Holonyms (Nova Lisboa is a part of...): Angola; Republic of Angola (a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990).
California voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996, legalizing the use of medical marijuana. The Federal government of the United States has limited the use of marijuana since the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act came into effect. Defendant Angel Raich used homegrown medical marijuana, which was legal under California law but illegal under federal law.
Taxes, research, home grows, medical potâitâs all on the table and lots of it has been at the mercy of the Republicans who control the state senate. Over the last few days, a massive bill to overhaul medical marijuana has passed through the hamstrung bureaucratic swamp. Here's what it would do, which is a hell of a lot. First, a quick refresher: The medical and recreational marijuana industries exist entirely separately in Washington. Medical growers and stores are not licensed or regulated. Some of them test their products for pesticides, for example, but there is no requirement to do so.