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Understanding Medical Marijuana Laws in California

MMJ Recs

Per California law, patients must meet a set of certain requirements to become eligible to obtain and use marijuana legally with a doctor’s recommendation. However, recreational use has also recently been legalized in California but it remains illegal under federal law.

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Marijuana Legalization May Decrease Crime in Nearby States

CannaMD

Law enforcement, policy makers, and public citizens have long debated how recreational marijuana legalization influences crime and public safety. Does access to marijuana result in an increase in violent crimes over state lines, or does it lessen crime and bolster public safety? INCREASED POLICING.

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Canada: The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker

Cannabis Law Report

Publisher: Law Now. If a rule of criminal law precludes a person from obtaining appropriate medical treatment when his or her life or health is in danger, then the state has intervened and this intervention constitutes a violation of that man’s or that woman’s security of the person …. These users were exempted from the law.

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Study: Marijuana Legalization Does Not Increase Crime in Neighboring States

The Joint Blog

The study was published in The Journal of Drug Issues : Its full title is The spillover effect of recreational marijuana legalization on crime: Evidence from neighboring states of Colorado and Washington state. Our results from Colorado and Washington suggest that legalization has not had major detrimental effects on public safety.”

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California’s Cannabis Advisory Committee Annual Report For 2018 Now Published

Cannabis Law Report

California established the Medical Marijuana Program (MMP) through Senate Bill 420 (Vasconcellos, 2003) which increased access to medical cannabis for qualifed patients and primary caregivers and provided protections from prosecution for the possession and cultivation of medical cannabis. 1 1 Business and Profession Code section 26014 1.

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Franklin C. McRoberts: A Bumper Crop: Cannabis Meets Business Divorce

Cannabis Law Report

Cuomo signed legislation reform advocates and stoners alike have dreamt of for decades, finally legalizing the recreational possession and use of marijuana in New York. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard that a little over two months ago, New York State Governor Andrew M. The Issue of Partnership Formation.

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New Study Says. Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minors

Cannabis Law Report

Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law. The study , entitled “What is the likelihood that underage youth can obtain marijuana from licensed recreational marijuana outlets in California, a state where recreational marijuana is legal?”