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In Portugal, voted for the legalization of marijuana in medicine

Three years have passed since the approval of the Portuguese medical cannabis law. In this period, many changes have taken place in this area, but the main one has probably been the fact that Portugal has started to build a medical cannabis market. Since the approval of Law no. 33/2018, of 18 July, Portugal has become one of the most sought-after countries in Europe for the development of cannabis projects. Many leading worldwide players turned their attention to Portugal and the …
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Legalization and historical trends in marijuana use

Cannabis, also known as marijuana originates from a plant known as cannabis sativa, it has been used by human beings for centuries. First, the plant was used medicinally by many Asian countries on a statewide or national level. During colonial times, primarily by the ropemakers and textile manufacturers, the plant was brought to the Americas to be harvested for rope and fabric. The cannabis plant is known as Cannabis sativa, and marijuana comes from plants that are both a small family. Humans have been …
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Sale of marijuana brings to the budget of the country more than 2% of GDP

Canada turned into "Cannada" this week, as recreational use of cannabis turned legal on October 17, with long lines waiting to make purchases at official government-run shops. But Canadian weed has been making inroads for some time, whether measured by dollars or square feet. In releasing a new report last week on underground economic activity in Canada (worth CA$56.1 billion or 2.5 percent of GDP in 2016), Statistics Canada purposely excluded drugs and prostitution. But its own tables show that the GDP associated with illegal …
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Cannabis Transportation and Federal Laws

Marijuana is slowly but surely being legalized, or at least decriminalized, throughout the United States. In 1996, California was the first state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. Now, approximately half of the remaining states and Washington, D.C. have also legalized the use of medical marijuana. Currently, the recreational use of marijuana is legal in a number of states, including California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Washington D.C., but a handful of other states seem to be headed in the direction of legalizing …
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