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High & Polite Article: What Happens If You’re Caught Growing Magic Mushrooms In The UK?

Cannabis Law Report

Did you know that, not so long ago, magic mushrooms used to be legal in the UK so long as they were fresh? The law changed in 2005 to prohibit fresh mushrooms, much to the dismay of psychonauts around the country. However, there is still one legal loophole to getting your hands on magic mushrooms in the UK. That’s right.

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Statements by Justice Clarence Thomas Are Not an Endorsement of Marijuana

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recently said that the federal ban on the cultivation and use of marijuana within states “may no longer be necessary or proper” and that inconsistent enforcement led to “traps” for marijuana businesses. Justice Thomas doesn’t want marijuana to be legalized. In a case styled, Standing Akimbo LLC v.

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Clarence Thomas Legal Opinion “A prohibition on intrastate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal government’s piecemeal approach”

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Thomas wrote that a 2005 Supreme Court ruling – Gonzales v. Raich – may now be useless from a legal standpoint because the federal government has taken a hands-off approach to the modern marijuana industry, effectively rendering its own prohibition meaningless. 20-645_9p6b. 20-645_9p6b. MJ Biz reports. Source: [link].

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GrowGen Adds Mendocino, Aqua Serene Stores To Chain

Cannabis Law Report

“As the country’s largest legal cannabis market, California continues to be a critical market for GrowGeneration,” said Darren Lampert , GrowGen’s CEO. “As the country’s fourth-largest legal cannabis market, Oregon continues to be a critical market for GrowGeneration,” said L ampert.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Before the civil war, there were more cannabis farms than cotton farms (Green, 2005). American slaves and sharecroppers cultivated and tended to cannabis farms. Cotton plantation owners promoted cotton products, and society began to look at hemp clothing as inferior (Green, 2005). Purpose of the Study. Central Research Question.

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The legal status of weed in the Netherlands and Amsterdam: What does the law actually permit?

The Cannigma

Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized. In 2003, the Netherlands legalized medical cannabis. Is weed legal in the Netherlands? The number of coffee shops across the county has been in decline in recent years, from 730 in 2005 to 570 in 2019. Euros per gram to 22 Euros, while hash sells from 7.50 to 12 Euros per gram.

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Missouri Medical Cannabis Program Adds Some 56,000 New Patients in Second Year

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The DHSS approved 23,000-plus patients and caregivers in program year 2019—before commercial sales began—with roughly 33% also approved to home cultivate. That year, Missouri home cultivators were comprised of 7,276 patients and 298 caregivers. Voters there approved State Question 788 to legalized medical cannabis on June 26, 2018.