’s all we have learnt at the moment ! [link].

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UK’s Most Wanted…. ‘Vegan gym-goer’ suspected of dealing LSD among men who members of the public are warned not to approach

Cannabis Law Report

From the UK’s most wanted list. It certainly is a CV! Jack Mayle. Jack Mayle (Image: NCA). Mayle is wanted after being accused of the supply of MDMA, methylphenidate (a pharmaceutical drug) and diazepam, and fled after being charged. He allegedly ran a drug line in south London and Surrey called the Flavour Quest, working with a dark web drug dealer buying and selling drugs including LSD and pharmaceutical medications.

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California man to plead guilty in cannabis vape pen fraud

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That was a quick conclusion to a story we ran last week. The San Diego Times Reports. LOS ANGELES — . A Southern California man who once competed on the Philippines national decathlon team has agreed to plead guilty to bilking investors out of more than $28 million with a phony scheme to market cannabis vape pens, federal prosecutors announced Friday.

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‘Magic’ mushrooms could be legalized for personal use in NJ says New York Post

Cannabis Law Report

I think they may be getting ahead of themselves! They are reporting. A bill that would legalize “magic” mushrooms for the treatment of mental disorders was introduced last week by the New Jersey state Senate. Authored by the state Senate President Nicholas Scutari, the bill, according to its language , would allow residents over the age of 21 to “possess, store, use, ingest, inhale, process, transport, deliver without consideration, or distribute without consideration, four grams or less of psi

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Using cannabis or hemp at police stations or in other government complexes under the Royal Thai Police has been prohibited.

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Another tweak! The Nation writes. he rule applies to police officers, staff and people visiting police stations. National Police chief Pol General Suwat Jangyodsuk issued an order on Tuesday in a bid to prevent abuse of the two plants, which were removed from Thailand’s narcotics list on June 9. The order added that the smoke and smell from marijuana and hemp could “create a nuisance” for people visiting government offices such as police stations.

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Lawsuit Dismissed Against CO Gov Jared Polis for Approving Medical Marijuana Law – Appeal Expected

Cannabis Law Report

Westword reports. A lawsuit filed against Governor Jared Polis and three state agencies over a new medical marijuana law has been dismissed by Denver District Court, but an appeal is expected. Twenty-year-old medical marijuana patient Benjamin Wann had sued Polis , the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division and the departments of Revenue and Public Health and Environment nearly a year ago over House Bill 21-1317.

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Oregon: Higher Education Coordinating Commission Reminder “psilocybin facilitator training programs may be required to be licensed by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC)”

Cannabis Law Report

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) has asked that Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS) circulate the attached memo to partners. As a reminder, psilocybin facilitator training programs may be required to be licensed by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC). Under state law, career schools must be licensed by the HECC (see ORS 345.010 to 345.450).

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MJ Biz Report Indicates That Columbia Care CEO Set To Net $US100Million In Cresco Deal

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MJ Biz write. Columbia Care co-founder and longtime CEO Nicholas Vita likely will emerge with more than $100 million in cash and stock, thanks to Cresco Labs’ pending acquisition of the New York-based multistate marijuana operator. Details of Vita’s pay package were shared in a regulatory filing in advance of Friday’s special meeting at which Columbia Care stockholders approved the blockbuster acquisition by Chicago-based Cresco.

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Video News Report: Montana county cannabis taxes update

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