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DC approves medical marijuana self-certify without doctors; WA drug decrim effort stalls; Nancy Mace talks legalization; FL awards student hemp essays<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/a>\/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>House Appropriations Committee<\/span><\/a> approved an amendment to protect all state, territory and tribal marijuana programs from federal interference.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Washington, D.C. Council<\/span><\/a> passed a bill to let people self-certify as medical cannabis patients, without a doctor\u2019s recommendation\u2014effectively circumventing Congress\u2019s rider blocking the legalization of recreational marijuana sales in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC)<\/span><\/a> spoke to Marijuana Moment about what it means that she prevailed in her Republican primary despite attacks over her cannabis reform advocacy\u2014and what comes next for her legalization bill in Congress.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Washington State activists<\/span><\/a> are giving up on an effort to place a drug decriminalization initiative on the November ballot\u2014even as a new poll shows strong voter support for the measure.\u00a0 Their focus now is on pressuring lawmakers to act in 2023.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried<\/span><\/a>\u2014also a Democratic gubernatorial candidate\u2014announced the winners of a state student essay contest on hemp innovation. The 5th-to-11th-grade entrants were asked to come up with new hemp-based inventions.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Great Falls, Montana\u2019s<\/span><\/a> ban on recreational marijuana businesses is being challenged with a new lawsuit.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ FEDERAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Officials with the <\/span>Congressional Budget Office and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality<\/span><\/a> spoke on a panel about \u201cthe relationship between recreational marijuana laws and use of opioids.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Customs and Border Protection<\/span><\/a> touted that it seized more than 99,000 pounds of marijuana during the first eight months of Fiscal Year 22.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cThere\u2019s no reason why marijuana should be more heavily regulated than oxycontin, an opioid that has killed tens of thousands of Americans.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN)<\/span><\/a> tweeted about a new Minnesota law on cannabis products, saying, \u201cThese regulations provide important legal clarity for both small businesses producing cannabis products and for the consumers using them. We still need to legalize it \u2013 but, in the meantime, these are important first steps.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ STATES<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Kansas<\/span><\/a> Gov. Laura Kelley (D) and the state attorney general are being sued by delta-8 THC seller who says state law is being \u201cintentionally misapplied\u201d to prosecute businesses like his.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>North Carolina<\/span><\/a> House of Representatives tabled an amendment to keep hemp legal after the current expiration date passes at the end of this month.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>New Jersey<\/span><\/a> Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee <\/span>approved<\/span><\/a> a bill to allow small cannabis businesses to qualify for state economic incentives.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>California<\/span><\/a> Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office published an annual report on tax exemptions for donations of medicinal cannabis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>New York<\/span><\/a> regulators began accepting applications for conditional adult-use marijuana processor business licenses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Colorado<\/span><\/a> regulators published a bulletin about a Drug Enforcement Administration letter on the legality of cannabis seeds.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Connecticut<\/span><\/a> regulators will consider medical cannabis issues at a meeting on July 22.<\/span>
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\/ LOCAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>San Diego County, California<\/span><\/a> Board of Supervisors voted to put a marijuana business tax measure on the November ballot.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>New York City<\/span><\/a> Council\u2019s Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection held a <\/span>hearing<\/span><\/a> on the cannabis licensing process.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Here\u2019s a look at the implementation of a <\/span>New Orleans, Louisiana<\/span><\/a> policy to pardon marijuana convictions.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Pakistan\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Ministry of Science and Technology is forming an authority to regulate cannabis farming. The <\/span>secretary<\/span><\/a> of the ministry said the country can generate $8 billion in revenue within four years with the crop.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Indonesian<\/span><\/a> lawmakers are considering legalizing medical cannabis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Guernsey\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Home Affairs Committee president is voicing concerns about cannabis reform.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A study found that \u201cCBD and CBG are effective <\/span>anti-cancer agents<\/span><\/a> against [cholangiocarcinoma], capable of inhibiting the classic hallmarks of cancer.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A study concluded that \u201calthough no significant association was observed between cannabis use and respiratory-related ER visits or hospitalisations, the risk of an equally important morbidity outcome, all-cause <\/span>ER visit or hospitalisation<\/span><\/a>, was significantly greater among cannabis users than among control individuals.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Leafly<\/span><\/a> analysis suggests that the reported phenomenon of fentanyl-laced marijuana is a \u201cmyth.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ BUSINESS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Canopy Growth Corporation<\/span><\/a> reached a settlement in a lawsuit that R\u00e9my Cointreau filed against the company over its Quatreau line of beverages.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ CULTURE<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Joy Behar<\/span><\/a> suggested that Russian officials may have planted cannabis vapes on American basketball player Brittney Griner.<\/span><\/p>\n

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