{"id":50667,"date":"2021-10-21T02:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/10\/21\/usps-says-hemp-and-cbd-vapes-are-banned-from-the-mail-newsletter-october-21-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-10-21T13:46:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:46:17","slug":"usps-says-hemp-and-cbd-vapes-are-banned-from-the-mail-newsletter-october-21-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/10\/21\/usps-says-hemp-and-cbd-vapes-are-banned-from-the-mail-newsletter-october-21-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS says hemp and CBD vapes are banned from the mail (Newsletter: October 21, 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-64.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\"> <\/p>\n<p><em>FDA will use Reddit to learn about CBD &amp; delta-8; Top Mexican senator: marijuana vote soon; Activist apes erect monolith at DEA headquarters<\/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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But it takes a lot of work and resources to make this happen. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you value Marijuana Moment, invest in our success on Patreon so we can expand our coverage and more readers can benefit: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><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\/usps-releases-final-rule-banning-mailing-of-hemp-cbd-and-marijuana-vapes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. Postal Service<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> released its final rule to implement a ban on shipping vaping devices, and it clarified that hemp, CBD and marijuana vapes are generally not mailable\u2014even if the products are federally legal.<\/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\/fda-will-search-reddit-to-learn-about-effects-of-cbd-and-emerging-cannabinoids-like-delta-8-thc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Food and Drug Administration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> announced a plan to search Reddit and additional \u201cnovel\u201d data sources to better understand the health effects of CBD and other marijuana-derived compounds like delta-8 THC \u201cin real-time.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/top-mexican-senator-says-marijuana-legalization-bill-may-be-taken-up-within-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mexico\u2019s Senate president<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> said lawmakers will finally pass a marijuana legalization bill \u201cin the coming weeks or months\u201d because there\u2019s \u201cno longer room for the prohibitionist policy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are the Mexico of freedoms, and the people are aware of it.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/activist-apes-erect-2001-pound-monolith-in-front-of-dea-headquarters-demanding-feds-evolve-on-drug-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Activists dressed as apes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> erected a 2,001-pound monolith in front of Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters to urge the agency to \u201cevolve\u201d from its drug war mindset\u2014a play on Stanley Kubrick\u2019s classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey.<\/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:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/radio\/weekly-features\/2021-10-19\/old-crop-making-new-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> released new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/radio\/weekly-features\/2021-10-19\/usda-conducting-first-major-survey-hemp-producers-decades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">podcasts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about hemp.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drugcaucus.senate.gov\/hearings\/fighting-for-iowans-examining-drug-control-prevention-and-treatment-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control Co-chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> asked witnesses at a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8iufspscJOM&amp;t=1h21m21s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hearing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> if the U.S. has \u201clost the war on marijuana.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtnh.com\/on-air\/thisweekinconnecticut\/this-week-in-ct-senator-chris-murphy-walks-from-enfield-to-new-haven-for-his-yearly-walk-across-connecticut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> said there\u2019s momentum behind marijuana reform at the state level and \u201cit\u2019s a matter of time\u201d before it is federally legalized, though there needs to be action on cannabis banking \u201cright now.\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\/841\/cosponsors?loclr=cga-bill&amp;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 for a total of 32.<\/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\/2932\/cosponsors?loclr=cga-bill&amp;pageSort=lastToFirst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">require the Department of Veterans Affairs to study medical cannabis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> got one new cosponsor for a total of two.<\/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.nj.gov\/governor\/news\/news\/562021\/approved\/20211018d.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Jersey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed a bill to ease restrictions on owning and investing in minority-, women- and veteran-owned medical cannabis businesses.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdacs.gov\/News-Events\/Press-Releases\/2021-Press-Releases\/Commissioner-Nikki-Fried-Calls-for-Investigation-into-State-Discrimination-Against-Black-Farmers-Seeking-Medical-Marijuana-Licenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Florida<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, currently the agriculture commissioner, called for a state investigation into a new medical cannabis rule issued by regulators that she says creates financial and regulatory burdens that only apply to black farmers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCranley\/status\/1450887061364424710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ohio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Cranley, currently Cincinnati\u2019s mayor, tweeted, \u201cInstead of criminalizing marijuana we should legalize it and invest that money back into our communities. My plan will tax marijuana and use the revenue to create 30,000 jobs per year that pay a minimum of $60,000 per year to build the vital infrastructure that Ohio needs.\u201d<\/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.facebook.com\/groups\/9163424085\/permalink\/10158894773819086\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Hampshire<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted to send marijuana legalization bills to interim study, delaying their consideration.<\/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.supertalk.fm\/senator-kevin-blackwell-details-latest-changes-to-medical-marijuana-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mississippi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> senator detailed new changes in the latest version of a draft medical cannabis bill.<\/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\/bethanybump\/status\/1450820000948883459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> senator slammed the New York Post for its alarmist reporting about a new law that decriminalizes syringes.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscn.net\/dockets\/GetCaseInformation.aspx?db=appellate&amp;number=MA-119927&amp;cmid=131429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oklahoma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> activist filed a court challenge against other activists\u2019 proposed marijuana legalization and medical cannabis ballot initiatives.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mdard\/0,4610,7-125--570886--,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michigan\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Department of Agriculture and Rural Development sent a press release urging farmers to participate in a federal hemp survey.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mtrevenue.gov\/?mdocs-file=59813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Montana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators proposed marijuana rules and will hold a public hearing on November 16.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doa.la.gov\/media\/4qjjkzvx\/2110.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Louisiana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators proposed changes to medical cannabis cultivation rules.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/-\/media\/DMHAS\/ADPC\/Presentations\/ADPC-Cannabis-Workgroup-Recommendation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connecticut<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators proposed recommendations for a public education campaign about marijuana.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keloland.com\/news\/capitol-news-bureau\/s-d-officials-hire-vendor-to-provide-internet-registry-for-medical-cannabis-cards-licenses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Dakota<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators issued a contract to a company to manage the state\u2019s medical cannabis patient and business registration system.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/masscannabiscontrol.com\/applicants-licensees\/frequently-asked-questions\/#medical-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Massachusetts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators posted a medical cannabis FAQ.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><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-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><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.youtube.com\/watch?v=TmAR_f02dDY&amp;t=20m8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government will explore ways to reduce barriers to research on psilocybin and other drugs.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.ch\/20211019\/switzerland-to-legalise-cannabis-production-and-usage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Switzerland\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Social Security and Health Commission of the Council of States recommended that the country legalize marijuana.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/costa-rica-congress-approves-legalization-marijuana-medicinal-use-2021-10-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Costa Rica\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Congress approved a bill to legalize medical cannabis.<\/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\/20\/2135458\/doj-review-finds-lapses-drug-war-ops-commonly-punished-suspension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Philippine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Department of Justice released information about 50 deadly operations 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 study found that \u201cabout half of participants who ever used CBD for pain reported improved pain, and many <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1553465021008955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">substitute CBD for pain medications<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> including opioids and benzodiazepines.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A case study suggested \u201ca significant analgesic effect of cannabis in the treatment of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpccr.eu\/Significant-reduction-of-symptomatic-headache-by-medical-marijuana-Case-report,142773,0,2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">symptomatic headaches<\/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><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 of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.n-tv.de\/politik\/Knapp-ein-Drittel-ist-fuer-Cannabis-Freigabe-article22874275.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">German citizens<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> found that 30 percent support legalizing marijuana and 59 percent back medical cannabis.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/afc709c0889d\/nikolas-cruz-blames-marijuana-and-drugs-for-many-problems-we-agree-1760662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Americans Against Legalizing Marijuana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> highlighted the fact that Nikolas Cruz, who pleaded guilty to committing the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said he believes \u201cthis country would do better if everyone would stop smoking marijuana and doing all these drugs\u201d during <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/1450867729704030222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">remarks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in court.<\/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:\/\/mississippitoday.org\/2021\/10\/20\/anti-marijuana-groups-lobby-special-session-hangs-in-balance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Family Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is working to dissuade Mississippi lawmakers from passing a medical cannabis bill.<\/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.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/open-letter-to-justin-trudeau-prioritizing-drug-policy-for-incoming-cabinet-members\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">HIV Legal Network, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs and other groups<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> sent a letter urging Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to prioritize drug policy reform in mandates to his new Cabinet.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ BUSINESS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2021\/10\/20\/2317236\/0\/en\/HEXO-Announces-Scott-Cooper-as-President-CEO.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">HEXO Corp<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has a new CEO.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2021\/10\/19\/2316316\/0\/en\/COMPASS-Pathways-is-granted-new-US-patent-for-crystalline-psilocybin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">COMPASS Pathways 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