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NCAA RELAXES MARIJUANA THRESHOLDS; REDUCES PENALTIES
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he NCAA announced last month that it will be relaxing its marijuana policies, raising THC threshold levels and reducing punishments. Under current NCAA policy, one failed marijuana test gets a six-month suspension. The NCAA will raise the threshold for THC from 35 to 150 nanograms per milliliter. This change brings them in line with new World Anti-Doping Agency standards. There is no punishment or loss of eligibility for the first positive test, if the school “provides a management plan and education” for the athlete. For the second positive test, there could still be no punishment if they are compliant with the management plan. If they are not, an athlete would miss 25% of their games. Should a third positive test happen, there could still be no punishment if the athlete still complies with the management plan. If not, they will miss 50% of the games.
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fines for marijuana were approved in March by the Green Bay City Council.
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untaxed grow sites were raided over the past five weeks by Calaveras County, Calif. deputies.
191
marijuana plants were seized when an indoor grow was raided in DeKalb County, Ala.
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PENNSYLVANIA OFFERS FINANCIAL AID TO MMJ PATIENTS
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ennsylvania Department of Health has expanded its financial assistance program for state medical marijuana patients. The program includes waiving annual fees for eligible patients enrolled in financial hardship programs such as SNAP, MedTHE STATE SAID IT PLANS TO icaid and WIC. “The departDISTRIBUTE CASH BENEFITS ment is pleased to be able to TO ELIGIBLE PATIENTS. expand assistance to medical marijuana patients and caregivers who may be experiencing financial hardships,” said acting Health Secretary Keara Klinepeter. “Patients deserve to have access to their medicine to treat medical conditions, and cost should not be a barrier.”
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voter signatures are needed in Gluckstadt, Miss. to overturn the city council’s decision to opt out of medical marijuana.
742 80k New York farmers are authorized to grow hemp.
Cannabis plants will fill West Virginia’s largest medical grow facility by 2025.
STORIES by STEVE ELLIOTT, AUTHOR OF THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF MARIJUANA
