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\n<\/span>New York City\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Administration for Children\u2019s Services is reportedly still using marijuana as a basis for removing parental custody despite a prohibition on doing that in the state\u2019s legalization law.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Former <\/span>New Zealand<\/span><\/a> Prime Minister Helen Clark\u2019s foundation issued a report calling for a new health-focused approach to methamphetamine. Clark also authored an <\/span>op-ed<\/span><\/a> on the issue. The country\u2019s <\/span>acting health minister<\/span><\/a> replied by arguing that the government already has a health-based approach to drugs. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>Canadian<\/span><\/a> officials gave approval to a harm reduction organization to distribute medical cannabis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The police official who wrote London, <\/span>England\u2019s<\/span><\/a> drug strategy is being accused of smoking marijuana on a daily basis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A video of a man claiming that he smoked marijuana with a <\/span>Nigerian<\/span><\/a> presidential candidate\u2019s spokesperson is going viral in the country.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A study found \u201cassociations between CBD use and improvements in patient\u2019s <\/span>arthritis symptoms<\/span><\/a> and reductions in other medications.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A study revealed \u201cevidence for the therapeutic efficacy of CBD oil and CBG oil, where both oils <\/span>ameliorate pain and inflammation<\/span><\/a>, and improve gait and locomotor activity in [osteoarthritis] mice, representing clinical pain and function.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Oklahoma Democratic and Republican Party leaders<\/span><\/a> all said that having a marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot would likely help Democratic candidates.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>AFL-CIO\u2019s<\/span><\/a> president included the cannabis industry in a list of sectors where labor organizers are seeing gains, noting, however, that she often hears \u201ca little snicker\u201d when she mentions it.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A National Labor Relations Board hearing officer found that <\/span>Amazon <\/span><\/a>\u201cfailed to establish\u201d that union organizers at a Staten Island, New York facility improperly gave out marijuana to win support from workers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.<\/span><\/a> acquired a property in Webster, Massachusetts and entered into a lease agreement for it with a subsidiary of Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Weedmaps<\/span><\/a> published a white paper on labor union organizing in the cannabis industry.<\/span>
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