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Playboy Gets Fired Up For Cannabis Advocacy and Reform

Veriheal

Now the cannabis movement has a new ally—Playboy Enterprises, owners of the infamous adult magazine. Playboy’s History with Cannabis. Back in the 1970s, a donation from Playboy was instrumental in the foundation of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Playboy’s Latest Play for Cannabis Law Reform.

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Press Release: Founders of California Cannabis Law Firm Frontera Join Vicente Sederberg LLP

Cannabis Law Report

LOS ANGELES — The founders of preeminent California cannabis business firm Frontera Law Group have joined top-ranked national cannabis law and policy firm Vicente Sederberg LLP. Since its founding in 2010, VS has helped shape marijuana and hemp policies across the nation and around the globe. Stanton and Jeffrey D.

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Background of Study. Purpose of the Study.

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Is weed legal in Iceland?

The Cannigma

However, due to the country’s rough history with alcohol and drug usage among teens, particularly in the 90’s, the country’s policies towards cannabis are quite strict. According to the law, residents cannot possess, grow, sell, or consume marijuana in Iceland. Is cannabis legal in Iceland? A brief legal overview.

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A Founder Looks at 50: Attorney Gerry Goldstein and the Early Years of NORML

NORML

This is the sixth in a series of blogs on the history of NORML and the legalization movement. It was considered a moral offense that rendered the individual unqualified to practice law. Trudeau always seemed to enjoy contrasting his more progressive policies with the pro-war and anti-pot positions of the US government.

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Nevada NORML: A Year in Review

NORML

In learning about Las Vegas’ history from a perspective that isn’t often discussed, we got a firm grasp on how marijuana has undisputedly been a tool used for oppression. This only reaffirmed that social justice needs to be a priority when discussing marijuana policy in this community. July 2018: Lobby Day in DC.

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Cannabis Litigation: Second Circuit Could Force DEA to Re- or Deschedule Marijuana

Canna Law Blog

Here’s what John Erlichman, a key aid to then-President Nixon, told Harper’s Magazine in 2016: You want to know what this was really all about? Even a ruling by DEA’s own administrative law judge that cannabis should be reclassified was swatted away by the agency—and that was nearly 30 years ago. That one was granted.

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