Veriheal

JULY 8, 2022

Mississippi Medical Cannabis Legalization Takes Effect. As of July 1, medical cannabis is officially legal in Mississippi ! The legalization comes courtesy of the Mississippi (MS) Medicinal Cannabis Act , which was signed into law back in February. What do you think of the U.S. Army’s interest in hemp materials for its uniforms?

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

While cannabis legalization moves full steam ahead through much of the Northeast, the southeastern U.S. As such, we thought we’d take a moment to round up the status of cannabis legalization in the South, an area worth watching. Although medical cannabis program was signed into law last year, it has yet to be fully implemented.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 5, 2021

A state cannabis education program manager has been appointed to the board that regulates Alaska’s legal cannabis industry. Muse replaces Loren Jones, who had held the seat since the board’s inception in 2015. Mike Dunleavy. Source: [link].

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 9, 2024

Total 2023 medical cannabis sales reached $324,792,664.73, which was the lowest yearly total since adult-use legalization. The current total number of active patients in the Medical Cannabis Patient Program as of Dec. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries totaled $1,963,567,712.76.

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NORML

JUNE 5, 2020

For NORML’s 50th anniversary, every Friday we will be posting a blog from NORML’s Founder Keith Stroup as he reflects back on a lifetime as America’s foremost marijuana smoker and legalization advocate. This is the sixth in a series of blogs on the history of NORML and the legalization movement.

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The Cannigma

JULY 5, 2022

Georgia has a limited medical program but doesn’t consider itself a “medical marijuana” state as growing, possessing, or smoking any form of the plant is still illegal. The program was legalized in 2015 and patients with qualifying conditions can get a prescription for up to 20oz of low THC oil, capsules, patches, or lotion.

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Cannabis Chronicles

APRIL 2, 2019

Since Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, eight others have joined them. California, Nevada, Oregon and Michigan are among the legal states that have taken a more permissive approach to out-of-state ownership and investment.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The Illinois cannabis industry continues into its fifth year of legalization, and the business markets is not slowing down. Earlier this month, nuEra Cannabis announced the company had become vertically integrated with its new acquisition. NuEra closed on the acquisition of the Illinois brand Ieso.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 2, 2021

In particular, the study described a sort of cycle in which veterans are concerned about stigma and the legal status of cannabis, so they either self-medicate without any guidance, or they decide to speak to a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) doctor, only to report being treated differently as a result. Shutterstock). “If Findings.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2021

Legalizing marijuana for adults has been a wise investment. Since 2014, when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use marijuana sales. 46,104,922.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 6, 2021

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This bill requires the federal government to study the effects of legal cannabis on state economies, public health, criminal justice, and employment. The case began in 2015 in the U.S. supreme court. and finally.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Ralph Northam (D) included signing a marijuana legalization bill in a list of his criminal justice accomplishments. Tom Wolf (D) tweeted, “Since I took office in 2015, I’ve protected the health of Pennsylvanians by:… Legalizing medical marijuana…”. Virginia Gov. Pennsylvania Gov.

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Cannabis Chronicles

APRIL 20, 2019

High End Market Place, a medical and recreational cannabis dispensary in Vancouver’s Uptown neighborhood, has become the first marijuana establishment in the county to be certified under Clark County’s Green Business program. So she says it’s exciting when the owners find new programs that allow them to participate. “We

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SpeedWeed

JULY 26, 2021

Georgia’s medicinal cannabis program is about to undergo a significant expansion after the state’s regulatory board “chose six companies Saturday that will be allowed to sell the drug, a decision that will finally give registered patients a legal way to obtain medication first approved six years ago,” according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Wyoming does not have a legal medical or adult-use cannabis program. The state has brought forth several legalization initiatives since 2015 , but all have failed. Though the laws in Wyoming are slow to change, state residents are not immune from the wave of legalization sweeping the country. CBD regulations.

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Medical: Legal Recreational: largely decriminalized. In January 2018, the Danish Medicines Agency established the country’s first medicinal cannabis program granting 12 companies the right to distribute herbal cannabis in Denmark. Denmark’s medical marijuana program. The post Is weed legal in Denmark?

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The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Prem Patel, Group Commercial Manager for the Jamaican cannabis company Jacana, said that the higher than usual rainfall in the last quarter of 2020 has had a detrimental impact mainly on the legacy market, but has also partly affected some legal dispensaries as well.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 12, 2021

After a long legacy of having a medical cannabis program that barely took care of patients, the governor of Georgia has finally signed SB 195—a law that will expand the medical cannabis program to license retailers of low-THC cannabis . Without crossing state lines, there was no legal way for medical patients to obtain cannabis oil. .

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The 2020 Monitoring the Future (MTF) Panel Study found that 44% of college students reported using cannabis in 2020, compared to 38% in 2015. In addition, the study found that 8% of college students reported using cannabis on a daily or near daily basis in 2020, as opposed to only 5% in 2015.

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CannaMD

DECEMBER 8, 2020

You might think that cannabis legalization would lead to a significant decrease in marijuana-related arrests, but that hasn’t been the case. Not only did marijuana arrests initially increase as states legalized the plant, but there are still more people arrested for marijuana possession than for all violent crimes combined.

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The Cannigma

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Although cannabis has a cherished place in Indian traditional medicine, including in Ayurvedic practices, India does not have a legal, state-run medical marijuana program. In 2017, Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi expressed support for the legalization of medical cannabis.

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MJ Business Attorneys

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Is it inherently Texan to legalize marijuana? In 2014, I was reading the Senate Bill 339 [Texas’ Compassionate Use Act enacted in 2015] testimony of mothers of children with epilepsy. If Texas were to legalize, it would be very lucrative for anyone to be practicing law in that area here. This law was passed in 2015.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 29, 2021

Texas passed a bill through the House of Representatives today, titled HB 1535, that would expand the state’s medical cannabis program to cover more conditions, and therefore, service more people who rely on the plant. The program has fewer enrolled patients and businesses than most other states because of its extreme restrictions. “To

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Veriheal

APRIL 14, 2023

The state offers both legal medical and adult-use recreational cannabis. Illinois legalized medical cannabis back in 2013. Legal recreational sales kicked off in the state on Jan. Cannabis is legal in Illinois and it’s a pungent scent that can stick to clothes for extended periods of time.”

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 28, 2019

To be clear, this Bill is about jobs, local wealth creation, and socio-economic benefits – most Virgin Islands’ residents that want cannabis already have a way to get it, and local residents are not the primary targets for the tax revenue generation that will fund many community programs. Let us try to set the to set the record straight.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 26, 2021

A study of data from across the country has found no evidence that the legalization of medical cannabis and the establishment of dispensaries encourages marijuana use by young people. The post Study Finds No Evidence Legal Medical Cannabis Increases Youth Marijuana Use • High Times appeared first on SpeedWeed. View original article.

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The Cannigma

APRIL 19, 2021

Texas is the largest state in the US without legal recreational cannabis or a large-scale medical cannabis program. In recent years, lawmakers have eased up on a number of cannabis-derived formulations, and since 2015, people with epilepsy can obtain cannabis oil that contains less than 0.5% Shutterstock). Shutterstock).

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports… Georgia’s top elected leaders moved forward Tuesday with a program to provide medical marijuana to the state’s 15,000 registered patients, nearly seven months after Gov. Brian Kemp signed it into law. Kemp, House Speaker David Ralston and Lt.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. The Commission’s letter is worth reading. producers and consumers.'”

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Veriheal

MARCH 17, 2021

In 2015’s Christmas classic The Night Before, Rogen and two friends celebrate the holidays with a night of depravity, including a generous dose of cannabis. California has legalized recreational cannabis, making it an ideal state for Rogen’s business. Actor Seth Rogen is known for his cannabis-themed movies.

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Veriheal

JULY 26, 2023

The Haleigh’s Hope Act and Georgia’s Hope Act Back in 2015, regulators in Georgia first legalized medical cannabis use by passing the Haleigh’s Hope Act. In 2019, Georgia’s General Assembly passed Georgia’s Hope Act, which legalized the regulated cultivation of marijuana in the State.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

drug enforcement priorities on Native American lands, as more states roll out legal marketplaces for recreational pot. drug enforcement priorities on Native American reservations, as more states roll out legal marketplaces for recreational pot sales. SANTA FE, N.M. I was just open with the officer, straightforward. 29 encounter.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

AJC reports… Georgia’s top elected leaders moved forward Tuesday with a program to provide medical marijuana to the state’s 15,000 registered patients, nearly seven months after Gov. The appointments were a key step for patients who have been allowed to use the drug since 2015 but had no legal way to buy, grow or transport it.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 3, 2021

Although cannabis has not been legalized for medical or recreational use, the country’s Ministry of Health has authorized organizations to cultivate, process and test cannabis and hemp plants for medical purposes. Spain was one of the first European countries to decriminalize the personal use and cultivation of cannabis for self-consumption.

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Veriheal

JUNE 14, 2023

Since the state-legal, adult-use cannabis market began in 2014, a combined total of more than $15 billion has been generated in tax revenue. Mature Cannabis Markets See Revenue Decline Every state that has legalized cannabis typically experiences an increase in its tax revenue every year. The revenue generated in 2022 alone was $3.77

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PrestoDoctor

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Recreational Use and Possession Limits As of 2023, cannabis is not legal for recreational use in Texas. Medical Use and Eligibility Texas does have a limited medical marijuana program. The Compassionate Use Act, enacted in 2015, allows for the medical use of low-THC cannabis oil by patients with certain qualifying conditions.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hawaii legalized cannabis in its’ House Bill 2729 which was passed in 2018. Despite such an early move to allow medical cannabis consumption, the act did not account for or allow for cannabis in the legal market as well as for it to be sold in dispensaries. . What Do Legalized Edibles Mean for the Patients of Hawaii?

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