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\n<\/span>Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ed Markey (D-MA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Cory Booker (D-NJ)<\/span><\/a> sent a letter slamming the Biden administration\u2019s \u201cextraordinarily disappointing\u201d stance on marijuana and urging the president to deschedule cannabis and issue mass pardons.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Congressional lawmakers<\/span><\/a> have filed at least 10 drug policy reform amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act\u2014covering everything from employment rights for military veterans who use marijuana to cannabis banking to the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D)<\/span><\/a> signed 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.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition<\/span><\/a> sent a letter urging the Biden administration to reinstate federal marijuana enforcement guidance. It\u2019s signed by current and former regulators from New York, Massachusetts, Oregon, Los Angeles and more.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Nebraska activists<\/span><\/a> say they\u2019ve collected the \u201craw\u201d number of signatures needed to qualify two medical cannabis initiatives for the November ballot but are scrambling to get 5,000 more ahead of Thursday\u2019s turn-in deadline to ensure enough petitions are valid.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ FEDERAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris<\/span><\/a> spoke to the wife 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>The <\/span>U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit<\/span><\/a> issued a stay on a judge\u2019s injunction that had blocked Nebraska officials from enforcing geographic requirements for ballot initiative signatures that medical cannabis activists said presented an undue hurdle to qualifying their reform measures.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Food and Drug Administration<\/span><\/a> and Juul agreed to put a court fight over the company\u2019s ability to market its products on hold while the government continues to review its e-cigarettes.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)<\/span><\/a> said there needs to be a conversation about marijuana\u2019s effects following a recent mass shooting, suggesting that it can cause psychosis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)<\/span><\/a> said narrow marijuana reform legislation has bipartisan potential.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA)<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cWow. @GavinNewsom refuses to suspend the gas tax but just cut the cannabis tax. Californians are struggling to afford their commutes to work. We should NOT be providing a marijuana tax holiday, we should provide a gas tax holiday.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ STATES<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Missouri<\/span><\/a> Gov. Mike Parson (R) explained his veto of a kratom regulation bill at a press conference.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>New Jersey<\/span><\/a> completed phasing out its sales tax on medical cannabis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Massachusetts\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Senate president said she is hopeful that lawmakers can finalize cannabis equity legislation by the end of the session. A <\/span>conference committee<\/span><\/a> will hold a meeting on the issue on Thursday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>California<\/span><\/a> regulators are providing notice of modifications to proposed rulemaking to permanently adopt consolidated marijuana rules.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mississippi<\/span><\/a> regulators filed medical cannabis dispensary rules.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Florida<\/span><\/a> regulators filed rules on fining and suspending medical cannabis laboratories.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Virginia<\/span><\/a> regulators are accepting comments on proposed medical cannabis processing business rules.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Kentucky\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee held a town hall meeting.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>New York<\/span><\/a> regulators have received 14 marijuana processor license applications within a week.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Washington State<\/span><\/a> regulators approved rulemaking on replacing the term \u201cmarijuana\u201d with \u201ccannabis\u201d and adopted rules on <\/span>electronic transmission<\/span><\/a> of documents for service and filing.<\/span>
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\/ LOCAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Elgin, Texas<\/span><\/a> City Council <\/span>voted<\/span><\/a> to place a marijuana decriminalization initiative on the November ballot rather than enact the reform immediately.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Milwaukee County, Wisconsin<\/span><\/a> supervisors are pushing to place a nonbinding advisory question about marijuana legalization on the November ballot.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Jackson County, Oregon<\/span><\/a> Board of Commissioners is considering a proposal to ban psilocybin services businesses in unincorporated areas.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Kalamazoo, Michigan<\/span><\/a> City Council is considering a plan to create a cannabis chamber.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Denver, Colorado<\/span><\/a> officials sent a reminder about marijuana advertising and consumption rules ahead of 7\/10.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Belize<\/span><\/a> will hold a referendum on cannabis after churches collected enough signatures to challenge reform legislation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Italian<\/span><\/a> government\u2019s Presidency of the Council of Ministers suggested decriminalizing cannabis home cultivation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The head of the Royal <\/span>Thai<\/span><\/a> Police issued an order banning law enforcement officers from smoking cannabis at police stations and saying that people coming to such facilities smelling of marijuana will be prosecuted. Separately, the <\/span>education minister<\/span><\/a> reiterated that cannabis is banned at schools.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Israeli<\/span><\/a> police reportedly told authorities at Ben Gurion Airport to stop medical cannabis shipments.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A study found that \u201cartisanal cannabidiol-enriched cannabis may be an effective and safe long-term treatment for <\/span>refractory epilepsy<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A study found that \u201cLSD treatment enhanced performance in a novel object recognition task in rats, and in a <\/span>visuo-spatial memory<\/span><\/a> task in humans.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>United Food and Commercial Workers union Local 360<\/span><\/a> endorsed a New Jersey psilocybin legalization bill.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Fox News host <\/span>Laura Ingraham<\/span><\/a> did another segment attempting to blame mass shootings on marijuana.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ BUSINESS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Akerna Corp.<\/span><\/a> closed a $10 million public offering.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Hightimes Holding Corp.<\/span><\/a> entered into an agreement to acquire The Mezz cannabis consumption lounge in West Hollywood, California.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Charlotte\u2019s Web Holdings, Inc.<\/span><\/a> said its full-spectrum hemp extract product was approved by the UK\u2019s Food Standards Agency.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Many cannabis businesses are struggling to secure <\/span>retirement savings plans<\/span><\/a> for their employees due to ongoing federal prohibition.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>New Mexico<\/span><\/a> retailers sold nearly $38 million worth of legal marijuana products in June.<\/span><\/p>\n

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