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\n<\/span>Oklahoma activists<\/span><\/a> turned in what they say are more than enough signatures to place a marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)<\/span><\/a> filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would require the military to study the benefits of psilocybin and MDMA\u2014in addition to cannabis\u2014as alternatives to opioids for service members with PTSD, traumatic brain injury or severe pain.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Minnesota\u2019s House majority leader<\/span><\/a> said a new law allowing THC edibles was \u201cintentional\u201d\u2014despite some Republican lawmakers saying they didn\u2019t understand the bill when they voted for it\u2014and is a \u201cstep forward\u201d toward broader marijuana legalization.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Food and Drug Administration<\/span><\/a> is touting its role in surveilling retail shops\u2014including a CBD dispensary\u2014that were later raided by local law enforcement, leading to arrests of people \u201csuspected of promoting harmful and\/or detrimental drugs.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Drug Enforcement Administration<\/span><\/a> is being forced to hold a hearing on its proposal to ban five psychedelic compounds after it was flooded with comments against the move and the agency\u2019s own administrative law judge weighed in.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ FEDERAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre<\/span><\/a> said she was in the room when President Joe Biden read a handwritten letter from 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>The <\/span>Small Business Administration<\/span><\/a> is proposing to amend its small business size regulations to incorporate changes to the North American Industry Classification System that include categories for marijuana businesses. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cNational Marijuana Facts Week (NMFW) \u2013 raises awareness about the dangers of high-THC marijuana. Past and present use of marijuana at varying usage levels will raise red flags with DCSA CAS security clearance adjudicators.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)<\/span><\/a> spoke about his support for federal marijuana reform.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV)<\/span><\/a> posted an analysis of Second Amendment rights and marijuana.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Florida Democratic congressional candidate <\/span>Cindy Banyai<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cI support full cannabis decriminalization and expungement of records.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ STATES<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Guam\u2019s<\/span><\/a> attorney general is hosting a cannabis regulation roundtable on Friday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Virginia\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Senate president pro tempore subtweeted Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), saying, \u201cHey \u2018Big Sexy\u2019- you won\u2019t get boo\u2019d at parades if you start working on the issue many voters most care about- it\u2019s called CRT. Cannabis. Retail. Transactions.\u201d Separately, <\/span>regulators<\/span><\/a> sent an update on efforts to implement new legislation on cannabinoid-infused products.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Rhode Island<\/span><\/a> representative said she\u2019s skeptical the equity provisions in the new marijuana legalization law will live up to their promise.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mississippi<\/span><\/a> regulators began accepting medical cannabis dispensary license applications.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Illinois<\/span><\/a> regulators continue to face additional lawsuits challenging their marijuana business licensing award processes.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Uncertainty over <\/span>Florida<\/span><\/a> rules on medical cannabis recommendation fee sharing and telehealth meetings is causing frustration.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Maryland<\/span><\/a> medical cannabis regulators are hiring additional staff ahead of the potential legalization of recreational marijuana.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Alaska<\/span><\/a> regulators posted resources for people who use \u201ctoo much\u201d marijuana.<\/span>
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\/ LOCAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Missoula, Montana<\/span><\/a> City Council\u2019s Public Safety, Health and Operations Committee voted to table a proposed psychedelics decriminalization measure.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Detroit, Michigan<\/span><\/a> officials are being sued by a group of medical cannabis businesses that want to overturn the city\u2019s adult-use marijuana ordinance.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Argentina\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Supreme Court upheld medical cannabis cultivation rights.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Fiji\u2019s<\/span><\/a> attorney general and economy minister said the government is working on a hemp plan.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Indonesia\u2019s<\/span><\/a> National Narcotics Agency said it opposes legalizing marijuana.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Colombia\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Ministry of Justice touted the number of medical cannabis licenses the government has issued.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A study found that \u201ccrude cannabis extracts are more potent than mono-substances in inhibiting <\/span>SARS-CoV-2<\/span><\/a> entry.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A study found that \u201cpsilocybin microdosers demonstrate greater observed improvements in <\/span>mood and mental health<\/span><\/a> at one month relative to non-microdosing controls.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A poll of <\/span>Virginia likely voters<\/span><\/a> found that 13 percent think reforms like decriminalizing marijuana and ending the death penalty have made their community safer, 60 percent say there has been no change and 22 percent feel their communities are less safe.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ BUSINESS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Awakn Life Sciences Corp.<\/span><\/a> received UK government funding to support ketamine-assisted therapy for treating alcohol use disorder.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Anebulo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.<\/span><\/a> announced what it called positive results from a clinical trial of its drug aimed at reducing the symptoms of acute cannabinoid intoxication.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Auxly Cannabis Group Inc.<\/span><\/a> sold its Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada cannabis cultivation facility to a private buyer.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Illinois<\/span><\/a> retailers sold $126.8 million worth of recreational marijuana products in June.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ CULTURE<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Dr. Dre and Xzibit<\/span><\/a> reportedly prevailed in a lawsuit filed against them by three people who claimed the rappers reneged on a deal for the plaintiffs to own 14.5 percent of the Brass Knuckles cannabis company.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>John McEnroe<\/span><\/a> smoked marijuana on Bill Maher\u2019s podcast.<\/span><\/p>\n

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