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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

Veriheal

Kathy Hochul in September—are currently working on building policies for the newly legal adult-use cannabis market , which Wright says should be ready in about 18 months. The board members—who were just appointed by Gov.

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“Activist Apes” Use Kubrick Imagery To Highlight DEA’s Monolithic Attitudes Towards Cannabis & Psychedelic Compounds

Cannabis Law Report

A group of activists dressed in ape suits danced around an eight-foot monolith that they erected outside of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters on Wednesday, calling on the agency to evolve its policies on marijuana and other controlled substances. It’s OK if you need to read that again. Read more at.

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Political Parties In Portugal Propose Adult Use Laws

Cannabis Law Report

Portugal has long taken a progressive approach towards drug policy. In 2001, the country decriminalised the personal possession of all drugs as part of a wider initiative focused on public health. Person’s caught with drugs for personal use do not face the risk of a criminal record or jail time.

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Serbian Patients Face Jail as Medical Marijuana Legalisation Stalls. so far 20 have gone to jail

Cannabis Law Report

Few medicines have helped him, but his condition drastically improved after he started treating himself with cannabis oil in 2001. “I Fifty-nine-year old Dragoljub Mrdjic has suffered from epilepsy for most of his life. I tried standard medicine, but there wasn’t much of a result.

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Helping Underscore a Longstanding Tenet of SMPL – Cannabis Policy is a Public Health Issue Rather than a Criminal Justice One

SMPL

It’s time for drug policy reform – in America and across the globe. We need more policies that treat drug abuse as a public health issue. Portugal decriminalize d the personal use of all drugs in 2001, and since then, overdose deaths have decreased by more than 80%. America’s “war on drugs” has failed.

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Is weed legal in Sweden?

The Cannigma

Recreational marijuana is illegal in Sweden, where strict, even “ repressive ” drug policies belie the country’s progressive image. In addition, Sweden has some of the strictest policies regarding CBD. A 2014 report found that cannabis use is now higher in Sweden than in Portugal, which decriminalized drug possession in 2001.

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

Marijuana policies in the United States have become more permissive, motivating research on demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use. Marijuana policies in the United States (U.S.) Introduction.

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