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\n<\/span><\/a>\/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW<\/b>
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\n<\/span>President Joe Biden and other White House officials<\/span><\/a> celebrated Connecticut\u2019s move to clear tens of thousands of marijuana conviction records following his own federal cannabis pardons proclamation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Lawmakers and advocates are cheering <\/span>Brittney Griner\u2019s being freed from Russian detention<\/span><\/a> for cannabis vapes, but they\u2019re also pushing President Joe Biden to do more to free other Americans who are still jailed for marijuana in Russia and at home in the U.S.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Missouri\u2019s voter-approved marijuana legalization law<\/span><\/a> officially took effect\u2014but the complicated expungements provisions are causing confusion among courts officials. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>federal judge partially granted the Department of Justice\u2019s<\/span><\/a> latest contested request for a delay to respond in a case on safe consumption sites for illegal drugs\u2014giving a one-month extension rather than the two months it sought.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Activists in Harker Heights, Texas<\/span><\/a> are collecting signatures to reverse the City Council\u2019s repeal of a voter-approved marijuana decriminalization ballot initiative. Meanwhile, the Killeen City Council signed off on a cannabis decriminalization measure that voters passed there\u2014with one change.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>As Congress stalls on passing marijuana banking legislation, a <\/span>new report from StoptheDrugWar.org<\/span><\/a> analyzes a recent spate of robberies at cannabis dispensaries in Washington State, showing that \u201ccash dominates as the target.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ FEDERAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>National Cancer Institute<\/span><\/a> tweeted about \u201cfunding opportunity announcements (FOAs) to address knowledge gaps and build an evidence base regarding #cannabis and cannabinoid use during #CancerTreatment.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Several senators<\/span><\/a> spoke about the prospects for cannabis banking legislation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA)<\/span><\/a> said he is \u201cdisappointed\u201d that two Republican senators\u2019 objections to a provision that would have prevented the denial of security clearances over cannabis led to the measure being left out of an intelligence bill, as <\/span>Marijuana Moment reported in September<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)<\/span><\/a> touted her work on tribal sovereignty on cannabis in a press release about new legislation she introduced concerning funding for tribes.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Reps. Lou Correa (D-CA) and Jack Bergman (R-MI)<\/span><\/a> spoke about their decision to form a psychedelics caucus in Congress.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Earl Bumenauer (D-OR)<\/span><\/a> discussed his marijuana research bill that was signed into law by President Joe Biden.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Former Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL)<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cBrittney Griner is free. Now let\u2019s free everyone who was arrested, charged, convicted, imprisoned, taken off the voter rolls and yoked with a criminal record for the rest of the lives, for possession of marijuana.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ STATES<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Illinois<\/span><\/a> Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) said he is open to considering allowing marijuana delivery services.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A spokesperson for <\/span>Colorado<\/span><\/a> Gov. Jared Polis (D) said he hopes and expects Congress to pass marijuana banking legislation by the end of the lame duck session.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>New York<\/span><\/a> Governor\u2019s Traffic Safety Committee is launching a $1 million \u201cDon\u2019t Drive High\u201d public awareness campaign using funding from the Office of Cannabis Management. Meanwhile, the <\/span>Dormitory Authority of the State of New York<\/span><\/a> signed the state\u2019s first lease for a recreational marijuana dispensary location. Separately, the state\u2019s <\/span>top cannabis regulator<\/span><\/a> spoke about efforts to launch the market.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Maryland<\/span><\/a> delegate called the state\u2019s voter-approved marijuana legalization law is \u201ca huge step forward for the criminal justice system.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>An <\/span>Indiana<\/span><\/a> senator tweeted, \u201cThis survey from Ball State University found that 85% of Hoosiers say cannabis should be legal in some form. 85%! That\u2019s unheard of, it\u2019s time for the General Assembly to listen to the will of the people.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a> representative tweeted, \u201cWe can create smart, fair policies that decriminalize cannabis at the same time that we protect the health of Pennsylvanians, raise revenue for the commonwealth and work to repair the damage of past overenforcement. Let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>California<\/span><\/a> regulators are moving to adopt emergency rules on marijuana delivery services.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rhode Island<\/span><\/a> regulators issued guidance on allowable marijuana product types.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>An <\/span>Alaska<\/span><\/a> Department of Labor and Workforce Development report says that marijuana industry jobs, wages and tax revenue \u201chave continued to grow, but at a slower pace each year.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The chairman of the <\/span>Tennessee<\/span><\/a> Medical Cannabis Commission stepped down.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Arkansas<\/span><\/a> has generated more than $29 million in medical cannabis tax revenue so far this year.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Guam<\/span><\/a> regulators will consider marijuana business issues on Monday.<\/span>
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\/ LOCAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A federal judge rejected a motion to block <\/span>Los Angeles, California\u2019s<\/span><\/a> social equity marijuana retail license lottery.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Some <\/span>New York City<\/span><\/a> community boards are starting to receive notifications from businesses that want to open marijuana dispensaries.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Denver, Colorado\u2019s<\/span><\/a> district attorney dropped a case against a rabbi charged with manufacturing psilocybin, citing voters\u2019 approval of a statewide psychedelics legalization ballot initiative.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Cayman Islands<\/span><\/a> lawmakers voted to hold a referendum on decriminalizing marijuana.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Thai<\/span><\/a> lawmakers are pressing the government to reconsider its cannabis policy.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mexico City, <\/span>Mexico<\/span><\/a> lawmakers held a forum about marijuana policy.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A study suggested that \u201cCBD pre-treatment is <\/span>neuroprotective<\/span><\/a> against [thapsigargin]-induced cell death.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A study supports \u201cthe hypothesis that serotonin-modulating drugs such as psilocybin may be useful to ameliorate <\/span>[autism spectrum disorder]<\/span><\/a>-related cognitive deficits\u201d and \u201cprovides evidence of the beneficial effects of different schedules of psilocybin treatment in mitigating the short-term cognitive deficit observed in a rat model of [fragile X syndrome].\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The Indiana Democratic Party<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cAbout 85% of Hoosiers support legal marijuana in some form. What\u2019s the holdup? The @indgop\u2019s extremist agenda. They care more about appeasing a vocal minority than delivering a win-win issue to the Hoosier State.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Dr. Bronner\u2019s CEO David Bronner<\/span><\/a> authored a blog post about cooperation in the psychedelics reform movement.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ BUSINESS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Jushi Holdings Inc.<\/span><\/a> closed an offering of $69 million in debt financing.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Euroclear<\/span><\/a> is reportedly no longer supporting trades of cannabis stocks.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rhode Island<\/span><\/a> dispensaries sold $1.63 million worth of marijuana in the first week of legal recreational sales.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ CULTURE<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Robert Downey Sr.<\/span><\/a> is shown in a new documentary expressing regret about letting his son, Robert Downey Jr., smoke marijuana as a child.<\/span>
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