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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Michael Bloomberg

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We awarded higher grades to candidates who currently support legalizing marijuana and even better grades if they have openly supported legalization for more than just the past couple years. We used the candidates’ websites and social media as a litmus test of their dedication to the legalization of marijuana. And I enjoyed it.”.

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

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Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized. Cannabis has been decriminalized in the Netherlands since 1976. 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.

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Clark Hill: The European Cannabis Market: Opportunity Knocks

Cannabis Law Report

In this article, we continue our journey reviewing the history of cannabis regulation and proceed to explore the current state of development of the legal cannabis market in Europe, canvassing its decriminalization and regulation as a culmination of a global pattern over the last 20 years. Legal (2019 – pilot program).

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Cannabis laws in Chile

The Cannigma

Medical: legal Recreational: illegal While cannabis remains illegal for recreational use in Chile, the country has taken a progressive approach to cannabis laws and has legalized its use for medical purposes. In 2005, Chile passed a law decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of cannabis for personal use.

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Cannabis laws in Estonia

The Cannigma

Medical: legal, no program Recreational: illegal (largely decriminalized). Medical marijuana is legal in Estonia, but the program is limited and only includes cannabinoid-based medications. Nonetheless, a 2021 statement by the Minister of Interior stated that Estonia was not yet ready to legalize any drugs, including cannabis.

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DLG Learning Center: Half In, Half Out – Standing Akimbo, LLC v. United States, 594 U.S. (2021)

Cannabis Law Report

In 2005, SCOTUS held that Congress’s power to regulate interstate commerce authorized it “to prohibit the local cultivation and use of marijuana” in Gonzales v. 1, 5 (2005). s government to decriminalize medical marijuana under local ordinance. United States. Raich, 545 U. In 2009, Congress enabled Washington D.

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Cannabis laws in Serbia

The Cannigma

In 2021, Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin said there were no plans to legalize marijuana. President Aleksandar Vucic said, “Not only has it not been decriminalized, but we will punish it even more severely.” CBD exists in a legal gray area in Serbia. Industrial hemp is legal as long as it contains less than 0.3%

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