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Arizona: Supreme Court Rules That Concentrates Are Legal Under State’s Medical Cannabis Access Law

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Manufacturing and possessing concentrated forms of cannabis are legally protected activities under the state’s medical cannabis access law, according to a unanimous decision issued today by the Arizona Supreme Court. The decision reverses a 2018 ruling by the Arizona Court of Appeals.

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Colorado: House Lawmakers Approve Legislation Seeking to Roll Back Medical Cannabis Access

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The post Colorado: House Lawmakers Approve Legislation Seeking to Roll Back Medical Cannabis Access appeared first on NORML. “This bill is a cynical effort by prohibitionists to severely roll back a policy that has been in place for two decades and that a majority of state residents support.”.

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Study: Far Fewer Incidences of Vaping Illness Reported in States with Legal Cannabis Markets

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Incidences of the vaping-related lung illness EVALI (e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury) are primarily concentrated to jurisdictions where adult-use cannabis consumption is prohibited, according to data published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open.

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High-Potency THC Concentrates Are Just As Safe As Regular-Potency Weed, More Data Shows

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All across the US, lawmakers are scrambling to pass laws that would cap the strength of high-potency cannabis concentrates, arguing that high THC levels pose a serious health risk. A third group vaped cannabis concentrates with over 60 percent THC content and around 2 percent CBD content, and a fourth group stayed stone cold sober.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22/20

NORML

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access. AL resident? VA resident? West Virginia.

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Valcon Medical A/S Announces Receipt of EU GMP Certification and Start of Commercial Production for Pharmaceutical-Grade Cannabis Concentrates, Intermediary Products, and Medical Formulations

Cannabis Law Report

COPENHAGEN , June 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Valcon Medical A/S (“Valcon Medical” or the “Company”), Denmark’s leading independent cannabis concentrate and medical formulation provider, received its licensing for the commercial production of cannabis from the Danish Medicines Agency (DKMA) earlier in May 2021.

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Colorado: Legal Challenge Filed to Halt Imposition of Medical Cannabis Restrictions

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The lawsuit, which was filed by a 19-year-old patient who uses cannabis for the treatment of severe epilepsy, argues that the proposed changes will unduly restrict medical cannabis access among patients and will discourage physicians from participating in the program.

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