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\n<\/span>A group of <\/span>researchers and other advocates associated with prohibitionist organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana<\/span><\/a> sent a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to bring a House-passed cannabis science bill to the floor for a vote without further delay.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/span><\/a> will soon be sued by a New Mexico man who says the agency improperly confiscated and destroyed medical cannabis plants he was growing on tribal land.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation\u2019s new 2022 Annual Cannabis Report<\/span><\/a> shows a glaring lack of diversity among marijuana business owners\u2014though the state says it\u2019s taking steps to address it with new conditional dispensary licenses for social equity applicants.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A new poll found that <\/span>76 percent of Washington, D.C. likely voters<\/span><\/a> oppose a crackdown on unregulated \u201cgifting\u201d marijuana businesses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>New Jersey regulators\u2019<\/span><\/a> guidance preventing workers from being punished for positive marijuana tests alone has left remaining confusion among employers, along with concerns about potential litigation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ FEDERAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>According to a source, <\/span>former President Donald Trump\u2019s political action committee<\/span><\/a> sent a fundraising email with a survey on whether people who sell illegal drugs should face the death penalty.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Food and Drug Administration<\/span><\/a> hired former Cannabis Regulators Association head Norman Birenbaum to advance the agency\u2019s \u201cefforts related to research and regulation of cannabis.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Former White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway<\/span><\/a> appeared to try to connect a cannabis flag hung by Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman, currently the lieutenant governor, to rising drug overdose deaths.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Congressional Research Service<\/span><\/a> noted unsuccessful efforts in California to establish a public bank to serve the cannabis industry.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN)<\/span><\/a> voiced cautious support for pending legislation to seal certain marijuana conviction records.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR)<\/span><\/a> reiterated his call for the federal government to help combat illegal marijuana cultivation in Oregon.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ STATES<\/b>
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\n<\/span>New Mexico<\/span><\/a> Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) touted state economic development investments in several businesses, including a cannabis testing company.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Iowa<\/span><\/a> Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deidre DeJear said legalizing marijuana is \u201ca matter of public safety and regulating this the way that we regulate alcohol.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Guam\u2019s<\/span><\/a> attorney general released a campaign ad suggesting that his opponent would undermine the territory\u2019s marijuana legalization law, tweeting, \u201cCannabis is on the ballot. No matter what your personal views are on cannabis, medicinal and adult use cannabis are now legal in Guam. As attorney general, I have respected that choice.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Idaho<\/span><\/a> Republican attorney general candidate Raul Labrador, a former congressman, said he does not support legalizing marijuana or other drugs.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a> senator sent a press release about the cannabis conference he hosted.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Colorado<\/span><\/a> regulators posted proposed marijuana <\/span>rules<\/span><\/a> changes that will be considered at a <\/span>hearing<\/span><\/a> on Friday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Arizona<\/span><\/a> regulators filed revised marijuana rules.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Maryland<\/span><\/a> regulators removed a pre-employment drug testing requirement for medical cannabis business workers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Oregon<\/span><\/a> regulators approved marijuana business violation stipulated settlement agreements.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>California<\/span><\/a> Department of Public Health\u2019s Food and Drug Branch is accepting applications and fees for manufacturing in-state industrial hemp products and extracts.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>New York<\/span><\/a> regulators published a medical cannabis home cultivation guide.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Oklahoma<\/span><\/a> regulators will host a veterans medical cannabis roundtable on Thursday.<\/span>
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\/ LOCAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Wauwatosa, Wisconsin<\/span><\/a> Common Council rejected a proposal to reduce the fine for marijuana possession to $1.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Los Angeles, California<\/span><\/a> regulators issued updated marijuana rules.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A federal judge set aside <\/span>New York City\u2019s<\/span><\/a> victory in a trademark lawsuit against a man who used cannabis-related versions of the city\u2019s logos on clothing.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Colombian<\/span><\/a> President Gustavo Petro said he wants to institute a \u201cphased decriminalization\u201d of drugs.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>International Criminal Court<\/span><\/a> prosecutor is rejecting the Philippine government\u2019s request not to resume its probe of the former administration\u2019s bloody \u201cwar on drugs.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Australia\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Therapeutic Goods Administration fined three medicinal cannabis companies nearly $1 million for alleged unlawful advertising.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A review concluded that \u201cboth in vitro and in vivo studies indicate that cannabidiol appears promising in the treatment and prevention of <\/span>Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A case study of a woman who used medical cannabis and psychedelics indicated \u201cthe potential therapeutic utility of such adjunctive pharmacological interventions in an individual with <\/span>metastatic breast cancer<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Indiana Democratic Party<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cThere\u2019s no need for a debate. Legal marijuana will be a win-win for the state\u2019s economy and Hoosiers\u2019 future.\u00a0 A vote for @INDems is a vote to legalize cannabis across Indiana.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States<\/span><\/a> noted in a report to Congress that it approved a resolution supporting \u201cfederally funded research of Medical Cannabis for veterans being treated by Department of Veterans Affairs\u201d and stating that \u201cveterans who use state approved marijuana programs should not forfeit their Second Amendment rights.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Brookings Institution<\/span><\/a> analyzed the marijuana policy positions of congressional candidates.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Cannabis Media Council<\/span><\/a> is a new organization that seeks to \u201ctap the power of mainstream media to drive education and acceptance of the plant.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ BUSINESS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Canopy Growth Corporation<\/span><\/a> is divesting from the cannabis retail business in Canada, including its stores operating under the Tweed and Tokyo Smoke names.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ten publicly traded multistate cannabis companies<\/span><\/a> collectively owe more than half a billion dollars in federal tax debts, according to Green Market Report analysis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc.<\/span><\/a> announced new efforts to support marijuana expungements.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Trulieve<\/span><\/a> is being sued for allegedly sending unsolicited marketing text messages without permission.<\/span><\/p>\n

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