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Cannabis regulations in Slovenia

The Cannigma

Slovenia has a long history of cultivating industrial hemp. Still, officially the market is only 18 years old, as the country joined the EU in 2004, and thus fell into compliance with EU hemp regulations. Slovenia’s medical program exists, but it’s not straightforward. THC) is widely cultivated and growers with less than 0.1

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Is weed legal in Greece?

The Cannigma

The following year, Greek lawmakers approved a law to allow the cultivation and processing of medical cannabis with up to 0.2% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which was followed in 2021 by the approval of a bill to legalize the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana with more than 0.2% A survey carried out in 2004 found that 8.6%

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Vermont’s Cannabis Board Rejects Proposed 15% THC Cap on Cannabis

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Medical cannabis was legalized 14 years prior in 2004. Social equity: According to the Cannabis Control Board, people who have been “disadvantaged by the criminalization of cannabis” and people of color will be granted the privilege of obtaining loans and having fees waived as part of the social equity program.

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California Cannabis Bill Roundup for October 2019

Canna Law Blog

SB 34 creates better breaks for low-income medical patients that have a physician’s recommendation but that may not have an ID card from the Department of Public Health pursuant to the 2004 Medical Marijuana Program Act. Social equity support. ” Vape Cartridges and Pens.

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Is weed legal in Switzerland?

The Cannigma

In a June, 2020 interview, a Swiss drug policy expert told Marijuana Business Daily that the scientific process behind the pilot program is expected to last five years, and that if everything goes as planned, the matter of full recreational cannabis legalization for adults could be debated by 2030. What Swiss law permits medical patients?

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California Department of Justice Releases New Medicinal Cannabis Guidelines

Cannabis Law Report

In 1996, California became the first state to legalize the use of medicinal cannabis when voters approved Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act, an initiative that exempted qualified patients and their primary caregivers from criminal liability under state law for the possession and cultivation of cannabis.

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The Baltic Times: Cannabis policy reform in Lithuania: history, current status, and future challenges

Cannabis Law Report

Though it joined the European Union in 2004, Lithuania remained for several years the only country in the EU that criminalized even the cultivation of hemp – the non-psychoactive variety of the plant. It was only in 2013 that the country aligned its policy with the rest of the Union and allowed the cultivation of hemp by local farmers.

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