#cannabispolicy

[cbdflowershopxcbd]

The widespread acceptance and legalization of cannabis in various parts of the world, especially in numerous US states, did not happen overnight. The tireless efforts and influential voices ... https://tinyurl.com/yphwu2a7

[nycannabistimes]

@cannabiz.md ・・・ Last November, voters approved the referendum to legalize adult use of cannabis through HB 556. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (MMCC) made several recommendations for the impending legislation, which will go into effect on July 1, 2023, at which point a person, 21 years or older, may lawfully cultivate up to two plants in their residence. If two or more registered medical patients live there, then they are able to cultivate up to four cannabis plants. The MMCC recommended small violations of the legal limit be prosecuted with fines, however, the Bill allows for misdemeanor or imprisonment. The Bill does not expressly prohibit or authorize outdoor cultivation, nor does it mandate educational materials or development of such materials, even though the MMCC recommended factsheets and video tutorials to help explain the laws, share safety tips, and provide best practices for energy-efficient cultivation, safe storage, and proper disposal. #cannabiseducation #cannabispolicy #cannabisindustry #homegrow #homegrown #patientsafety #cultivar (at Silver Spring, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqCbvtyMR8k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[verifiedcannabis]

HOW CALIFORNIA LEGALIZED CANNABIS WITH 850,000 SIGNATURES: THANK YOU DENNIS PERRON!!! IF YOU LOVE CANNABIS YOU MUST KNOW THIS. #PROP215

[harborcollectivemmcc-blog]

U.S. CITIES PUSH TO APPROVE CANNABIS CAFES. 

Alaska is taking progressive steps towards legalizing cannabis cafes across the state. Visit this article and follow us @Cannabexchange 

https://cannabexchange.com/u-s-cities-push-to-approve-cannabis-cafes/ 

[cannabexchange]

#Legalization of #marijuana across the US 🇺🇸 is being pushed vigorously. It's only a matter of time before we begin to compete with Canada 🇨🇦 on a national level. Then we can all have a North American #smoke 🚬 sesh 🤗💨 Get the full story when you visit us @cannabexchange #legalizeweed #legalizemarijuana #420life #420friendly #marijuana #marijuanapolitics #marijuananews #marijuanaarticle #marijuanapolicies #cannabisnews #cannabispolicy #cannabis #420stories #politics #policies #readingtime @the_jedi_supply @candidchronicle (at Cannabexchange.com) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuVRrdXhB3Z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ji0knjvrhc5z

[abiroach]

@abiroach420 @cbc Edible regs 🍭 “Obviously, no one wants to attract children," said longtime cannabis industry professional Abi Roach, who owns cannabis paraphernalia store HotBox Cafe in Kensington Market. In her store, no patrons under 19 are allowed in unless they're accompanied by a parent, and education on safe edibles and child-proofing is part of the sales process, she said. But Roach cautioned against the government being too "overbearing" when it comes to regulating edibles. "It's up to the parents who consume to keep these away from their children," she said. #abiroach # hotbox #hotboxlife #cbc #canada #cannabispolicy #newnorml (at Kensington Market) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt8g_A8Azd7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nlo79636rcbi

[highsunmc]

#Repost @lokilotion ・・・ Are you a Cannabis Activist? Do you call the city of #Losangeles home? Will the Marijuana Regulations of Los Angeles County directly effect you? Well then it's time #Losangeles to #commune and get active and use our voice to free #cannabis join #lokilotion and many other #activist as we meet up at #Crenshaw and #Adams and join the #globalmarijuanamarch2017 it starts at noon and we march to #liemartpark there are many things going on in this city and around the world so please join us #cannabiscommunity #losangeles it's time to join together and free #marijuana and #unite as a #community as we roll out #regulations it becomes VITAL to come together and rise up those in our community fighting to stay alive those that call #losangeles home and therefore must pay steep licensing fees and the cost of doing business in this great city. It is a very serious time in #cannabis in Los Angeles so come raise your voice to free Cannabis Worldwide. We must rise up our state but also our city #Losangeles will go down to 200 shops then slowly cap at 400 shops your local marijuana businesses will have to endure high license and no market to sell so many complications and reasons to rise one another up as well as the state and global community. Every shift in #cannabispolicy causes great pain as well as gain let's forward think #Losangeles and rise up our #cannabis community and what we know in this city at first will bring much pain so let's rise up!🙏🏽💚🌺🌎🔥#marchformaryjane #freetheweed #globalmarijuanamarch2017 #demandcompletedeschedulization #shoplocal #unityincommunity (at Leimert Park, Los Angeles)

[tokinblackgirls420]

Weh yuh ah smoke? 🇯🇲#Tbgfacts ◇ #tokinblackgirls ◇ ◇ ◇ #ganja #Jamaica #blackgirlweed #blackwomeninweed #blackgirlweedfarmer #blackwomenincannabis #blackwomengrow #blackcannabis #blackcannabiscommunity #blackcannabisculture #DaggaPot #womenandweed #cannabis #cannabiscommunity #womenincannabiz #420 #cannabispolicy #cannabisadvocate #legalizemarijuana #legalizecannabis #BlackGirlsSmoke #BlackGirlsSmokeToo #AfroPuffs — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3c1PRzI

[rubensgomescorrea]

Maconha e o dom de iludir

Que nem pesquisadores nem a população se iludam de que exista indicação terapêutica para utilizar maconha que já seja aprovada pela ciência

Semanas atrás, a Folha noticiou a proposta de criar-se uma agência especial para pesquisar os supostos efeitos medicinais da maconha, patrocinada pela Secretaria Nacional Antidrogas do governo federal.

Esse debate nos dias atuais, tal qual ocorreu com o tabaco na década de 60, ilude sobretudo os adolescentes e aqueles que não seguem as evidências científicas sobre danos causados pela maconha no indivíduo e na sociedade.

Na revisão científica feita por RobimRoom e colaboradores ("CannabisPolicy", Oxford University, 2010), fica claro que a maconha produz dependência, bronquite crônica, insuficiência respiratória, aumento do risco de doenças cardiovasculares, câncer no sistema respiratório, diminuição da memória, ansiedade e depressão, episódios psicóticos e, por fim, um comprometimento do rendimento acadêmico ou profissional.

Apesar disso, o senso comum é o de que a maconha é "droga leve, natural, que não faz mal".

Pesquisas de opinião no Brasil mostram que a maioria não quer legalizar a droga, mas grupos defensores da legalização fazem do eventual e ainda sem comprovação uso terapêutico de alguns dos componentes da maconha prova de que ela é uma droga segura e abusam de um discurso popular, mas ambivalente e perigoso.

O interesse recente da ciência sobre o uso da maconha para fins terapêuticos deveu-se à descoberta de que no cérebro há um sistema biológico chamado endocanabinoide, onde parte das substâncias presentes na maconha atua.

Um dos medicamentos fruto dessa linha de pesquisa, o Rimonabant, já foi retirado do mercado, devido aos efeitos colaterais. Até hoje há poucos estudos controlados, com amostras pequenas, e resultados que não superam o efeito das substâncias tradicionais, que não causam dependência.

Estados americanos aprovaram leis descriminalizando o uso pessoal de maconha, que é distribuída sem controle de dose e qualidade.

Contradição enorme, pois os médicos são os "controladores do acesso" para uma substância ainda sem comprovação científica.

De outro lado, orientam os pacientes sobre os riscos do uso de tabaco. Deve-se relembrar que os estudos versam sobre possíveis efeitos terapêuticos de uma ou outra substância encontrada na maconha, não sobre a maconha fumada.

Os pesquisadores brasileiros interessados no tema devem realizar mais estudos por meio das agências já existentes, principalmente diante do último relatório sobre o consumo de drogas ilícitas feito pelo Escritório para Drogas e Crime das Nações Unidas, que aponta o Brasil como o único país das Américas em que houve aumento de apreensões e consumo da maconha.

E se, no futuro, surgir alguma indicação para o uso medicinal da maconha, o processo de aprovação, que ainda não atingiu os padrões de excelência, deve contextualizar esse cenário, assim como o potencial da maconha de causar dependência.

Espera-se que a política nacional sobre drogas seja redirecionada em caráter de urgência, pois enfrenta-se também aqui o aumento das apreensões e consumo de cocaína e crack, que exige muitos esforços e recursos para sua solução.

Que nem pesquisadores nem nossa população se iludam de que exista hoje uma indicação terapêutica para utilizar maconha aprovada pela ciência.

RONALDO RAMOS LARANJEIRA é professor titular de psiquiatria da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp) e coordenador do Instituto Nacional de Políticas sobre Álcool e Drogas (Inpad/CNPQ).

ANA CECILIA PETTA ROSELLI MARQUES, doutora pela Unifesp, é pesquisadora do Inpad/CNPQ.

RONALDO RAMOS LARANJEIRA e ANA CECILIA PETTA ROSELLI MARQUES

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[cbdflowershopxcbd]

The widespread acceptance and legalization of cannabis in various parts of the world, especially in numerous US states, did not happen overnight. The tireless efforts and influential voices ... https://tinyurl.com/ymqgf8w4

[nycannabistimes]

#Repost @cannabiz.md ・・・ In any industry, third-party or independent lab testing validates the manufacturer’s safety and label claims on any product intended for consumption. The cannabis industry is no different. Before these products can be sold to the medical cannabis patient or adult use consumer, they must be tested in a third-party lab where they are processed through several different quality assurance controls. This information conveys to medical cannabis patients and consumers about the identity, quality, and purity of that specific cannabis product to ensure patient and consumer safety. In the U.S., most of the legal cannabis market states require licensed cultivators, manufacturers, and distributors to present passing Certificates of Analysis (COAs) for their inhalable and non-inhalable products to reach the consumer but the extent of the testing requirements vary. Some labs have developed their methods to ensure inflated cannabinoid results, including high THC percentages, when sharing COAs due to the nature of concentrated or higher testing products having a greater market value to consumers. Alternatively, growers can also submit “spiked” samples to the lab to boost their results. For this reason, some states require the lab technician to go to the grow site and select their own samples for analysis. Alina Butler, a molecular biologist, explains the different tests that are done on cannabis products from determining the specific cannabinoid percentages in a sample to whether or not dangerous toxins are present. You can find Alina’s piece “Cannabis Product Testing: Pass or Fail?” on our website here: https://bit.ly/cbmdproducttesting #medicalcannabis #medicalmarijuana #patientsafety #cannabispharmacy #cannabiscultivars #cannabiscultivar #cultivar #cannabispolicy #cannabischemistry #cannabiseducation #cannabisscience (at 34 Precint) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp3pHwhMtA6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[harborcollectivemmcc-blog]

China vs Canada and U.S. at Odds Over Smuggling

Liu Yuejin, the deputy director of China’s National Narcotics Control Commission claims that legalization of marijuana in parts of the United States and Canada, has led to increased marijuana smuggling into China.

He stated that the number of cannabis users rose 25% in 2018 to 24,000. But when you take into consideration that China has a population of 1.4 billion, even he had to admit that there are very few cannabis users.

As far as the U.S. and their concerns with China, China is guilty of smuggling as well. In 2017 President Trump accused China of being the main source of illicit fentanyl. This is no small accusation as the U.S. is experiencing an opioid crisis. Fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine and has been associated with one fourth of overdose deaths. Trump has stated that China is using the U.S. Postal service to flood the United States with this deadly drug.

(via China vs Canada and U.S. at Odds Over Smuggling | Harbor Collective)

[cannabexchange]

New updates on the SAFE Banking Act are now available @cannabexchange website. If you took the time to review our first article on the SAFE Banking Act, don't miss this follow up and the latest changes that can have a positive impact on the financial institutions and other ancillary businesses that delve in the cannabis industry.  #SAFE #Banking #Act2 #Act #SAfeBankingAct #Cannabis #CannabisLaws #CannabisPolicy #CannabisNews #CannabisIndustry #Ancillary #HighLife #GetHigh #Weed #WeedLaws #WeedPolicy #Weedmaps @Weedstagram #WeedForLife #420Life #420LifeStyle #420HerbNews #420Herb #MarijuanaStories #MarijuanaNews #MarijuanaLife #MarijuanaArticles  https://www.instagram.com/p/B0mW22rBApr/?igshid=17nvddj8a3ie4

[highsunmc]

#Repost @lokilotion ・・・ Are you a Cannabis Activist? Do you call the city of #Losangeles home? Will the Marijuana Regulations of Los Angeles County directly effect you? Well then it's time #Losangeles to #commune and get active and use our voice to free #cannabis join #lokilotion and many other #activist as we meet up at #Crenshaw and #Adams and join the #globalmarijuanamarch2017 it starts at noon and we march to #liemartpark there are many things going on in this city and around the world so please join us #cannabiscommunity #losangeles it's time to join together and free #marijuana and #unite as a #community as we roll out #regulations it becomes VITAL to come together and rise up those in our community fighting to stay alive those that call #losangeles home and therefore must pay steep licensing fees and the cost of doing business in this great city. It is a very serious time in #cannabis in Los Angeles so come raise your voice to free Cannabis Worldwide. We must rise up our state but also our city #Losangeles will go down to 200 shops then slowly cap at 400 shops your local marijuana businesses will have to endure high license and no market to sell so many complications and reasons to rise one another up as well as the state and global community. Every shift in #cannabispolicy causes great pain as well as gain let's forward think #Losangeles and rise up our #cannabis community and what we know in this city at first will bring much pain so let's rise up!🙏🏽💚🌺🌎🔥#marchformaryjane #freetheweed #globalmarijuanamarch2017 #demandcompletedeschedulization #shoplocal #unityincommunity (at Leimert Park, Los Angeles)

[nycannabistimes]

#Repost @cannabiz.md ・・・ Because cannabis is federally illegal and considered a Schedule I controlled substance, businesses within the industry face unparalleled financial and operational hurdles. One major hurdle is the IRS Tax Code 280E. The IRS Tax Code 280E prevents legal businesses within the cannabis industry from deducting typical business expenses, such as advertising, employee salaries, travel, and rent, for federal tax purposes that other legitimate taxpayers are allowed. The IRS Tax Code 280E specifically states that “no deduction or credit shall be allowed in running a business that consists of trafficking a controlled substance”. Section 280E was created in 1982 by Congress, during the height of the war on drugs, in response to the court case of Edmondson v. Commissioner. In this case, a convicted drug trafficker was allowed to claim tax deductions for ordinary business expenses related to his illicit business. Congress enacted 280E in an effort to stop future traffickers from doing the same thing. Despite record-breaking sales in 2022, dispensaries and other licensed businesses are paying the price, literally. Cannabis companies face higher federal tax rates (40-80%) versus 21% corporate tax. For more on 280E, visit our website for “Understanding Cananbis Tax Laws”. Link in our bio. #280E #medicalmarijuana #medicalcannabis #cannabislaw #cannabispolicy #cannabispolicy (at Martina's Resort & Event Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOBSazOMmA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[verifiedcannabis]

Yes, indeed! California signed SB-311 or Ryan's Law on September 28th, 2021. The law will allow terminally ill patients access to cannabis within a healthcare/hospital facility!