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CO psychedelic ballot sigs submitted; Congress pushes psilocybin review & hemp as plastic alternative; LA gov signs marijuana employment protections<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>The <\/span>House Appropriations Committee<\/span><\/a> is calling for a review of psilocybin policies, pushing for hemp as an alternative to Chinese plastics and advocating that researchers be able to study marijuana from dispensaries. The panel also defeated an amendment to scale back protections for TV and radio stations that run cannabis ads.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>House Appropriations Committee<\/span><\/a> will vote on an amendment to protect all state, territory and tribal cannabis laws from federal interference on Tuesday, Marijuana Moment has learned.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Rahul Gupta<\/span><\/a>\u2014informally known as the \u201cdrug czar\u201d\u2014acknowledged that \u201ccannabis can be efficacious\u201d in treating chronic pain and that current marijuana laws \u201chave not worked.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Colorado activists<\/span><\/a> turned in what they say are more than enough signatures to put a measure to legalize psychedelics and create a system of licensed psilocybin \u201chealing centers\u201d on the November ballot.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D)<\/span><\/a> signed a bill to protect most state workers from being subject to \u201cnegative employment consequences\u201d due to legal medical cannabis use.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>California State Fair<\/span><\/a> unveiled the winners of its first-ever state-sanctioned marijuana competition, awarding 60 trophies and medals to businesses whose products were judged based on lab testing for quality and cannabinoid profiles.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Customs and Border Protection<\/span><\/a> settled a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit over internal documents about its policy on Canadian cannabis industry participants\u2019 admissibility to the country.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>House of Representatives<\/span><\/a> passed a resolution <\/span>calling<\/span><\/a> for the release of American basketball player Brittney Griner, who is being detained in Russia after allegedly being caught with cannabis vapes at an airport.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)<\/span><\/a> sent a press release touting the lack of a rider blocking Washington, D.C. from legalizing recreational marijuana sales in a spending bill that cleared a House committee.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN)<\/span><\/a> said he opposes \u201cbroad legalization\u201d of marijuana and that there\u2019s \u201cvery few\u201d medical conditions that cannabis can help but that it should perhaps be rescheduled to Schedule II to make it easier to research.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>California<\/span><\/a> lawmakers are considering budget legislation that would eliminate the marijuana cultivation tax and maintain a current 15 percent excise tax for three years.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a> senator said he thinks the state will legalize marijuana by 2024.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>An <\/span>Alaska<\/span><\/a> senator said he will reintroduce a bill to shield marijuana conviction records next session.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Montana<\/span><\/a> regulators proposed changes to rules on the makeup of the Hemp Advisory Committee.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Michigan<\/span><\/a> regulators published an advisory bulletin on medical cannabis business licensing and renewal fees.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Oklahoma<\/span><\/a> regulators posted an overview of medical cannabis legislation that passed this session.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Vermont<\/span><\/a> regulators will begin accepting applications for all marijuana manufacturing license tiers, as well as for wholesalers, on Friday.<\/span>
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\/ LOCAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Denver, Colorado<\/span><\/a> officials launched a marijuana social equity technical assistance program.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime\u2019s<\/span><\/a> World Drug Report 2022 <\/span>claims<\/span><\/a> that marijuana legalization is leading to more frequent use of cannabis, including highly potent products.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Spanish<\/span><\/a> Congress\u2019s Health and Consumer Affairs Committee approved medical cannabis legislation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>UK\u2019s<\/span><\/a> secretary of state for health and social care responded to a lawmaker\u2019s question about rescheduling psilocybin.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russia<\/span><\/a> banned several Canadian cannabis and drug policy reform activists from entering the country.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The attorney general of the <\/span>Bahamas<\/span><\/a> said the government intends to enact medical cannabis and hemp legislation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A study demonstrated that \u201ccannabidiol is a viable therapy to treat prostate cancer cells, in combination with silencing of RBBP6,\u201d suggesting that \u201ccannabidiol rather Cannabis sativa extract may play an important role in <\/span>reducing cancer progression<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A review of research on ketamine-assisted psychotherapy concluded that \u201cit is apparent that combined treatments can, in specific circumstances, initiate and prolong clinically significant reductions in <\/span>pain, anxiety, and depressive symptoms,<\/span><\/a> while encouraging rapport and treatment engagement, and promoting abstinence in patients addicted to other substances.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A poll of <\/span>New Zealand adults<\/span><\/a> found that 61 percent support decriminalizing drugs.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>National Association of Broadcasters<\/span><\/a> cheered the advancement of a spending bill provisions to protect radio and TV stations that aid marijuana ads from being punished by the Federal Communications Commission.<\/span>
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\n<\/b>The Flowr Corporation<\/span><\/a> eliminated 40 percent of its workforce.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Jushi Holdings Inc.\u2019s<\/span><\/a> CEO purchased an additional 100,000 shares, bringing his total ownership of the company to 16.9 percent.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The trial of American basketball player <\/span>Brittney Griner<\/span><\/a>, who is being detained in Russia after allegedly being caught with cannabis vapes at an airport, will start on July 1.<\/span>
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