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LCB Board Action: Specific Cannabis Interim Policies Withdrawn

Cannabis Law Report

On September 29, 2021, during a regularly scheduled meeting, the Liquor and Cannabis Board took the following actions on these Board Interim Policies (BIP): Liquor Policies Rescinded (Withdrawn) : LCB Policy Number 00-4 about exceptions to liquor license fee refund procedures. Marijuana (Cannabis) Policies Rescinded (Withdrawn).

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Rest in Peace Mark Kleiman, Giant of Cannabis Policy

Canna Law Blog

Kleiman was probably the most influential scholar on cannabis policy. Our Seattle lawyers have distinct memories of watching Kleiman serve as Washington’s appointed “Pot Czar” as it built out the first state cannabis program in 2014. Kleiman left at a very interesting time for cannabis policy in the United States.

Policy 76
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Top Five key Takeaways from the 2021 State of the States Report

Americans for Safe Access

Since 2014, Americans for Safe Access has been publishing the State of the States report as a tool for local advocates and policy makers to understand and improve their medical cannabis program.

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Calls Federal Pot Prohibition Policies Incoherent

Cannabis Law Report

Raich Supreme Court decision, which upheld the Controlled Substances Act as lawful under Congress’ commerce clause authority, noting “federal policies of the past 16 years have greatly undermined its reasoning.”.

Policy 66
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Congress Should Lift the Ban on Medical Cannabis Access for Military Veterans

NORML

That is because the current policy of the U.S. For example, a 2014 study reported a 75 percent reduction in PTSD symptomology scores following subjects’ enrollment in a state-sponsored medical cannabis access program. But this same access is often lacking for many military veterans.

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Pennsylvania: Marijuana possession arrests decline statewide

NORML

.” “This is likely the result of two major policy changes: More than twenty decriminalization or penalty downgrade ordinances passed by city councils across the Commonwealth, and approximately a quarter of a million registered medical marijuana patients,” said Goldstein.

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Press Release: States Surpass $15 Billion in Tax Revenue From Legal, Adult-Use Cannabis Sales May 01, 2023

Cannabis Law Report

On May 1st, the Marijuana Policy Project released a new report on tax revenue generated from state-legal, adult-use cannabis. billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use cannabis sales since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington. […] Washington, D.C. —