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Media Report: ‘Launching pad’ for next steps on decriminalizing psychedelics in Seattle

Cannabis Law Report

Seattle is now working on the next steps toward decriminalizing possession of substances like magic mushrooms and LSD — something that’s already happened in cities like Denver, Colorado; Washington; Oakland, Califonia; and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Oregon has legalized psychedelics for therapeutic use.

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Virginia, Marijuana, and How Medical Legalization May Unfold in the South

NORML

The American South has been one of the toughest (weed) cookies to crack when it comes to marijuana reform, despite legalization’s wildfire spread over the past half-decade. To be fair, Democrats didn’t mention weed legalization on their party’s official platform until 2016.).

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On Decriminalizing Magic Mushrooms: The Psychedelic Constituency and Its Challenges

Freedom Leaf

In February 2018, I heard about a group that wanted to decriminalize psychoactive mushrooms in Denver, but didn’t know much about it. I joined the drug policy reform movement in 1993 specifically with the goal of legalizing psychedelics, so I was glad to hear from Matthews. In October, the board certified the language.

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New York to legalize adult-use cannabis

The Cannigma

The Empire State took one large step for legalization and one giant step for cannabis this week when New York state lawmakers reportedly reached a deal to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. New York legalized medical marijuana in 2014 with the passing of Assembly Bill 6357.

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Cannabis Legalization & Decriminalization Bills For Virginia Shot Down In Committee

Cannabis Law Report

(WAVY) — A local delegate’s push to legalize marijuana for recreational use was shot down, as well as several other major bills aimed at decriminalizing or legalizing the drug, before they even reached the full General Assembly this year. See Heretick’s Cannabis Legalization website here [link].

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

Medical : Illegal Recreational : Illegal *CBD products are legal in Japan, as long as they contain no THC whatsoever and are not made from cannabis flower. This was notoriously reflected in the 2020 arrest of a Japanese man and woman for speaking positively about using cannabis in social media posts. Shutterstock). per milligram.

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Media Report: Taiwan’s government adamantly opposes cannabis decriminalization

Cannabis Law Report

Taipei, April 15 (CNA) The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) on Saturday reaffirmed the government’s strong opposition to legalizing cannabis, after activists took to the streets calling for the drug to be decriminalized.