{"id":48973,"date":"2021-07-20T02:29:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T10:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/07\/20\/multiple-mo-cannabis-ballot-measures-filed-newsletter-july-20-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-07-20T13:45:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T21:45:49","slug":"multiple-mo-cannabis-ballot-measures-filed-newsletter-july-20-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/07\/20\/multiple-mo-cannabis-ballot-measures-filed-newsletter-july-20-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple MO cannabis ballot measures filed (Newsletter: July 20, 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-64.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\"> <\/p>\n<p><em>MD Senate president says pass marijuana bill; Cannabis banking numbers stabilize, feds report; Study: legalization drives property values up<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to receive Marijuana Moment\u2019s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. 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Credible information is so rare in the media these days. My first read every morning is Tom and his team\u2019s work. Thanks! Please help maintain and improve this great journalism and effort. In a regulated business nothing is more valuable than timely and accurate information. We are all trying to combat decades of misinformation.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Support our work at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><b>\/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/maryland-senate-leader-pushes-for-marijuana-legalization-bill-while-house-speaker-wants-2022-ballot-referendum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland\u2019s Senate president<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> doesn\u2019t seem that excited about the House speaker\u2019s idea to put a marijuana legalization referendum on the 2022 ballot. Instead, he wants to just have lawmakers pass a bill to legalize cannabis themselves and not wait until next November.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/missouri-marijuana-activists-file-legalization-initiatives-for-2022-as-other-groups-prepare-separate-measures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missouri activists<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> filed four new 2022 ballot measures to legalize marijuana or amend the existing medical cannabis program. Several separate groups are pursuing competing legalization initiatives, and others are pushing the legislature for a referendum.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/number-of-banks-working-with-marijuana-businesses-stabilizes-following-multi-quarter-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Treasury Department\u2019s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reported that the number of banks servicing the marijuana industry appears to have stabilized following several earlier quarters of declining numbers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new study found that states that legalize marijuana see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/marijuana-legalization-increases-home-property-values-new-study-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">increased home values<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and that having cannabis dispensaries open in a city drives property valuations up even more.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ FEDERAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OJPNIJ\/status\/1415701100624326663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Institute of Justice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cAs more states legalize marijuana, the search for better methods of proving and preventing #DrugImpairment on the road accelerates, including laws against drug-impaired driving that can withstand evidentiary challenges.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1417185013876015107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cWith the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act that @SenBooker, @RonWyden, and I released last week: We are working to end the federal prohibition on marijuana and repair the harms done by the War on Drugs.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBooker\/status\/1416169526580981763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cOur plan to legalize marijuana is about equal justice and equal opportunity. It\u2019s time we end this backwards prohibition on marijuana that has ruined far too many lives with unjust convictions and destroyed far too many communities.\u201d He also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBooker\/status\/1416835201787912213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tweeted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201cIn 2019, there were more marijuana related arrests than for all violent crimes combined. Our broken marijuana laws don\u2019t make us safer\u2014if anything they make us less safe by redirecting limited resources away from actual crimes. It\u2019s time to change this.\u201d And he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBooker\/status\/1417106960244150278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tweeted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201cThe American people want marijuana legalized at the federal level. Tens of millions of Americans have already voted for legalization at the state level from red and blue states alike. Congress must start to move on our framework to get this done.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLeeForCongress\/status\/1416435278168870915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cThe War on Drugs has never and will NEVER work. Decriminalization is the correct next step. Then we legalize.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankPallone\/status\/1416893291602366466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cIt\u2019s past time that Congress take action to end the federal cannabis prohibition \u2013 a policy supported by a vast majority of Americans. We must also address the needs of communities that have been disproportionality harmed by the War on Drugs.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngieCraigMN\/status\/1416769717424070658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cAnother step toward legalization. I\u2019m excited to see my colleagues clearing the way for further research into cannabis and technology to detect impairment.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ STATES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/all-releases\/2021\/july\/headline-898865-en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Virginia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Gov. Ralph Northam (D) made appointments to the state\u2019s three new marijuana oversight bodies. Separately, the state <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkHerringVA\/status\/1417137909166231555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">attorney general<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oag.state.va.us\/our-office\/employment\/current-vacancies\/15-about\/careers\/2095-assistant-attorney-general-528c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hiring<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a dedicated cannabis attorney.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keloland.com\/news\/capitol-news-bureau\/lawmakers-panel-oks-revised-k-12-medical-cannabis-rules-for-south-dakota-public-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Dakota<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> legislature\u2019s Rules Review Committee approved medical cannabis rules for schools.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KSHouseDems\/status\/1417164879082008582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kansas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> House Democrats tweeted, \u201cHave you emailed your state senator about passing medical cannabis yet?\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/grownin.com\/2021\/07\/19\/il-regulator-says-medical-licenses-and-craft-grow-grow-space-still-to-be-clarified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illinois\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> top marijuana regulator spoke about plans to award new business licenses.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cannabislaw.report\/alert-department-of-cannabis-control-announces-regulatory-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">California<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators moved to consolidate marijuana regulations.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publicsafety.colorado.gov\/press-release\/colorado-division-of-criminal-justice-publishes-report-on-impacts-of-marijuana-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colorado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators published a report showing that youth marijuana use has not significantly changed since legalization, among other findings.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Police at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/state\/article\/Marijuana-no-longer-seized-at-airport-checkpoints-16323920.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> airports are reportedly no longer seizing marijuana, making arrests or issuing tickets for low-level possession for travelers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtoncitypaper.com\/article\/523452\/d-c-police-k9s-still-sniff-for-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> police still use dogs that are trained to detect marijuana, even though it has been legal in the city for years.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/WALCB\/bulletins\/2e84185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington State<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators are decommissioning a marijuana data dashboard at the end of this month.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalcannabis.utah.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CMC-Update-July-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Utah<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators sent an update about the medical cannabis program.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalmarijuana.ohio.gov\/News?articleID=286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ohio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators published updated medical cannabis patient and caregiver numbers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<strong>\u2014<br \/>\n<strong>Marijuana Moment is already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracking more than 1,100 cannabis, psychedelics and drug policy bills<\/a> in state legislatures and Congress this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon supporters<\/a> pledging at least $25\/month get access to our interactive maps, charts and hearing calendar so they don\u2019t miss any developments.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9128 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-63.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marijuana bill tracker<\/a> and become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporter on Patreon<\/a> to get access.<br \/>\n\u2014<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\/ LOCAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/denvergov\/accelerator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Denver, Colorado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> officials published guidance about the city\u2019s marijuana accelerator program.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jis.gov.jm\/protocols-in-place-for-processing-magic-mushrooms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jamaica\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> minister of agriculture and fisheries spoke about government rules for growing and processing psilocybin mushrooms.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ SCIENCE &amp; HEALTH<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A study found that recreational marijuana laws \u201cincrease adult marijuana use and reduce drug-related arrests over an average post-legalization window of three to four years,\u201d and \u201cthere is little evidence to suggest that RML-induced increases in marijuana consumption encourage the use of harder substances or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w29038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">violent criminal activity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A study of mice found that \u201cpsilocybin ameliorates <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0896627321004232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">stress-related behavioral deficit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d and \u201cincreases <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yale.edu\/2021\/07\/05\/psychedelic-spurs-growth-neural-connections-lost-depression\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">spine density<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and spine size in frontal cortical pyramidal cells.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION &amp; ANALYSIS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A poll found that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YouGovAmerica\/status\/1415374252887445508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Americans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> oppose the marijuana-related suspension of runner Sha\u2019Carri Richardson, 47 percent to 40 percent.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DemGovs\/status\/1417207502995869696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Democratic Governors Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> touted the legalization of marijuana as one of Illinois Gov. J.B. 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