Veriheal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A new collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association union went into effect July 1, 2023. Now, with the 2023 policy change, the league will also no longer punish players for cannabis use. Can NBA Players Smoke Weed?

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In May 2019, Denver became the first city in the United States to decriminalize personal possession, cultivation and storage of psilocybin mushrooms. The initiative also created the Denver Psilocybin Policy Review Panel (“Panel”), which was required to report back to the City on the public safety and other impacts of decriminalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 22, 2021

With decriminalization efforts underway in many other cities and states, this new training, the first of its kind in the US, could set the stage for the design and deployment of programs like it across the country.

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The Blunt Truth

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Meanwhile in Montana , voters narrowly passed Initiative 190 and Initiative 118 which collectively will permit the use, production and sale of marijuana to adults ages 21 or older. also approved measures aimed at decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelic plants. See Section 36-2851(1). Washington, D.C.,

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2021

. – Today, ahead of the 50th anniversary—on June 17—of when President Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs,” Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Cori Bush (D-MO) unveiled the Drug Policy Reform Act (DPRA), alongside the Drug Policy Alliance, which has been a strategic partner on the development of the legislation.

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Decriminalization Policy Research and Development Data 60

NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

Activists in Nebraska, along with two pro-legalization Senators, qualified a 2020 medical cannabis ballot initiative petition to begin collecting signatures from registered voters in the state. Legislation is pending, House Bill 96, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. AL resident? GA resident? HI resident?

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NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Activists in Mississippi have collected approximately two thirds of the needed signatures to qualify a medical cannabis ballot initiative in 2020. At a more local level, the Cincinnati, Ohio city council approved a measure to decriminalize up to 100 grams of cannabis possession.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 5, 2019

RESOLVED, That the Oakland City Council directs the City Administrator to instruct the City’s state and federal lobbyists to work in support of decriminalizing all Entheogenic Plants and plant-based compounds that are listed on the Federal Controlled Substances Schedule 1; AND BE IT FURTHER. That makes it the second U.S. ” [link].

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Veriheal

AUGUST 24, 2022

The city of Denver, Colorado, decriminalized the possession and use of psilocybin in 2019—the first U.S. This campaign was backed by New Approach PAC, a nationwide political organization that is focused on supporting progressive reform surrounding cannabis and criminal justice policies. city to do so.

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Legalization Decriminalization Medicine Research and Development 111

SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Winters said Kind Idaho has a “skeleton crew” of volunteers in different parts of the state, and has collected roughly 5,000 of the 65,000 total signatures needed to get the group’s medical cannabis legalization measure, the Idaho Medical Marijuana Act for 2022 (IMMA) , before voters next year. “We

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Legalization Collective Decriminalization Dispensary 80

SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Winters said Kind Idaho has a “skeleton crew” of volunteers in different parts of the state, and has collected roughly 5,000 of the 65,000 total signatures needed to get the group’s medical cannabis legalization measure, the Idaho Medical Marijuana Act for 2022 (IMMA) , before voters next year. “We

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Collective Decriminalization Dispensary Patients 75

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 17, 2022

The grant funding was made available through the collection of marijuana-related sales tax revenues. A 2019 state law permits those convicted of marijuana-specific activities which have since been decriminalized or legalized to submit a written request to the court to have those records sealed. million) have awarded $1.2

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Decriminalization Programs Collective Cannabis 97

CannaMD

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As Marijuana Policy Project Executive Director, Steve Hawkins , told Marijuana Moment : A decline in cannabis-related arrests is better than seeing an increase for a fourth year in a row, but the amount of these arrests is still abhorrent. Need Advice About Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program?

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Marijuana Chronic Pain Treatment Legalization 105

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

Employers are not prohibited from establishing or enforcing drug testing policies, including drug-free workplace policies, or requiring a worker to disclose that they are a medical marijuana card holder. New Mexico. Since June 29, 2021, adult recreational use of marijuana has been legal in New Mexico. Philadelphia, PA.

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Legislation Legalization Marijuana Recreational 105

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Louis city limits, SWADE Cannabis CEO Tom Muzzey said in a statement to 5 On Your Side, they believe “policy reform is vital, and we recognize that states and local jurisdictions are struggling to address the existing issues of social, economic and racial inequity associated with cannabis.” With multiple locations inside St.

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Decriminalization Policy Collective Safety 52

Veriheal

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Oklahoma is only one of many different states trying to get positive cannabis reform policies in front of voters in 2022. Arkansas is in the process of collecting signatures in support of putting adult-use/recreational cannabis legalization on next year’s ballot. A Bright Future for Cannabis Reform.

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Wellness and Beauty Recreational Collective Retail 96

Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Measure 110 passed with flying colors making Oregon the first state in America to decriminalize the minor personal possession of ALL drugs. A “Yes on Measure 110” campaign that helped bring awareness to this effort was funded by the Drug Policy Alliance, an advocacy group based out of New York.

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Decriminalization Treatment Advocacy Policy 76

NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

This week, advocates in Missouri began collecting signatures to qualify a marijuana legalization initiative for the November 2020 ballot. 2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies.

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Legislation Decriminalization Cultivation Patients 103

Veriheal

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Data from a nationally representative sample of participants have been collected since 1975 to understand drug use trends among American young adults, and noteworthy findings are published each fall. In 2020, Oregon became the first state in America to decriminalize psychedelics in small amounts.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Winters said Kind Idaho has a “skeleton crew” of volunteers in different parts of the state, and has collected roughly 5,000 of the 65,000 total signatures needed to get the group’s medical cannabis legalization measure, the Idaho Medical Marijuana Act for 2022 (IMMA) , before voters next year. “We

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Marijuana Collective Decriminalization Dispensary 67

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Like medical marijuana usage, with decriminalizing and more research showing psychedelics as a viable therapeutic alternative in treating depression, substance use disorders, and other mental illnesses, employers should expect to see more workplace issues like those involved in the lawsuit against Amazon. We’ll see ya at the polls in 2024.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2021

Samples of blood, urine, and oral fluid were collected from study participants before cannabis dosing and then nearly every hour for eight hours after dosing. The researchers reported that the one leg stand, walk and turn, and modified Romberg balance tests were not sensitive to cannabis intoxication for any of the study participants.

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THC Marijuana Vaping Safety 116

Veriheal

JUNE 6, 2023

The sample was collected on Feb. ” However, amending the USATF policies weeks before the Olympic games or only enforcing them under certain circumstances would be detrimental to their integrity. Tara Davis-Woodhall, a 23-year-old U.S. As announced by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), she has been suspended for a month.

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THC Recreational Decriminalization Sleep 98

SpeedWeed

AUGUST 26, 2021

Winters said Kind Idaho has a “skeleton crew” of volunteers in different parts of the state, and has collected roughly 5,000 of the 65,000 total signatures needed to get the group’s medical cannabis legalization measure, the Idaho Medical Marijuana Act for 2022 (IMMA) , before voters next year. “We

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 10, 2021

Marijuana policies in the United States have become more permissive, motivating research on demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use. Marijuana policies in the United States (U.S.) Introduction.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 7, 2021

Texas NORML reports that Black people in the state make up almost 30 percent of all cannabis possession arrests, as of data collected in 2017. The [Dallas] chief of police has stated that he’s passing new policies so that if someone is found with as little marijuana as [Marvin Scott] was, the policy is not to arrest them,” Merritt said.

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NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Some highlights include expedited expungement for past misdemeanor marijuana convictions, a three-percent tax to be collected by or paid to municipalities wherever retail stores exist, and provisions to incentivize socio-economic, racial, and gender equity in the state’s cannabis industry.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 23, 2021

Decriminalization of Cannabis, Recognition of State law Controlling Cannabis. Finally, the DOT would be directed to collect data on cannabis-impaired driving to enable the development of an impairment standard for driving under the influence of cannabis. Draft Bill Details. The Draft would also direct the Dep. Provisions.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Advocates for cannabis reform cheered when President Biden pledged on the campaign trail to decriminalize cannabis and grant a blanket pardon. The statement was signed by the following cannabis industry CEOs (alphabetical by last name) : David Alport, CEO of Bridge City Collective. Charlie Bachtell, CEO of Cresco Labs.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Is this like Oregon’s all-drug decriminalization law? But it does offer the state Legislature a unique opportunity to enact Oregon-style drug decriminalization before citizens do it themselves via a statewide voter initiative. Not exactly. View Bruce Barcott’s articles. You can unsubscribe from Leafly email messages anytime.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

Marijuana was once again one of the hottest legislative topics across the nation in 2021, and while some states’ new legislation provided greater protections to employers with drug-free and/or zero-tolerance policies, others took a more employee-friendly approach. Law 15-2021 went into effect immediately. Recreational Marijuana. Connecticut.

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Marijuana Policy Recreational Safety 52

The Joint Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Cannabis legalization and decriminalization has not only occurred in nearly 60% of the United States; it is now being explored or adopted in over 60 nations around the world. A changing political tide for advancing cannabis policy is progressing through Congress. Currently, 33 U.S. states have enacted legal state cannabis programs.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Alison Felix , Senior Policy Advisor , Sam Chapman , Associate Economist , and Jordan Bass , Research Associate. v This coincided with changes in enforcement policy from the U.S. Tax Collections in the Marijuana Industry. Is the Colorado Marijuana Industry Showing Signs of Maturation? Department of Justice (DOJ).

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In 2008, I was invited by a colleague to sit on the Board of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Collective, and subsequently ended up purchasing the company. After owning and operating that company I opened a second dispensary, Chi Holistic Collective. You see us getting the jobs for advisers, consulting and more.

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Cultivation Research and Development Supply Chain Dispensary 52

SpeedWeed

APRIL 18, 2021

Women-focused educational platforms like Chicks vs. Estigma and Mujer Cannábica are helping in this respect, as is Mexican television show Tiempo de Cannabis , hosted by intrepid drug policy expert Zara Snapp. Riojas says that Sánchez Cordero framed the jay, which now hangs in the minister’s office.).

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Atlanta lawmakers met on Tuesday to discuss a proposed resolution in support of locally decriminalizing psychedelics, hearing testimony on the therapeutic benefits of entheogenic substances and discussing a plan to further consider the reform in a work session. Atlanta Lawmakers Discuss Psychedelics Decriminalization Resolution.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In 2008, I was invited by a colleague to sit on the Board of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Collective, and subsequently ended up purchasing the company. After owning and operating that company I opened a second dispensary, Chi Holistic Collective. You see us getting the jobs for advisers, consulting and more.

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