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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Michael Bloomberg

Canna Law Blog

Last fall, we ran a 13-part series taking a hard look at each of the 2020 presidential candidates’ history and views related to marijuana. Past legislative history : How many marijuana-related bills did this candidate introduce, sponsor or sign? He won reelection in 2005 and again in 2009. What about the War on Drugs?

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Cannabis laws in Argentina

The Cannigma

Medical: illegal Recreational: illegal, decriminalized Argentina has a complicated relationship with cannabis. The country has a long history of cannabis consumption and production, and recent years have seen a growing movement towards legalization. But the question remains: is weed legal in Argentina?

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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

Not only are more and more jurisdictions decriminalizing the use of psychedelics for recreational purposes, but it appears that psychedelic substances are the new horizon for the treatment of severe psychological disorders and other ailments. Published Via JD Supra. The state of the law on psychedelic substances is in flux.

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Is weed legal in the UK?

The Cannigma

The UK government made the decision i n 2004 to reclassify cannabis from a Class B to Class C drug, but the decision was rescinded in 2009. A January, 2019 event held at the Senedd – the Welsh Parliament – included a call from Arfon Jones, a North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, to decriminalize cannabis.

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Freedom Leaf’s Diversity in Cannabis Impact List

Freedom Leaf

In June, we created the Dennis Peron Collection , a library of images that’s an archive of his history and his leading contributions to the legalization of cannabis. We’re now the largest cannabis-photo agency, with over 225 photographers, all active in the cannabis community and archiving the communities’ truths. ” WANDA JAMES .

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This real-life ‘Marijuana Conspiracy’ is stranger than fiction

SpeedWeed

But that’s hardly how things went for the 20 young women who actually spent three months in 1972 isolated in a Canadian research hospital while they participated in what the Toronto Star called “one of the weirdest scientific experiments in this country’s history.”. ” Follow him on Twitter @pot_handbook.

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History of Marijuana in Mexico

Cannabis Law Report

Mexico represents an important role in the expansion of cannabis around the world, its history is part of a historical, social and economic bed that has transformed each of its events into relevant information at a political-social level. Origin of marijuana in Mexico.

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