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Canada Announces Review of Pot Legalization

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Canada, the first nation in the developed world to legalize recreational cannabis, has launched a review to assess the effect of legalization, Reuters reports. The review will examine the impact of legalization on young people, the indigenous community, and on local economies—including whether it reduced illegal drug production and sales.

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British Columbia, Canada human rights commissioner’s report highlights systemic inequalities in province

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The report was developed through a combination of community-based research, surveys of direct service organizations, sectoral community grants and secondary research. Commissioner Kasari Govender said on the report’s release: Such inequities impact all of us, but impact marginalized people and communities in particular.

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

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Traction: We are adding about 25 people a day as registrants, having fully launched in late October 2023, and have begun demos with attorneys. Demo video: [link] Founded: 10/28/2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada Target customer: Solos, small and medium size firms. and Canada, but we also have customers in Australia and Mexico.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court further found that NOAA satisfied the “foreseeable harm” standard of the FOIA Improvement Act with explanations of why disclosure of the information would endanger “frank discussions between subordinates and superiors” and potentially create “public confusion.” City of Moreno Valley , No. E071184 (Cal. 19-1230 (D.C.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Indigenous Environmental Network v. July 16, 2021); Indigenous Environmental Network v. The Biden-Harris administration had identified the 2019 interpretation as an action to be reviewed under President Biden’s Executive Order 13990 on “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.”

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