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No Bankruptcy for Medical Marijuana Businesses
In the United States, the right to file for bankruptcy was established in the Constitution. Specifically, Article I, Section 8, clause 4, known as the Bankruptcy Clause, authorizes Congress to create uniform laws on Bankruptcy that are applicable throughout the United States. This law, and the ability to file bankruptcy was very important to the framers of the Constitution because it was an alternative to the archaic practice of putting people in debtor’s prison.
While debtor’s prison still existed in the United States for some time after the ratification of the Constitution, by the 1830s, the states that had debtor’s prisons were drafting legislation to minimize their presence. One of the reasons this was important was because, when people are willing to take economic risk and start a business, both the economy and the strength of the nation grows, and these were very important goals during the industrial revolution. If you didn’t have to go jail if your new business failed, you were more likely to take risks, and that is what many people did.
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The affidavit in support of the warrant states that officers had probable to cause to believe defendant had illegal narcotics on the premises. The warrant also asserted that defendant was a member of a criminal street gang and had multiple felony convictions on his record.
One new regulation issued by the Water Quality Control Board for the Central Valley Region of California came in the form of an Order that is requiring all medical marijuana growers obtain permits before diverting or storing any water. It is a typical process for those running illegal grow operations to divert the flow of streams and create artificial dams to store water to irrigate their marijuana crops, which generally require a considerably larger amount of water than many other crops.
In an effort to help these wildfire victims, owners of two large medical cannabis dispensaries have decided to give each victim up to $200 worth of medical marijuana next week free of charge. Between the companies, there will be five separate dispensaries giving away free cannabis oil, cannabis spray, and vaporizing cartridges. A spokesperson speaking on behalf of the two separate companies that have decided to work together on this charitable initiative say that anyone seeking free medical cannabis will need to have a valid prescription and legal residence with the counties affected by the large Valley wildfire. Authorities have estimated that nearly 120 square miles have been consumed by the large wildfire and, as result, around 2,000 homes were destroyed and at least four people are dead.
The study determined that 12 year olds who had negative views about using marijuana were much less likely to later drive under the influence of the drug than 12-year-old children who had positive feelings about marijuana use and thought it could be a way to help them relax and enjoy themselves. Study makers also concluded that these children who had positive feelings about using marijuana were also more likely to ride in a car with someone who was high or drunk. This study was published in professional journal for pediatricians.
In fact, she said she told her employer before taking that test that it would come up positive for marijuana, but she explained she was medical marijuana patient taking the drug legally. The reason she was taking the drug was because she had a bad hip, and the pain was getting to the point she could barely stand it. This was in addition to her Crohn’s disease, which was also unbearable, and medical marijuana was the only thing that would give her any real relief. When she arrived home from her first day of work, her phone rang. Her new employer told her than her pre-employment drug test had come up positive for marijuana use and she was being terminated immediately.
Specifically, that fact Bush has admitted to smoking marijuana while he was in high school, while he now supports archaic drug policies that Paul claims disproportionately place low-income people and minorities in prison for lengthy sentences, while white marijuana users, particular those in higher income brackets, do not often go to jail for the same conduct. When Bush smoked marijuana, according to his own admission, he was in a prestigious private boarding school in Massachusetts, and he did not end up going to jail.
The article focused on the national struggle between the Veteran’s Administration and disabled veterans who are need of medical care. The problem is that veterans are being denied prescriptions for pain medication if they test positive for marijuana – even in states where medical marijuana is legal, and the veteran has a valid doctor’s recommendation or medical marijuana card pursuant to state law.
Essentially, these doctors are not saying they are opposed to the legalization of marijuana in general, but they are asking people to move forward with legalization efforts based upon recreational use without claiming it is for medicinal purposes. This, of course, is not the only opinion, and many would disagree. Millions of medical marijuana patients have real world success in treating their various medical conditions with marijuana, regardless of what limited safety studies would show.
With such a huge increase in demand for medical marijuana, there are more and more established companies and entrepreneurs who are joining in the industry and making a considerable amount of money. At times, it seems like there is no shortage of business opportunities with regard to medical marijuana.