Canna Care Docs

MARCH 27, 2025

The Decline of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What It Means for Patients In recent years, Massachusetts, once a pioneer in cannabis reform, has seen its medical marijuana program gradually overshadowed by the booming recreational market. Now, they often face higher costs or less effective treatment through recreational channels.

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Leafly

JUNE 27, 2024

With recreational cannabis legalized in 2012, Seattle’s dispensary experience […] The post The best-rated weed dispensaries in Seattle for 2023 appeared first on Leafly.

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WeedAdvisor

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Unfortunately, cannabis use during pregnancy in Canada has increased since 2012, according to Global News. in 2012 to 1.8% WeedAdvisor takes the time to pick out and research only the best medical and recreational marijuana products from legal, established producers. Although the increase itself is minor – 1.2% Again, 1.8%

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

New York Recreational Licenses Not Coming Until Spring 2023. The head of New York’s Cannabis Control Board, Tremaine Wright, announced during a symposium on Wednesday that state licenses for recreational dispensaries most likely will not be issued until spring 2023 at the earliest, according to WXXI.

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Cannabis Life Network

AUGUST 27, 2022

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

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Do note that c annabis is legal for both medical and recreational use in these states, which is part of the reason they’ve been able to use the income to put together such strong and useful programs. The state legalized adult-use cannabis in 2012, and sales began in 2014. Colorado Sees Over $1.3B.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

According to Boise State University, between $600 million and $3 billion is being spent on arresting recreational cannabis consumers alone (which doesn’t include charging, investigating, etc.).

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

After Initiative 502 (I-502) passed in 2012, which made Washington the second state in the country to legalize recreational cannabis, it was largely celebrated. Many supporters had hopes that Washington’s recreational cannabis industry could be a template for other states that weren’t far behind. Another $5.6

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Project CBD

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Favored by fashionistas and Silicon Valley bros, it’s still part of the recreational drug scene. According to a 2012 study by University of Bonn scientist Andras Bilkei-Gorzo: “On the cellular level, the cannabinoid system regulates the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurogenesis.” 2012.06.022.

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The Herb Collective

DECEMBER 28, 2018

And, other states allow people to use marijuana for recreational use. Here are those states: Alaska Marijuana has been legal for recreational use since February 2015 in Alaska. Colorado Possession, consumption and retail sale of marijuana was made legal in November 2012. Other states allow for the use of medical marijuana.

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Veriheal

JULY 25, 2023

Currently, 23 states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, including California, Massachusetts, Arizona, and Washington, D.C. They also stated that there has been a steady increase in positive post-accident cannabis tests since 2012, when the first states legalized recreational marijuana. Based on the report, 7.3%

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The majority of Maryland voters support legalizing recreational cannabis, according to the most recent Goucher Poll. In the past, recreational cannabis is an issue that has not gained much traction in the Maryland General Assembly, but this year may be different as the majority of constituents are in favor. The Road To Legalization.

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CannaMD

MARCH 3, 2021

Law enforcement, policy makers, and public citizens have long debated how recreational marijuana legalization influences crime and public safety. Additionally, recreational cannabis was legalized just two years later in Oregon, limiting the length of time and quantity of data that the researchers had to examine. INCREASED POLICING.

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NORML

MAY 8, 2020

the Marijuana Tax Act) and continuing to where we are today with 33 states having legalized the medical use of marijuana and 11 states and the District of Columbia having legalized adult recreational use, perhaps the single most important step along the way was the report issued in 1972 by the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 6, 2021

There is one cannabis question that is regularly searched across a variety of Internet platforms: How many states have legalized adult recreational use of cannabis as of today? state to legalize adult recreational use when, on June 22, 2021, Connecticut governor Ned Lamont signed into law a bill passed by the Connecticut legislature.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

As we entered 2020, twelve states had legalized adult-use, recreational marijuana. This movement was, of course, spurred by Colorado voters’ watershed passage of Amendment 64 back in 2012. . Forbes recently reported that eighteen states could join that number, totalling 30 by the end of this year.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 12, 2021

As recently as 2014, the vast majority of medical and recreational cannabis sold in Colorado was flower and only 11% was the high-potency concentrates consumed through dab rigs or vape pens. They don’t make cannabis products like they used to, and there’s an increasing number of Colorado lawmakers who think that’s problematic.

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Cannabis Chronicles

APRIL 1, 2019

One in four marijuana users who are employed admit to doing this within the past year, according to a new survey of cannabis consumers in Washington, Oregon and Colorado, three states where recreational weed is legal. Indeed, the survey data show that recreational-cannabis consumers look pretty much like the average American.

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CannaMD

MARCH 24, 2021

Researchers from Temple University sought to find out how recreational marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado influenced adolescent treatment admissions for cannabis. What began as medical access in certain states has quickly expanded to become medical access in most states and recreational legalization in many.

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Cannabis Chronicles

MARCH 15, 2019

Emerald Enterprises, the owner of now-closed Sticky’s Pot Shop, has reached an agreement to pay fines stemming from defying Clark County’s ban on recreational marijuana retailing in unincorporated parts of the county. Highway 99, closed last July.

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Project CBD

JUNE 20, 2023

In a newly published survey of 162 IBD patients in Puerto Rico, where medical cannabis is legal but recreational use is punishable with prison time , about 25% anonymously reported using cannabis to treat their symptoms. One gastrointestinal condition long associated with self-medication through cannabis is inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 5, 2022

Over 1,000 dispensaries have opened for business in Washington since recreational use of cannabis was legalized in 2012. “We must prioritize the safety of the 11,330 workers directly employed by the regulated cannabis industry,” Brooke Davies of the Washington CannaBusiness Association said.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2021

Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012. “The only thing that convinced me was that it stopped when I stopped smoking,” said Gribbon, now 20.

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The Cannigma

JUNE 19, 2022

Recreational: No, but decriminalized Medical: Yes. Recreational cannabis is not legal in Colombia, but personal consumption and possession of the plant is decriminalized. Adult-use cannabis is not legal, but in 2012, the Colombian government decriminalized personal use of cannabis and possession of up to 20 grams.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The move followed last week’s nomination and confirmation of Tremaine Wright, a former Democratic assemblywoman from Brooklyn, as chairperson of the board, which will oversee the regulation of recreational marijuana and related products in the Empire State. Maloney Award, 2012. Read more at [link]. Grassroots Inc.

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NORML

MAY 8, 2020

the Marijuana Tax Act) and continuing to where we are today with 33 states having legalized the medical use of marijuana and 11 states and the District of Columbia having legalized adult recreational use, perhaps the single most important step along the way was the report issued in 1972 by the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 18, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In November 2012, Colorado and Washington approved ballot initiatives that legalized marijuana for recreational use under state law.… … Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 3, 2021

Connecticut state lawmakers are advancing legislation legalizing recreational use of marijuana on the heels of a recent poll conducted by the Institute for Public Policy at Sacred Heart University (SHU) of Fairfield, Connecticut. The SHU poll also revealed that 76.3

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 12, 2020

The topic of marijuana (cannabis) legalization moved into headlines following Colorado’s and Washington’s decisions to permit recreational use of the drug in 2012. Yet, these … Read More.

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Cannabis Chronicles

JANUARY 9, 2019

Jay Inslee announced Friday he will offer pardons to people convicted of minor marijuana possession between 1998 and 2012. 5, 2012 (from when medicinal cannabis was legalized to when it was legalized recreationally). LONGVIEW — Washington Gov. And it must have occurred between Jan. 1, 1998, and Dec.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2021

This is MedMen, part of a national chain of quality pot shops that constitute the normal now that cannabis is authorised for recreational and medical use in California and 16 other states. Like Britain, many US states started off attempting to restrict legalisation to medical use. Read on at .

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 9, 2021

In 2012, voters in Washington State approved a ballot measure that made recreational cannabis legal. Effect Of Legalized Recreational Home Grow. The study also attempted to predict how legalizing home growing of marijuana for recreational purposes would affect the market. Published Via the JD Supra Platform.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 18, 2019

Let’s legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana once and for all,” he added. Pennsylvania has not approved recreational cannabis, but Governor Tom Wolf recently made headlines on December 19th when he tweeted: More and more states are successfully implementing marijuana legalization, and we need to keep learning from their efforts.

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The Cannigma

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Medical: legal Recreational: illegal. Recreational marijuana is illegal in Sweden, where strict, even “ repressive ” drug policies belie the country’s progressive image. Sweden legalized medical marijuana in 2012 but the program is highly restrictive and the Scandinavian country has yet to legalize recreational marijuana.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Beto O’Rourke, who secured the Democratic nomination for Texas governor on March 1, had all eyes on him as he made an almighty oath to legalize the plant for recreational purposes as part of his campaign. House in 2012 with 51% of the vote. Support for Cannabis Legalization in Texas Is Rising.

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Cannabis Chronicles

JULY 2, 2019

The Clark County Council voted 3-2 to lift its ban on recreational cannabis businesses in unincorporated areas of the county at its Tuesday evening meeting. Recreational sales can begin in unincorporated areas of Clark County as early as Jan. Both Vancouver and Battle Ground allow recreational marijuana businesses.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 22, 2024

Maryland celebrates one year of recreational sales, “Little Amsterdam” pops up on the Texas-New Mexico border, and voters advocate to empower cannabis consumers in their Second Amendment right. Recreational cannabis sales include a 9% sales tax charged that goes toward health, business, social equity, and the state’s general fund.

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