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Alabama legalizes medical cannabis; Montana legalizes adult use
FTC imposes fines for CBD marketing
Nigeria plans to legalize cannabis farming
Sam Adams and Rite Aid show interest in cannabis and CBD products
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States
AL - Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) signed the state’s medical cannabis legalization bill into law on Monday. The relatively restrictive Alabama Compassionate Act includes low dosage limits and prohibitions on smokable flower, vaping, candies and baked goods. Vertically integrated license holders may operate up to five dispensaries, and dispensary license holders are allowed up to three locations. Business license applications are to start by September 1, 2022.
Medical marijuana proposals eyed in Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina
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Posted Jan 10, 2021
FILE - This April 6, 2018 file photo shows the leaves of a marijuana plant inside Ultra Health s cultivation greenhouse in Bernalillo, N.M. A panel of doctors and other health care professionals is recommending increasing the amount of marijuana that can be purchased by participants in New Mexico s medical cannabis program. The advisory board voted Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, in favor of nearly doubling the limit to 15 ounces over 90 days. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)AP
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State legislators in Alabama, Kentucky and South Carolina have filed or pre-filed bills establishing such medical marijuana programs, according to a Reckon report.
Medical marijuana bills are coming next year in Kentucky and South Carolina. (Wikimedia)
Marijuana Policy
New Jersey Legal Marijuana Implementation Bill Advances. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved S21, a bill designed to set up the legal recreational marijuana market approved by voters in November, on Monday. The bill now heads for a Senate floor vote. Companion legislation in the Assembly is also expected to advance this week. The bill would send 70% of marijuana sales tax proceeds and 100% of proceeds from a new excise tax to communities most severely impacted by marijuana prohibition.
Medical Marijuana
Kentucky Lawmaker to Reintroduce Medical Marijuana Bill. State Rep. Jason Nemes (R-Louisville) has said he will reintroduce a medical marijuana bill that passed the House this year but failed to get action in the Senate because of disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The support in the House will be even stronger than it was last year, Nemes said. We have re
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