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Oregon NORML, In Partnership With The Oregon Justice League, Files “Legalization Justice Act of 2020”

NORML

She generated international headlines when she opened the World Famous Cannabis Cafe in 2009, the nation’s first public-facing cannabis consumption lounge. Summary of language: Tax Revenues: Redistribute recreational cannabis taxes in a way that promotes the social justice goals of cannabis legalization.

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Is Cannabis Recession-Proof? 

Cannabis Life Network

During the last major recession in 2008 and 2009, the legal cannabis industry didn’t exist. Canada didn’t have a recreational sector until 2018. Is cannabis recession-proof? Colorado and Washington didn’t legalize it until late 2012. We can look at tobacco and alcohol trends during recessions to make some predictions.

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Japan: Ace Attorney series will be used in campaigns to curb cannabis use by “young people”

Cannabis Law Report

Capcom has been working with regional governments in Japan since 2009 in the prevention of crime and raising civic awareness, such as raising the awareness of gubernatorial elections (turnout among young people in Japanese elections is low). Marijuana remains illegal for both recreational and medicinal use.

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What are the cannabis laws in Mexico? Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized (expected to be legal imminently) . Mexican lawmakers in March, 2021 approved a law to legalize recreational cannabis, and some analysts believe the country could become the world’s largest cannabis market. Alfredo Hernandez Rios/Shutterstock). Who can get medical cannabis in Mexico?

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NBC Story: High potency weed linked to psychotic episodes, mysterious vomiting illness in young users

Cannabis Law Report

Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012. The ER at Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo saw only five scromiting cases in 2009. Robin Noble. The only thing that convinced me was that it stopped when I stopped smoking,” said Gribbon, now 20.

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National Marijuana Company to Buy Medicine Man

Cannabis Law Report

Another one of Colorado’s early recreational marijuana businesses has been acquired by a national company: Medicine Man, a network of four dispensaries and a 32,000-square-foot growing operation in the Denver area, has agreed to be purchased by Columbia Care in a deal estimated to be worth $42 million.

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Buffalo firefighter loses job over medical marijuana use. now in court

Cannabis Law Report

In 2009, Martin joined the Buffalo Fire Department, worked at different stations, before he accumulated enough seniority to land his dream job at the 1 st Platoon Truck 14. But he said by late last year his life got turned upside down in a dispute with the city and fire department. “I