Weed part 3 Flashcards
Giant shift in support of cannabis
Cannabis jobs creation has soared
Growing need for cannabis as people get more stressed out
Massachusetts Law
Medical
Legal - can apply for a card and join the state
medical marijuana registry based on your
patient, caregiver, or provider status
You don’t have to be the one taking the cannabis to get a medical marijuana card in Massachusetts
can be renewed
can be used for CBD supplements sold in pharmacies or medical grade marijauna pharmacies
Can’t use massachusetts marijuana card to pick adderall or controlled substances
Recreational
- Legal for anyone over 21 years old to
purchase from a dispensary or possess it
Restrictions
Cannot use marijuana in any form on
_______/________ land
- You can have up to 1 oz on you and up
to 10 oz in your home
- Limit of 6 plants per home, up to 12
plants for two or more adults
- Open container laws apply to marijuana
like alcohol
public/federal land
If you have 4 people living in a house together YOU CANNOT have 24 marijuana plants in a house
Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (2022)
Signed into law by President Biden, 12/2/2022
First marijuana reform bill to ever pass Congress
The law intends to ________________ on the potential risks and medical benefits of cannabis, cannabis products, and their synthetic equivalents, ___________ raw product access
Ensure that ______________ may discuss the potential risks
and benefits of marijuana and CBD with their patients
advance research
increasing
physicians
May 16th, 2024 - DOJ issued issued its Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking related to the transfer of cannabis from CI to CIII
controlled substance from C1 to C3 drug meaning its purchasable and prescribable with a prescription
Rescheduling DOES NOT equal decriminalization states can schedule however they want and however see they fit…it depends if federal government is going to enforce it however public opinion is on the side of cannabis
