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City Lights Bookshop & Synergetic Press Present Free 2 Day Event celebrating the pioneering legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin for the launch of the first Shulgin book since 2011, The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact. 

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Dr. Erika Dyck – Professor and a Canada Research Chair in the History of Health & Social Justice. Mariavittoria Mangini – family nurse-midwife for 25 years, author of numerous papers on historiography and social impacts of psychedelics. Allan Badiner – editor of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics.

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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Michael Bloomberg

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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? If a candidate does not actively advocate for marijuana, we doubt their conviction.

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Marijuana Possession Cases No Longer Prosecuted In Baltimore

MassRoots

These “common sense changes,” which are to be implemented immediately, also state that the quantity a person has will not matter, and neither will the person’s criminal history, as long as it is only for personal use. Nearly 5,000 marijuana possession convictions that have occurred since 2011 may be overturned as well.

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Court Dismisses Case Demanding DEA to Move Expeditiously to License Cannabis Cultivators

NORML

That marked a reversal in agency policy, as in 2011 it rejecting a ruling from its own Administrative Law Judge finding that it would be ‘in the public interest’ to grant the University of Massachusetts a license to grow marijuana for federally regulated research.

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Terpene Spotlight: Borneol

FloridaMarijuana.net

Its superiority in the plant world is due, in part, to its history. As history has shown, botanical properties have served humans and animals precisely. As Cannabis becomes more accepted as a medicinal aid, more research is being conducted to understand the complexity and advantages of the plant. Sour Diesel. Haze varieties.

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Pennsylvania Doctor Denied Handgun over Legal Medical Cannabis Use Sues FBI, ATF

Cannabis Law Report

Roman, who has no criminal history, told the clerk truthfully that he has a medical prescription for marijuana. Roman has no criminal history—of violence or any other offenses. Sorry, the clerk told him, no gun. Roman’s application was denied due to his medical use of cannabis, which is legal in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Seth Rogen’s Cannabis Company Houseplant Makes its US Debut

Veriheal

And in 2011’s 50/50 , Rogen plays best friend to a young man struggling with cancer and medicating with cannabis. Our founders have a long history enjoying cannabis and believe it should be treated with the reverence it deserves,” Mohr has stated. In 2008’s Pineapple Express , Rogen’s character goes on the run with his dealer.

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