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CT clears marijuana records; VA cannabis sales bill changes equity provisions; Study: Legalization tied to employment boost; MA nears $4B in sales<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D)<\/span><\/a> announced that the state has now erased 42,964 marijuana convictions from people\u2019s records as of the start of the new year\u2014a development that comes just days ahead of the launch of legal recreational cannabis sales.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Virginia Republican delegate<\/span><\/a> filed a bill that would finally allow the state to move ahead with legal recreational marijuana sales\u2014but some advocates have concerns about changes it would make to previously enacted equity provisions.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC)<\/span><\/a> introduced a bill to undo the 280E tax penalty on marijuana businesses by letting them take deductions that are available to companies in any other industry.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Massachusetts retailers<\/span><\/a> have sold nearly $4 billion worth of recreational marijuana products since legal sales began.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Former White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director John Walters<\/span><\/a> criticized the launch of legal marijuana sales in New York.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cWe MUST legalize marijuana, expunge records, and end the War on Drugs once & for all.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>South Dakota<\/span><\/a> Gov. Kristi Noem (R) commuted the sentences of several people, including some convicted of marijuana and other drug offenses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Iowa\u2019s<\/span><\/a> state auditor tweeted, \u201cOur laws should treat marijuana mostly the same way we treat alcohol.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a> Republican senator who is taking on a new role as chair of the Senate Majority Policy Committee said he will continue pushing to legalize marijuana.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Kentucky<\/span><\/a> representative plans to file a marijuana decriminalization bill on Tuesday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Nebraska<\/span><\/a> senator said she will again push to legalize medical cannabis in the new session.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Oklahoma\u2019s<\/span><\/a> top medical cannabis regulator spoke about efforts to oversee the industry.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>California<\/span><\/a> regulators received approval for rulemaking on large cannabis cultivation licenses and conversion to large and medium cultivation licenses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Oregon<\/span><\/a> regulators began accepting license applications for psilocybin service centers, <\/span>manufacturers<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>laboratories<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>facilitators<\/span><\/a>, as well as for <\/span>worker permits<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Michigan<\/span><\/a> regulators published an advisory bulletin on annual financial statements that must be submitted by marijuana businesses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Kansas City, Missouri\u2019s<\/span><\/a> mayor said the city should consider removing the restriction on marijuana use by 911 dispatchers in order to help with a staffing shortage.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The head of the <\/span>Italian<\/span><\/a> Defence Industries Agency spoke about the Army\u2019s cannabis cultivation efforts.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A study found that \u201cpatients treated with [cannabis-based medicinal products] for refractory symptoms of Crohn\u2019s disease and ulcerative colitis demonstrated a short-term improvement in <\/span>[inflammatory bowel disease]<\/span><\/a>-specific and general [health-related quality of life].\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A study suggested that \u201ca single, moderate dose of psilocybin significantly reduces <\/span>depressive symptoms<\/span><\/a> compared to a placebo condition for at least two weeks\u201d and that \u201cno serious adverse events were recorded.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine<\/span><\/a> report on reducing racial inequalities in the criminal justice system notes that marijuana legalization is associated with reduced police stops and arrests.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Conservative commentator <\/span>Bill O\u2019Reilly<\/span><\/a> expressed concerns about marijuana use by young people.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Columbia Care<\/span><\/a> is laying off employees at its Saxton, Pennsylvania cultivation facility.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Missouri<\/span><\/a> dispensaries sold $35.6 million worth of medical cannabis in November.<\/span><\/p>\n

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