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\n<\/span>A <\/span>coalition including local chapters of the NAACP and ACLU<\/span><\/a> is urging Rhode Island lawmakers to legalize cannabis by the end of the year. Sponsors of competing House and Senate bills told Marijuana Moment that negotiations to reconcile their plans and the governor\u2019s separate proposal are going well.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>U.S. Navy veteran<\/span><\/a> who was deported over marijuana has been allowed to return to the U.S. and reunite with his family following an effort from members of Congress to press the Biden administration for relief.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>chairman of Mexico\u2019s Senate Justice Committee<\/span><\/a> said lawmakers will again take up the issue of marijuana legalization in the new session that\u2019s starting on Wednesday. The nation\u2019s Supreme Court recently overturned criminalization after the legislature missed deadlines.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Denver, Colorado activists<\/span><\/a> who successfully passed a ballot measure to decriminalize psilocybin are now planning a push to expand the law to protect gifting of the psychedelic as well as communal ceremonies involving its use.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ FEDERAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>President Joe Biden<\/span><\/a> issued a proclamation declaring September to be National Recovery Month.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Customs and Border Protection<\/span><\/a> said its \u201cagents and officers have seized more than 301,000lbs of marijuana during the first 10 months of FY21, including more than 19,000lbs during July alone.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)<\/span><\/a> tweeted about her drug decriminalization bill, saying, \u201cToday is International Overdose Awareness Day. 93,000 of our friends, family, neighbors were taken from us last year due to drug overdoses. The War on Drugs has failed the American people. It\u2019s time to end it\u2026 It\u2019s time to officially recognize this as a HEALTH crisis and treat it as such. By doing so we can [save] thousands of lives and prevent harm to the millions of families impacted by our draconian drug laws.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Indiana Democratic congressional candidate <\/span>John Stephens<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cIt\u2019s a great day for Cannabis legalization!\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>New York<\/span><\/a> Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) <\/span>said<\/span><\/a> she is ready to make appointments to the state\u2019s new marijuana regulatory body and <\/span>criticized<\/span><\/a> her predecessor for not doing so sooner. Those appointments will be processed in a special session she called for Wednesday, and she is <\/span>reportedly<\/span><\/a> picking a former Drug Policy Alliance staffer to be executive director of the Office of Cannabis Management. Separately, the <\/span>Assembly speaker<\/span><\/a> tweeted about <\/span>touring<\/span><\/a> a cannabis program facility at Farmingdale State College.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>New Mexico<\/span><\/a> Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) tweeted, \u201cWe\u2019re delivering for New Mexico!\u00a0 \"✅\" Legalized cannabis\u2026\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>California<\/span><\/a> lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) a bill to exempt marijuana that is grown under a Drug Enforcement Administration research production license from state regulations.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Texas<\/span><\/a> Democratic attorney general candidate Lee Merritt tweeted, \u201cI\u2019ll let you in on an open secret\u2013 Joe Biden is not going to be the president to end the drug war in black and brown communities. He\u2019s not going to be the president to champion police accountability or end the era of mass incarceration. It\u2019s on us.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Wisconsin<\/span><\/a> senator who is sponsoring a marijuana legalization bill sent a press release highlighting medical professional support for the policy change.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Michigan<\/span><\/a> regulators launched a Joint Ventures Pathway Program to connect marijuana social equity participants with existing businesses they can potentially partner with.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Massachusetts<\/span><\/a> regulators issued a final administrative order allowing required community outreach meetings for marijuana businesses to be conducted virtually.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Texas<\/span><\/a> regulators released a list of approved hemp processors.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ohio<\/span><\/a> regulators released updated medical cannabis patient and caregiver numbers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Colorado\u2019s<\/span><\/a> marijuana Science & Policy Workgroup will meet on Friday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Nevada<\/span><\/a> regulators will hold a public workshop on hemp rules on September 16.<\/span>
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\/ LOCAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Maricopa County, Arizona<\/span><\/a> Superior Court said it is seeing an average of 650 people per week filing petitions to expunge marijuana convictions.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Panama\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Congress approved a bill to regulate medical cannabis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>France\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Senate president tweeted, \u201cDecriminalizing cannabis as some advocate will not make the violence in Marseille go away. I am not in favor of it.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The secretary general of <\/span>Uruguay\u2019s<\/span><\/a> National Drug Board said the government is considering allowing tourists to buy legal marijuana.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Australian<\/span><\/a> government gave a researcher approval to collect and catalog psilocybin mushrooms.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The International Criminal Court Registry said an \u201coverwhelming\u201d number of victims of the bloody <\/span>Philippine<\/span><\/a> \u201cdrug war\u201d support an investigation into the issue.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A review concluded that \u201cbesides the palliative effects of cannabinoids, research from the past two decades has demonstrated their promising potential as <\/span>antitumor agents<\/span><\/a> in a wide variety of cancers.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A study of rats found that \u201ccannabidiol <\/span>reverses memory impairments<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Council for Federal Cannabis Regulation<\/span><\/a> appointed its first executive director.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ BUSINESS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Leafly<\/span><\/a> launched in-app ordering on its iOs app.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A federal judge approved lawyers for <\/span>Aurora Cannabis Inc.<\/span><\/a> investors who are suing the company for allegedly making misleading statements.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A former <\/span>Eaze Technologies Inc.<\/span><\/a> consultant convicted of defrauding banks into processing cannabis purchases got his $17.2 million forfeiture judgement reduced to $103,750.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Optimi Health Corp.<\/span><\/a> has a new CEO.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc.<\/span><\/a> avoided consolidated class action lawsuits from shareholders for now under a federal judge\u2019s ruling.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ CULTURE<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Musician <\/span>Kacey Musgraves<\/span><\/a> took a guided psilocybin trip as she wrote her new album.<\/span><\/p>\n

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