New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R) recently signed into law a significant expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program, a move that broadens access to cannabis for patients with a wide range of conditions.
This new legislation, HB 1278, marks a major shift from previous restrictions, which limited eligibility to specific, enumerated conditions, reported Marijuana Moment.
Broadening Access: What New Law Means For Medical Marijuana Patients
The new law significantly alters the landscape of medical marijuana use in New Hampshire. Under HB 1278, doctors can now recommend cannabis for “any debilitating or terminal medical condition or symptom for which the potential benefits of using therapeutic cannabis would, in the provider’s clinical opinion, likely outweigh the potential health risks for the patient.”
This provision is set to replace the previous, more restrictive list of qualifying conditions, allowing for greater flexibility in patient care.
This broader eligibility could potentially address a range of conditions previously overlooked, such as severe menstrual cramps, symptoms of long COVID and anxiety related to dental procedures or post-surgical pain control.
Recent Legislative Changes In NH
The enactment of HB 1278 follows two other recent legislative changes signed by Sununu that also expand the medical marijuana program.
One of these bills adds generalized anxiety disorder as a qualifying condition, while another broadens the pool of healthcare providers who can certify patients for the program.
However, not all of Sununu’s recent decisions regarding medical marijuana have been supportive. Last month, he vetoed a bill that would have allowed medical marijuana businesses to open additional cultivation locations, including greenhouses. Sununu’s veto statement criticized the bill for lacking sufficient detail on safety, security, and location requirements.
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Inspirational Technologies – IT is Time for Cannabis in Florida
Thank you for your interest in Inspirational Technologies, a health and wellness company that focuses on your Health, Wellness and Inspiration. We address many of these issues by highlighting hemp and cannabis products industry. Here is some information about the company and its CEO, Steven Smith, as well as some statistics on marijuana legalization in Florida.
Inspirational Technologies was founded in 2013 by Steven Smith, who is also the CEO and owner of the company. The company’s mission is to inspire collective minds to foster health, wellness, beauty, and inspiration through hemp and cannabis products. The company used to operate as a subsidiary of Marijuana Company of America, Inc., a publicly traded company that invests in the legal cannabis and hemp industries. The company also provides educational and documented research services to promote the benefits of hemp and cannabis12
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Steven Smith is a veteran entrepreneur and innovator who has been involved in the hemp and cannabis industry for over a decade. He has a background in technology, media, and entertainment, and has worked as a producer, director, and writer for various projects. He is also a passionate advocate for hemp and cannabis legalization and reform and has participated in several initiatives and campaigns to support the cause. He is a member of the Florida Hemp Council, a nonprofit organization that represents the interests of the hemp industry in Florida. He is also a frequent speaker and guest at various events and podcasts related to hemp and cannabis34
However, recreational marijuana remains prohibited in Florida, and the penalties for possession vary by the amount, from financial fines to jail time. The state has not yet passed any laws to decriminalize or legalize recreational marijuana, despite several attempts by activists and lawmakers. In 2020, a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana failed to gather enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. In 2021, another proposed amendment, backed by Trulieve, one of the largest medical marijuana providers in Florida, received enough signatures to qualify for the 2024 ballot. However, the amendment is facing legal challenges from the Florida Attorney General, who argues that the amendment is misleading and violates the single-subject rule.
The initiative would legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 years old and older. Individuals would be allowed to possess up to three ounces of marijuana (about 85 grams), with up to five grams in the form of concentrate. Existing Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers would be authorized under the initiative to sell marijuana to adults for personal use. The Florida State Legislature could provide by state law for the licensure of entities other than existing Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers to cultivate and sell marijuana products.[1]
Smart and Safe Florida is sponsoring the initiative. The campaign reported $61.28 million in contributions. Trulieve, a marijuana dispensary company that owns medical marijuana dispensaries in Florida, is the main contributor.[2] Smart & Safe Florida said, “The industry is sustainable and growing. In 2020, when the state lost more than 400,000 jobs, Florida’s cannabis industry added 15,000 employees. … Tax revenues from the legal cannabis industry for federal and state governments are projected to reach $4.06 billion in 2025, according to New Frontier data. … There is no evidence that legalizing marijuana for medical or recreational use at the state level, as 37 states already have done, has boosted underage consumption from the regulated marketplace. The continued black market sale of marijuana perpetuates a culture of criminality. … If adult-use cannabis is legalized, Florida users will have accountability, transparency, and regulations in place to ensure products are not laced with or contain potentially deadly chemicals.”[3]
Vote No on 3, Floridians Against Recreational Marijuana, and the Florida Freedom Fund registered to oppose the initiative. Together, the committees reported $125,200 in contributions. The Florida Freedom Fund was created by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) to oppose the marijuana initiative as well as the abortion initiative. DeSantis said, “[The initiatives] are very, very extreme. Once voters figure out how radical both of those are, they’re going to fail. It’s basically a license to have it anywhere you want. So no time, place and manner restrictions. This state will start to smell like marijuana in our cities and towns.”[4]
I hope this information was helpful and informative. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask me. 😊
Inspirational Technologies – IT is Time
We, at Inspirational Technologies are at the forefront of Inspirational and Frontrunners on the frontier of current technology.
We are often faced with our own personal conflicts which directly influence our interactions with our peers and family.
When Inspirational Technologies is an endorsement of the “Cannabis” approach to the medical condition, we say, let’s let the look at the data and the people who say that they benefit for cannabis alternatives.
Steven M Smith InspirationalTech.org CEO since 2013.
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses and buildings.
Twelve of the thirteen American colonies adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain at the first Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Four hundred New Hampshire militiamen successfully attack Fort William and Mary, the first incident of the American Revolution.
Revolution and revolt have a shared origin, both ultimately going back to the Latin revolvere “to revolve, roll back.” When revolution first appeared in English in the 14th century, it referred to the movement of a celestial body in orbit; that sense was extended to “a progressive motion of a body around an axis,” “completion of a course,” and other senses suggesting regularity of motion or a predictable return to an original position. At virtually the same time, the word developed a sharply different meaning, namely, ”a sudden radical, or complete change,” apparently from the idea of reversal of direction implicit in the Latin verb. Revolt , which initially meant “to renounce allegiance,” grew from the same idea of “rolling back,” in this case from a prior bond of loyalty.
How a Defeated President can incite, however, with the legal ramifications, be cleared of all?
Insurrection, an organized and usually violent act of revolt or rebellion against an established government or governing authority of a nation-state or other political entity by a group of its citizens or subjects; also, any act of engaging in such a revolt. An insurrection may facilitate or bring about a revolution, which is a radical change in the form of government or political system of a state, and it may be initiated or provoked by an act of sedition, which is an incitement to revolt or rebellion.
What caused the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack?
On the afternoon of January 6, 2021, supporters of Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol building.
In the United States, insurrection against the authority of the federal government is a crime under 18 U.S. Code §2383, which provides that:
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
Federal law also grants to the president of the United States the authority to employ the armed forces of the United States and nationalized state militias to put down an insurrection against a state government upon the request of the state’s legislature or governor (10 U.S. Code §251) and to suppress or prevent civil disturbances—“unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion[s]”—that, in the president’s judgment, have interfered or would interfere with the enforcement of federal laws in any state (§252) or have effectively deprived citizens of their rights under the U.S. Constitution (§253). These and other provisions of Chapter 13 of the U.S. Code, entitled “Insurrection,” originated in two pieces of legislation from the late 18th and early 19th centuries: an act of Congress (1795) that extended to the president Congress’s constitutional authority “to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions” (Article I, §8) and the Insurrection Act (1807), which additionally authorized the president to deploy the armed forces of the United States in the same circumstances and for the same purpose. During the subsequent two centuries, the Insurrection Act was amended numerous times and invoked by presidents including Abraham Lincoln (to enable the use of federal troops to defeat the secession of Confederate states in the American Civil War), Dwight D. Eisenhower (to assist efforts to desegregate public schools in the South), and George H.W. Bush (to quell riots in Los Angeles following the acquittal of police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King). In 2020, in response to sometimes violent demonstrations against police brutality and anti-Black racism in several U.S. cities (seeUnited States: The killing of George Floyd and nationwide racial injustice protests), Pres. Donald J. Trump threatened to use his authority under the Insurrection Act to unleash deadly force against lawbreaking protesters.
Mindlink, is a vision that Steven Smith envisioned as being our Link to the world of possibility. A Link, even as a premise, to a human continuance to the future. We have not yet, envisioned the possibility, of everlasting life (on Earth). Why not, perhaps, push that envelope and give everyone hope.
We have no immediate answers. Patience, indeed, will be a virtue.
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