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The Hemp Standard is 0.3% THC. That Should Be Changed.

Canna Law Blog

As a law firm that has been helping cannabis businesses succeed since 2010, we couldn’t be more excited. Cannabis had been subjected to different taxonomical treatments by Linnaeus in 1753 and Lamarck in 178. First by the European Union, whose Common Agricultural Policy caps THC concentrations at 0.2 Hemp is legal.

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Scientists Rank Most Dangerous Drugs

CannaMD

In 2010, a group of scientists from the United Kingdom’s Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs , including two invited specialists, met to rank the harm levels of 20 drugs. Their findings defied expectation, and now – over a decade later – their predictions appear to be more accurate than ever. Translation? Find Out if You Qualify.

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Transplant Denied To Med Marijuana Patient With Liver Cancer

Otherside Farms

Smith was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer in 2009 and sought treatment from the internationally known Cedars-Sinai in L.A. Smith’s cancer was in remission until just recently, but now he is scheduled to undergo radiation treatments in a few days. Sixty-three-year-old medical marijuana patient Norman B.

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District of Columbia Provides Employment Protections to Cannabis Users

The Blunt Truth

The District of Columbia legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes in 2010 and began to permit individuals to use the drug recreationally in 2015. Last month, on July 13, 2022, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the “ Cannabis Employment Protections Amendment Act of 2022 ” (D.C. Next Steps for Employers.

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New York: New Report Released Showing Ongoing Extreme Racial Disparities in Marijuana Enforcement at City and County Levels

NORML

At the same time, the bill would redirect tax revenue from a legal industry towards various programs that redress harms from the War on Drugs, while also increasing and improving public education and treatment programs geared towards responsible use, reducing overdoses, and saving lives.

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1 Kilogram of Cannabis Was the (Ultimate) Price of This Singaporean Man’s Life

Veriheal

However, cannabis is usually only considered as a last resort after all other treatment options have been exhausted. As of 2021, just two Singaporeans with treatment-resistant epilepsy have been approved to use medicinal cannabis in the form of Epidiolex. He had an IQ of 69 and had been stuck on death row since 2010.

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Arizona: Phoenix Woman Who Used Cannabis During Her Pregnancy Appeals Child Endangerment Case

Cannabis Law Report

The AMMA [Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, passed in 2010] was designed to prevent these sorts of issues.”. But DCS refused to comply, stating that Ridgell had neglected the child by exposing him prenatally to cannabis that “was not the result of a medical treatment administered to the mother or the newborn infant by a health professional.”.

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