The Cannigma

MAY 20, 2021

Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized (expected to be legal imminently) . Mexican lawmakers in March, 2021 approved a law to legalize recreational cannabis, and some analysts believe the country could become the world’s largest cannabis market. Alfredo Hernandez Rios/Shutterstock). Who can get medical cannabis in Mexico?

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland in 2014, but the MD MMJ program was slow to get off the ground. It took until late 2017 for the first Maryland dispensary to open for business. The program continues to grow in popularity. The first MMJ dispensaries opened in Maryland in 2017. As yet, none.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

OLCC Provides Oregon Legislature with Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Study. . Portland, OR — Today the Oregon Liquor Control Commission provided the Oregon Legislative Assembly with the 2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report required by ORS 475B.548. January 31, 2019.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 10, 2023

price per gram decrease still left the most recent price more expensive than during 2017-2018, after the medical cannabis market stabilized from the boost of early sales. As reference, Illinois implemented the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act January 2014. On June 25, 2019, Gov.

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The Cannigma

JULY 24, 2022

Medical: Illegal Recreational: illegal Reciprocity: N/A. In 2017 , the state made it legal once again to grow hemp in an effort to support the agriculture industry, which is the largest industry in the state. South Carolina medical marijuana program. The state does not have a medical program. THC and more than 15% CBD.

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MJ Business Attorneys

OCTOBER 26, 2017

July 5, 2017. She came to the industry not from the recreational side, but as a mother seeking treatment for her child with epilepsy. When do you see actual businesses getting up and running under the current Compassionate Use Program? The regulations to implement the law were not finalized until February of 2017.

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The Cannigma

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Medical: legal Recreational: illegal. In July, 2017, a joint ministerial decision between the Ministers of Health and Justice legalized medical marijuana in Greece, and changed the classification of cannabis from a Table A drug to a Table B drug. For a first offense, a counseling program can be a substitute for incarceration.

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MedicalJane

MAY 21, 2020

Problems plaguing the medical cannabis program in Missouri are three-fold. Second, the program has experienced controversy and claims of disparities from its inception. A 2017 report by the Colorado Department of Revenue says that the average time from seed to harvest is 132 days. Randal Williams, et al.

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Cannabis Chronicles

JUNE 27, 2019

Sticky’s Pot Shop, which unsuccessfully defied the county’s ban on recreational cannabis, will reopen in its Hazel Dell location should the Clark County Council vote to reverse the prohibition. Most recently, the store opened in 2017 after being granted a reprieve while it challenged the ban in court.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2022

Court Rules Off-Duty Recreational Cannabis Use Not Protected By Nevada State Law. The opinion by Justice Kris Pickering also rules that while recreational marijuana use was decriminalized by the Legislature and governor, it remains illegal. Recreational pot was decriminalized by a voter initiative effective Jan. Read full story.

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Project CBD

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

But the quality of the government-issue reefer matters less than the fact that Uncle Sam has been supplying him with it regularly since 1982, when Rosenfeld won the right to smoke cannabis for reasons of medical necessity under the auspices of the federal government’s Compassionate Investigational New Drug (IND) program. 2017.12.002.

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Veriheal

JUNE 14, 2023

It is unusual because a higher tax yield was expected, given that New Jersey and New Mexico joined in the sale of recreational cannabis that same year. Far-reaching state programs like alcohol and drug treatment, education, job training, veterans’ service, and reinvestment in communities have been experiencing positive growth.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 18, 2019

The committees also submitted legislation to further expand New Jersey’s medical cannabis program and develop a process for criminal expungements. Although this window came and went, the new administration did take executive action to loosen restrictions on New Jersey’s medical marijuana program. Any change would take legislation.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Marijuana use in the United States is increasing as more states legalize its medical and recreational use. This substance needs to be addressed as part of all workplace motor vehicle safety programs. Provide access to support for employees with drug problems, either through in-house programs or referrals to local resources.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 11, 2021

The New York State Bar Association today is announcing the launch of its Cannabis Institute, an ongoing series of programs on New York’s recently-enacted Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, which has been widely hailed as one of the most progressive cannabis laws in the nation.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

SANTA FE – Tax dollars generated by legalizing recreational cannabis use in New Mexico could be used to pay for law enforcement training, mental health programs, drug addiction treatment and more, under recommendations being crafted by a state task force. Eleven states have legalized recreational cannabis. Source: [link].

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Connor & Connor PLLC

JULY 19, 2018

Recreational Marijuana Legalization in Nevada. Nevadans passed the ballot initiative to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol in 2016, which legalized recreational marijuana possession and sales for adults over 21 years of age. Nevada’s first recreational marijuana sales occurred on July 1, 2017.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Cultivating, selling, and possessing cannabis intended for recreational use still remains illegal in France, despite being a popular recreational anecdote. It’s speculated that if this experimental program becomes permanent, France has the potential of becoming one of the biggest cannabis markets in the European Union.

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Connor & Connor PLLC

JANUARY 31, 2019

There are currently 10 states that have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, while 33 states have legalized the medical use of marijuana in varying forms. If while in the intervention program a player again has a failed test, they will be subject to stage two or three of the program, whichever is applicable.

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

In addition, the 2020 survey found that while the percentage of college-aged adults who reported vaping marijuana in the past 30 days had increased from 5% to 14% between 2017 and 2019, this increase levelled off in 2020. The study also found some regional differences that appear to correspond to cannabis status in those states.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers analyzed 28 years’ worth of Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data to ascertain whether states that have passed medical or recreational cannabis laws have subsequently seen an increase in cannabis use among US high school students. JAMA, Research Letter, 2021).

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. SSRN: [link] or [link] McVey, E (2017).

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The Cannigma

APRIL 24, 2022

Medical : no formal program Recreational : partially decriminalized. There is no medical program nor legal adult use market, but possession of 10 grams or less and consumption on private property is decriminalized. Is there a medical marijuana program in Belize? The status of cannabis in Belize is complicated.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

This means we are unlikely to see a full-scale merger of the medical and recreational cannabis programs in 2019 (too bad), and that most of the legislation will be maintenance oriented and reactive. Oregon Cannabis: The Merger of Recreational and Medical Has Begun (2016). Oregon’s 2017 Cannabis Laws: The Definitive List.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 12, 2020

We’ve noticed the ripple effect its had on teen used and that’s its decline since 2017. Last week, the Healthy Kids Colorado survey showed that marijuana use among teens has declined since 2017. The R3 Program in Illinois, for example, offers grants to communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 4, 2019

The Cannabis Control Commission set out to revise and republish its slate of regulations after assuming control of the medical marijuana program from the Department of Public Health in December and as regulators approved the first licensed pot stores in Massachusetts. Read more at [link]. JULY 3, 2019. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : July 2, 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

California established the Medical Marijuana Program (MMP) through Senate Bill 420 (Vasconcellos, 2003) which increased access to medical cannabis for qualifed patients and primary caregivers and provided protections from prosecution for the possession and cultivation of medical cannabis. 1 1 Business and Profession Code section 26014 1.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 19, 2019

” Washington marijuana licensees, in this writer’s opinion, face the strictest, most punitive regulatory regime in any state that allows recreational marijuana. A few months ago it floated the idea of starting an amnesty program for certain TPI/Financier violations. That never happened. Compliance emphasis.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Yale said the “groundbreaking” clinical study is the first approved by the state Department of Consumer Protection’s (DCP) medical marijuana research program to study stress and mental-health related issues. “With increasing levels of use of medical marijuana products in the U.S.

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Medical: Illegal Recreational: Illegal. Albania does not have a recreational or medical marijuana program and even small amounts of marijuana for personal use can be penalized by significant jail time. A 2017 report found cannabis was the most commonly used illicit substance. Albania has no medical marijuana program.

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The Cannigma

JULY 1, 2022

Medical: Yes, limited Recreational: No Reciprocity: No. Iowa has not legalized adult-use cannabis, but it does have a medical cannabis program. Medical marijuana was legalized in May 2017 with sales starting in December 2018. Iowa Medical Marijuana Program. The medical program for Iowa patients is limited.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Seven years after adult-use (recreational) cannabis was first legalized in Nevada, a new endeavor is beginning–the opening of cannabis consumption lounges in Las Vegas. With consumption lounges, the program we’re rolling out is very unique. We’ve legalized marijuana back in 2017. It’s taken another seven years to get here.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

You might think it’s California,but actually it is …… According to recently published DEA data about illegal grows it is Kentucky, where both recreational and medical marijuana are still illegal. million plants in 2017. West Virginia legalized medical marijuana in 2017 but has not legalized recreational use.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

Dr. Fisher also discusses how the remaining stigmas surrounding cannabis shape many of the dynamics and barriers facing both the medical and recreational markets. What is the relationship between medical and recreational legalization? MSO: I want to go back to the whole medical recreational question again.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 25, 2021

However, many see 2017 as a landmark since it became possible to produce and market the plant as long as the THC content stays below 1%. Swiss Info explains that the number of registered producers jumped from five in 2017 to around 630 in 2018. The only recreational use that is legal is if the products contain less than 1% of THC.

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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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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Here we are at the end of 2019, which means it’s time for the fourth annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis (see the 2018 post here ; 2017 here ; and 2016 here ). These are all further signs of program maturation. Below is a high-level summary of what we are seeing in Oregon cannabis as we move into the new year.

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