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LIFE FOR POT: Why Relief Is Needed For Incarcerated Cannabis Offenders

NORML

Those draconian sentences were handed down in the year 2000 by the District Court of the Northern District of Florida. Since those harsh sentences were handed down, 33 states have legalized the sale of cannabis in some form and 11 states and the District of Columbia have legalized it’s adult-use.

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Medical Marijuana is Being Used to Treat Dementia With Success

FloridaMarijuana.net

They estimate that the number of people aged 65 years and older is expected to increase from 35 million in 2000 to 71 million in 2030. million in 2000 to 19.5 The number of people aged 80 years and older is also expected to double, from 9.3 million in 2030.

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Australia: ASX Listed Althea Says It Now Has 2000 Cannabis Patients On Its Books

Cannabis Law Report

ASX-listed medical marijuana company Althea says it is providing cannabis to nearly 2000 Australian patients with debilitating conditions. Melbourne-based Althea says 1925 patients have been prescribed medical pot in Australia by 296 healthcare professionals. The company said that in August 392 patients were prescribed their products.

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Nevada NORML Takes Washington, DC

NORML

“The letter writing campaign was one of the most impactful ways that we showed legislators that their constituents want change.” ” said Tina Ulman, Communications Director.

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Illinois continues strong cannabis sales for July and August

Illinois News Joint

July totals reached $143,344,184.07, and August sales totaled reached $147,391,733.03, the third-highest monthly totals since legalization (January 2000). For the fifth-straight month, Illinois’ sales totaled at least $141 million. In July, dispensaries sold 4,134,393 cannabis items, and in-state resident sales reached $110,906,006.46.

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FDA Issues Warning Letter To PharmaCanna over covid claims for product “CBDefense 2000”

Cannabis Law Report

Following is the FDA’s letter released to newswires First, though, a couple of images we found online relating to the claims Comes up as a google search result The Product The Claims Recipient: Recipient Name Johnny H. Meier PharmaCanna 2615 State Road 7 Suite B530 Wellington, FL 33414 United States info@pharmacanna.us

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GW Pharma Scores Interim Victory In Cannabis Extraction Patent Infringement Fight With Canopy (Op-Ed)

Cannabis Law Report

The patent-in-suit claims priority to a German patent application dating all the way back to October 2000, rendering the pool of potentially invalidating prior art extremely small. Canopy had acquired the rights to the allowed patent application several weeks prior. Read full op – ed at .