Mon.Dec 27, 2021

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Marijuana Laws: A Look Back at 2021

CannaMD

In contrast to a year of headlines dominated by divisional politics and Covid-19 warnings, 2021’s news on the medical marijuana front is decidedly positive. Over the course of the year, states across the country enacted more than 50 individual pieces of pro-marijuana legislation touching on everything from legalization and decriminalization to the expansion of access […].

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Why Do Drug Smugglers Still Risk Moving Cannabis?

Veriheal

In early December, U.S. Border Patrol agents seized 900 pounds of cannabis —worth an estimated $704,592—that was attempting to make its way across the borders from Mexico to America at the Rio Grande river. Despite the increasing cannabis legalization in the U.S., the issue of illicit cannabis smuggling is still very much alive. Prior to the onset of legalization in America, a good amount of illicit cannabis came from Mexico.

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Cannabis in Concrete: How Hempcrete is building the future

Cannabis Life Network

Earlier this year, Croissy-Beaubourg France inaugurated the Pierre Chevet Sports Center, a multi-purpose sports facility. The facility is 4,000 square feet and made of hempcrete. It is also the first public building in France built with cannabis in concrete (hempcrete). Although hempcrete is still not a common material, the concept of this building material is not […].

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Does Weed Reduce Swelling?

Leafwell

Using cannabis as medicine has gained more acceptance over the past twenty or so years. Today, millions of Americans support legal cannabis, and more than five million are registered medical patients. This massive growth of the medical cannabis industry is due to the many positive effects users experience when using their medicine. One of those many benefits is medical cannabis’s ability to reduce.

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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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Protecting Cannabis Trademarks in Anticipation of Federal Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

As more states legalize cannabis, companies are dealing with the absence of national trademark uniformity. Currently, there is no legal mechanism to obtain a trademark to sell cannabis across state lines. Instead, companies are limited to state-wide trademarks. These limited marks have created a fractured market, with little clarity for businesses in a cannabis industry that continues to grow despite the lack of federal decriminalization.

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Germany’s CPharm Publish Details Of Their Proposed Cannabis Business Deal With Taliban

Cannabis Law Report

Here’s their outline. cpharmpresentation. Also see Marijuana Moment article. Cannabis Company Says Afghanistan Plans Hinge On International Recognition Of Taliban Regime.

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How Many Plants Can You Grow With A Medical Card In New York?

MMJ Recs

Medical marijuana became legal in New York in 2014. In the last few years, the state’s MMJ program has expanded considerably. Home cultivation of MMJ is legal in NY and is a popular method of getting high-quality, organic marijuana. So how many MMJ plants can you grow with a medical card in New York? Read on for all you need to know. Can I Grow Cannabis Legally In NY?

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Don’t Be Dazed and Confused: Legalization of Marijuana and Possible Impact on Virginia Community Associations

Cannabis Law Report

Massive legislation legalizing marijuana in Virginia became law July 1, 2021. The legislation ranges from legalization of marijuana to expungement of criminal records involving marijuana offenses to funding a public awareness campaign on the health and safety risks of marijuana to creating the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. This article focuses on how the legalization of marijuana in Virginia may impact community associations in the context of possession and home cultivation.

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Answer of the Day for Dec 28, 2021

TheAnswerPage

Cannabis-based products may be some of the world’s oldest medicines. Documents dating back thousands of years BC describe the use of cannabis-based medicines in many Eastern cultures. What is the Chinese character for cannabis? Is that character used to represent other things? The Chinese character for cannabis is ?? and the Chinese character for anesthesia is ??.

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Benefits of CBD Gummies: Top Reasons to Try These Gummies

Cannabis Law Report

Every day, more men and women in U.S. are becoming familiar with CBD products such as CBD gummies. After all, the cannabinoid products on the current market have so much to offer human body. The top CBD Gummies are generally created. and laboratory tested by third party facilities for safety. Unlike marijuana, these hemp gummies contain a very small amount of THC.

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New York Cannabis Legislation: Expanded Social Equity and Tax Deductions

Canna Law Blog

In the last two months New York Senator Jeremy Cooney has introduced two pieces of cannabis legislation that could impact New York’s cannabis industry significantly. The first is Senate Bill S7517A , which expands the definition of social and economic equity applicant under the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) to include gender equality.

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West Coast Researchers Receive $10M USDA Grant to Study Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

Researchers at Washington State University and several partnering West Coast universities have received a five-year, $10 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to study hemp and its agricultural benefits. WSU researchers are partnering with eight institutions across the nation, along with industry partners including the Industrial Hemp Association of Washington, on the research, which addresses the needs of Native Americans and other rural community businesses and farmers in the four-sta

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Canada: Grower vs. bank case finally going to hearing over loan issue

Cannabis Law Report

The dispute dating from 2010 follows Scotiabank’s recall of a loan to a homeowner with a federal licence to grow medical cannabis. The Western Standard reports. An 11-year dispute over whether banks can pull mortgages from marijuana users is finally headed to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, says Blacklock’s Reporter. The dispute dating from 2010 follows Scotiabank’s recall of a loan to a homeowner with a federal licence to grow medical cannabis.

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UK: Children collapse in school after vaping fake cannabis oil laced with Spice for £10 a bottle

Cannabis Law Report

Several children have been rushed to hospital after collapsing in school from vaping fake cannabis oil laced with the dangerous drug Spice. Kids as young as 12 are being targeted by Snapchat drug dealers in schools across Greater Manchester, experts have warned. There have been several reports of pupils in the region collapsing and being hospitalised after inadvertently vaping the potentially deadly synthetic drug.

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New Provincial Police Chief In Cambodia Says He Will Eradicate Cannabis Grows

Cannabis Law Report

New Takeo provincial Police chief Major General Chheang Phannara has committed to eliminating all marijuana plantations in the province during his tenure. Maj Gen Phannara said yesterday that some local people, but also people living outside of the province, were coming to plant marijuana in the mountains, where the rugged terrain made it difficult for the authorities to search for them.

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Irish Poet’s Diaries Reveal English Writer & Poet Robert Graves Was Psilocybin User Having Been Gifted Mushrooms By Carlos Castenada

Cannabis Law Report

Here’s the relevant extract from the diaries of Irish poet Thomas McCarthy. Graves wrote amongst other things, I Claudius and the classic 1st world war memoir. “Goodbye To All That” . 1975. May 5th. A sensational English Literature Society reading. Robert Graves came to visit us from Majorca. I sat beside him and his wife at the Oyster dinner.

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California: Police seize LSD, 2 pounds of mushrooms, cannabis and significant amount of money in Antioch

Cannabis Law Report

Police seized a large quantity of LSD, mushrooms, cannabis and a “significant amount of money” inside an 18-year-old man’s apartment in Antioch, officials said. The Antioch Police Department received a call of a disturbance around 7:45 p.m. Monday in the 500 block of Drom Court in Antioch. Officers had contact during the investigation with an 18-year-old Antioch resident, identified as David Bonnes III.

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Credex Corporation Announces New CEO, Board Members

Cannabis Law Report

NASHVILLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Credex Corporation (OTC Pink: CRDX) (“Credex”) has appointed Robin McVey as Credex’s new chief executive officer, effective December 2, 2021. He has also been added as a member of Credex’s board of directors. “I am honored to take on the role of CEO and look forward to working with the board and management team to evolve our mission to make a meaningful impact on the CBD industry,” said McVey.

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USA: Former teacher’s license revoked after admitting he did LSD with students during arrest

Cannabis Law Report

A former Lee County school teacher had his license revoked in a case that involves LSD, a car crash and claims of demanding lewd acts from a security guard. Alexander Latorre taught science at Gulf Middle School but after law enforcement said he confessed to them about doing drugs, his educator’s license was permanently revoked. According to a Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, Latorre was driving down Corkscrew Road and went through the grass and crashed into the gatehouse outside Pelic