The very first fair-trade coffee was an effort to import a Guatemalan coffee into Europe as Indio Solidarity Coffee. Since the founding of organizations such as the European Fair Trade Association (1987), the production and consumption of fair trade coffee has grown as some local and national coffee chains started to offer fair trade alternatives.
Unfortunately, the state of Nebraska is yet to approve any medical marijuana laws. A medical marijuana initiative to amend the stateâs constitution to legalize marijuana for patients with debilitating medical conditions failed to acquire the necessary signatures to make the November 2016 ballot.
Marijuana possession, sale, and manufacture are regulated by both state and federal law. In Massachusetts, marijuana is classified as a class D substance, and until recently was completely illegal. (Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. Â§ 31.) However, in November 2016 voters passed the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, effective December 15, 2016. This law decriminalized the possession and use of small amounts of marijuana.