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Legal psychedelics to CA Senate floor; CO gov doubles marijuana possession limit; Drug penalty for federal job program targeted; MI expungement effort<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR)<\/span><\/a>\u2014who will be introducing a federal marijuana legalization bill \u201cvery soon\u201d\u2014said that U.S. trade officials should represent the interests of the domestic cannabis industry in global talks after prohibition ends.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D)<\/span><\/a> signed a bill doubling the amount of marijuana that adults can legally possess. He said the measure will lead to him pardoning more people who have past cannabis convictions for up to two ounces\u2014the new legal limit.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>California Senate Appropriations Committee<\/span><\/a> advanced a bill to legalize possession of psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin and MDMA for a floor vote by the full Senate. That will happen within the next two weeks.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>As Congress works on reauthorizing the Job Corps program, <\/span>House Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Chairman Frederica Wilson (D-FL)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 is criticizing a \u201ccounterproductive\u201d provision that kicks young people out of career training for having used marijuana and other drugs\u2014signaling that the penalty could be reformed this year.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>bill to expand Texas\u2019s limited medical cannabis program<\/span><\/a> is now advancing in the Senate after initially stalling. The lieutenant governor, who controls the fate of legislation in the body, is an ardent marijuana opponent.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Great Lakes Expungement Network<\/span><\/a> is a new effort being launched in Michigan to help people expunge their prior marijuana convictions.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ FEDERAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cAmericans are sending a clear message\u2014they want an end to marijuana prohibition. I\u2019m working with Senator Ron Wyden and Senator Cory Booker to end the federal prohibition and to repair the damage done by the War on Drugs.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD)<\/span><\/a> joined Field Trip Health Ltd. as a special advisor.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ STATES<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Arkansas<\/span><\/a> Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) appointed a new member of the Medical Marijuana Commission.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Alaska<\/span><\/a> lawmakers sent Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) a hemp <\/span>bill<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>New Hampshire<\/span><\/a> Senate advanced a bill to add opioid use disorder as a medical cannabis qualifying condition and to let out-of-state patients shop at dispensaries.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Louisiana<\/span><\/a> House advanced a resolution calling for a study on the impacts of marijuana legalization.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Colorado<\/span><\/a> House Finance Committee approved a bill to enact limits on marijuana concentrates, place restrictions on medical cannabis recommendations and require the state to study the impacts of marijuana on certain health outcomes, among other changes.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Maine<\/span><\/a> legislature\u2019s Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs is set to consider a bill on Friday to block proposed <\/span>rules<\/span><\/a> that advocates fear will harm the state\u2019s medical cannabis program.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>New York<\/span><\/a> regulators are seeking to delay changes to the medical cannabis program that were included in marijuana legalization legislation until a new regulatory body is formed. Separately, a top <\/span>advisor<\/span><\/a> to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) spoke to county officials about plans for rolling out legalization.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Arizona<\/span><\/a> regulators released revised draft marijuana social equity rules.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>California<\/span><\/a> regulators released modified proposed <\/span>regulations<\/span><\/a> for a program that will establish and enforce comparable-to-organic cannabis standards.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>New Mexico<\/span><\/a> attorney general\u2019s office filed a court brief on behalf of regulators arguing that lawmakers didn\u2019t intend to allow gross receipts tax deductions on medical cannabis sales until this year.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Nevada<\/span><\/a> regulators suspended a marijuana cultivation business\u2019s license.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Washington State<\/span><\/a> regulators are resuming in-person compliance checkers that were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Texas<\/span><\/a> regulators released a list of approved hemp varieties.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Florida\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee met.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Iowa<\/span><\/a> medical cannabis regulators will meet on Friday.<\/span>
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\/ LOCAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>New Orleans, Louisiana<\/span><\/a> City Council is considering a proposal to automatically pardon people caught possessing marijuana. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Luxembourg<\/span><\/a> lawmakers adopted a motion calling on the government to develop legal marijuana regulations.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A study found that \u201cdaily cannabis use was not significantly associated with <\/span>hospitalization<\/span><\/a>\u201d but that there was \u201ca significant interaction between daily cannabis use and sex, whereby cannabis use was associated with a decreased odds of hospitalization among males, yet was not significantly associated with hospitalization among females.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A report examines what is believed to be the \u201cfirst reported case of selective <\/span>cannabis strain allergy<\/span><\/a>\u201d in which \u201cthe severity of his reaction appeared to be strain dependent.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A poll found that <\/span>Canadian adults<\/span><\/a> support harm reduction measures such as supervised drug consumption, drug checking and needle distribution.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Wisconsin Democratic Party<\/span><\/a> is selling marijuana legalization t-shirts.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Lincoln Journal Star editorial board<\/span><\/a> criticized Nebraska lawmakers for blocking a medical cannabis bill.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Roanoke Times editorial board<\/span><\/a> said Virginia\u2019s marijuana regulatory body needs to have rural representation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Coalition for Cannabis Policy, Education, and Regulation<\/span><\/a> published a set of principles to guide the marijuana industry.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ BUSINESS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Canopy Growth Corporation<\/span><\/a> appointed Martha Stewart as the company\u2019s official strategic advisor.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Tilray, Inc.<\/span><\/a> is asking a Washington State judge to dismiss a lawsuit over Florida medical cannabis business licenses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ CULTURE<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Seth Rogen<\/span><\/a> spoke about what he sees as the shortcomings of Canada\u2019s marijuana legalization law.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Kirstie Alley<\/span><\/a> said marijuana is a gateway drug.<\/span><\/p>\n

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