{"id":50646,"date":"2021-10-20T02:13:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T10:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/10\/20\/senate-leaders-back-dc-cannabis-sales-bucking-biden-newsletter-october-20-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-10-20T13:46:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T21:46:07","slug":"senate-leaders-back-dc-cannabis-sales-bucking-biden-newsletter-october-20-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/10\/20\/senate-leaders-back-dc-cannabis-sales-bucking-biden-newsletter-october-20-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate leaders back DC cannabis sales, bucking Biden (Newsletter: October 20, 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-60.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\"> <\/p>\n<p><em>NY restricts workplace marijuana testing; SD lawmakers approve legalization proposal; CA cannabis environmental cleanup grants<\/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. It\u2019s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day.<\/p>\n<p>(function() {<br \/>\n\twindow.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || {<br \/>\n\t\tlisteners: [],<br \/>\n\t\tforms: {<br \/>\n\t\t\ton: function(evt, cb) {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\twindow.mc4wp.listeners.push(<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t{<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tevent   : evt,<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcallback: cb<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t);<br \/>\n\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t}<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n})();<br \/>\n<!-- Mailchimp for WordPress v4.8.6 - https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/mailchimp-for-wp\/ --><\/p>\n<div class=\"mc4wp-form-fields\">\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n\t<label>Email address: <\/label>&#013;<br \/>\n\t&#013;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n\t&#013;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><label>Leave this field empty if you&#8217;re human: <\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"mc4wp-response\" \/><!-- \/ Mailchimp for WordPress Plugin --><\/p>\n<p><b>Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Your good deed for the day:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> donate to an independent publisher like Marijuana Moment and ensure that as many voters as possible have access to the most in-depth cannabis reporting out there.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/democratic-senators-bill-would-let-dc-legalize-marijuana-sales-in-contrast-to-bidens-proposed-blockade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senate Appropriations Committee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> released FY2022 spending legislation that would finally let Washington, D.C. legalize marijuana sales\u2014in contravention of President Joe Biden\u2019s budget request. The House already signed off on eliminating the ban, and Democratic leaders plan to enact a final appropriations package by December 3,<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new Senate bills would also protect state medical cannabis laws from federal interference, call to reconsider policies that fire federal workers for marijuana and criticize Schedule I research roadblocks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/new-york-employers-cant-drug-test-most-workers-for-marijuana-state-announces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York\u2019s Department of Labor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> issued guidance saying that employers cannot drug test most workers for marijuana\u2014going so far as to say the odor of cannabis cannot be used to prove impairment on the job.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cObservable signs of use that do not indicate impairment on their own cannot be cited as an articulable symptom of impairment. Only symptoms that provide objectively observable indications that the employee\u2019s performance of the essential duties or tasks of their position are decreased or lessened may be cited.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/south-dakota-lawmakers-advance-marijuana-legalization-bill-as-activists-pursue-2022-ballot-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Dakota legislature\u2019s Adult-Use Marijuana Study Subcommittee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> approved a bill to legalize recreational cannabis. Activists don\u2019t necessarily trust that lawmakers will follow through and still plan to move forward with a plan to put another legalization initiative before voters next year.<\/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\/applications-are-open-for-marijuana-funded-california-cultivator-environmental-clean-up-grants-state-announces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">California Department of Fish and Wildlife<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will hold a workshop this week about a new grants program to help small marijuana cultivators with environmental clean-up and restoration. The funds come from cannabis tax revenue.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/19\/us\/politics\/trump-border.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former President Donald Trump<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reportedly planned to send 250,000 troops to the border and stage military raids against drug cartels inside Mexico until he was dissuaded from doing so by the secretary of defense.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1450260394472353795\" 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, \u201cThe federal prohibition on marijuana has disproportionately harmed young people of color. @SenBooker, @RonWyden, and I are working to pass our Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act to end the federal prohibition and undo the harms of 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\/NORML\/status\/1450171589287424007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> wrote about his support for federal marijuana law reform in a constituent letter.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/norton.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/norton-secures-major-victories-in-senate-dc-appropriations-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> sent a press release and posted a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EleanorNorton\/status\/1450523740954144778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tweet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> cheering the removal of a rider blocking Washington, D.C. from legalizing marijuana sales in newly released Senate appropriations legislation.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington State Democratic congressional candidate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CallForCongress\/status\/1450280629086482437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jason Call<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cLet it be known that the incumbent in my district has never supported federal legalization. To be sure, worse than that, he\u2019s voted at least 4 times to allow the DOJ to continue to prosecute people in states where cannabis has been legalized. Like my own state of WA.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The House bill to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/3617\/cosponsors?pageSort=lastToFirst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">deschedule marijuana and fund programs to repair drug war harms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> got 11 new cosponsors for a total of 87.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The House bill to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/841\/cosponsors?pageSort=lastToFirst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">allow CBD as a dietary supplement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> got one new cosponsor of a total of 31. <\/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:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieCrist\/status\/1450570170280333314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Florida<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, currently a congressman, tweeted, \u201c18 states have already legalized recreational marijuana \u2014 it\u2019s time Florida does too.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HalaAyala\/status\/1450257899478036481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Virginia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Hala Ayala, currently a delegate, highlighted marijuana legalization as a key accomplishment.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGKarlRacine\/status\/1450549040509341699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington, D.C.\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> attorney general tweeted, \u201cAfter 6 years of advocacy, I\u2019m glad to see Congress respecting the will of DC voters. I hope DC will soon be able to regulate our local marijuana market, direct new tax revenue to communities most impacted by over-criminalization, &amp; take steps to expunge related criminal records.\u201d The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChmnMendelson\/status\/1450487180850307078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Council chairman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cThis is a step in the right direction. We hope that, as the bill moves through the Senate, no rider language is inserted so we can honor the will of District voters and set up a safe, equitable recreational cannabis market.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canorml.org\/25th215\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">California\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> attorney general and other officials will participate in a conference commemorating the 25th anniversary of the state\u2019s medical cannabis law on November 5.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/interview-assembly-speaker-robin-vos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wisconsin\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Assembly speaker said he supports medical cannabis but does not support recreational marijuana legalization \u201cat this time.\u201d (About 18:00 into the audio.)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/news\/2021\/10\/pa-house-democratic-leader-says-voting-rights-bill-tops-her-wish-list.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pennsylvania\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> House minority leader said marijuana legalization bills don\u2019t yet have enough momentum to pass.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chairwoman of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahEMcBride\/status\/1449930189245403136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Delaware\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Senate Health &amp; Social Services Committee said she is eager to hold a hearing on a marijuana legalization bill if it can clear the House.<\/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.chicagotribune.com\/marijuana\/illinois\/ct-illinois-marijuana-lawsuits-consolidation-20211019-xof7g7r7jzd2tenrld4vjgb5sm-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illinois<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Supreme Court ordered the consolidation of various lawsuits challenging regulators\u2019 marijuana business licensing award processes.<\/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:\/\/rapidcityjournal.com\/news\/local\/department-of-health-recommends-medical-cannabis-rule-revisions\/article_53a1c611-3dac-542f-ac73-dfd4d0b6ed2b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Dakota<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> legislature\u2019s Rules Review Committee will consider newly revised medical cannabis regulations on Monday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SenatorAgard\/posts\/414333230064997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wisconsin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> senator who is sponsoring a marijuana legalization bill held a virtual roundtable meeting about the issue.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njcourts\/status\/1450485929211097088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Jersey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> judge pointed out that the legalization of marijuana is reducing the number of required court appearances.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leg.state.nv.us\/Register\/2021Register\/R026-21P.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nevada<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators proposed rules on cannabis weighing and measuring.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1LrYlUMeR9b3eQNM1kwOkmWnyZPPzNFMV\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colorado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators are forming a work group on cannabis cross pollination.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalmarijuana.ohio.gov\/Documents\/Dispensaries\/Dispensary%20Applications%20-%20RFA%20II\/Dispensary%20Applications%20-%20RFA%20II\/First%20Q%20and%20A%20Responses.RFA%20II.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ohio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators published question and answer responses about medical cannabis dispensary license applications.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mtrevenue.gov\/cannabis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Montana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators will host a cannabis virtual listening session on Friday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/som\/0,4669,7-192-47796-570492--,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michigan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators will host a marijuana social equity education session on October 28.<\/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 1,200 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\/10\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-59.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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A policy by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.jhu.edu\/2021\/baltimores-no-prosecution-policy-for-low-level-drug-possession-and-prostitution-finds-almost-no-rearrests-for-serious-offenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baltimore, Maryland\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> district attorney not to prosecute minor drug possession and prostitution led to fewer new low-level drug and prostitution arrests, almost no rearrests for serious crimes for those who had charges dropped, and fewer 911 calls.<\/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:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.es\/entry\/regulacion-integral-cannabis-congreso-diputados-errejon-mas-pais_es_616ed4afe4b079111a4f6628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spain\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Congress rejected a marijuana legalization bill.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Western <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.wa.gov.au\/Parliament\/commit.nsf\/WCurrentNameNew\/0496E1B11C984DBD4825876D007EF670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Australia\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Parliament formed a Select Committee into Cannabis and Hemp.<\/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.philstar.com\/headlines\/2021\/10\/19\/2135257\/doj-release-some-info-war-drugs-cases-review-findings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Philippine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Department of Justice said it will make public information about certain killings in the nation\u2019s bloody \u201cwar on drugs.\u201d<\/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 case study appears to \u201cdemonstrate a possible benefit of \u2018CBD oil\u2019 intake that may have resulted in the observed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/casereports.bmj.com\/content\/14\/10\/e244195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tumour regression<\/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 rats found that \u201ccannabidiol at dose 10 mg\/kg bw exerts <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Velizar-Hadzhiminev\/publication\/355173719_Pneumothorax_associated_with_COVID-19_-_the_first_three_cases\/links\/61642183e7993f536cbf3b09\/Pneumothorax-associated-with-COVID-19-the-first-three-cases.pdf#page=164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">anxiolytic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> effect in a model of acute cold stress.\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\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoDakDems\/status\/1450537515471998984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Dakota Democratic Party<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cKristi Noem opposed medical cannabis. 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