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\n<\/span>President Joe Biden<\/span><\/a> used an appearance at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast to tout his mass marijuana pardons, saying that the move is part of an \u201cequal justice\u201d agenda.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Reps. Alex Mooney (R-WV), Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Brian Mast (R-FL)<\/span><\/a> introduced the first marijuana reform bill of the new Congress\u2014a gun rights measure for medical cannabis patients.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>New Hampshire representative<\/span><\/a> filed a bill to legalize psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin and mescaline.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Virginia lawmakers<\/span><\/a> are considering bills on allowing marijuana sales and enacting regulations for hemp-derived products like delta-8 THC and CBD this session. The Senate majority leader said it\u2019s \u201cweird\u201d that it is legal to possess cannabis but not to sell it.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ FEDERAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Rahul Gupta<\/span><\/a> discussed the importance of harm reduction.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)<\/span><\/a> spoke about the prospects for advancing cannabis banking legislation with expungements provisions attached.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Washington, D.C.\u2019s<\/span><\/a> attorney general criticized Congress for interfering with the city\u2019s marijuana laws.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Florida\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Senate president appointed two lawmakers to the Industrial Hemp Advisory Council.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Hawaii\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Senate majority leader said that \u201cexamining the state\u2019s medical marijuana industry and other potential agricultural revenue streams that will promote diversity within Hawaii\u2019s economy\u201d is one of the priorities for the new session.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Connecticut<\/span><\/a> legislature\u2019s General Law Committee will consider several cannabis and hemp bills on Tuesday. Separately, a <\/span>representative<\/span><\/a> introduced legislation to require 16- and 17-year-olds seeking driver\u2019s licenses to complete a course about marijuana-impaired driving.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>South Carolina<\/span><\/a> representative tweeted, \u201cIn #SouthCarolina politicians literally discuss how bad marijuana is and why they will not legalize it while at the exact moment smoking cigarettes in one hand and having a whiskey in the other hand.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>New Jersey<\/span><\/a> senator tweeted that it is \u201ctime to act\u201d against unregulated hemp-derived products.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>New York<\/span><\/a> senator tweeted about his support for the Asian Cannabis Roundtable.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Texas<\/span><\/a> regulators are accepting applications for additional medical cannabis dispensary licenses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Massachusetts<\/span><\/a> regulators clashed over a new state curriculum on marijuana-impaired driving.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Alabama<\/span><\/a> regulators provided a timeline for issuing medical cannabis business licenses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Oklahoma<\/span><\/a> officials released updated medical cannabis revenue numbers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Utah<\/span><\/a> regulators posted an update on the medical cannabis program.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Charles Town, West Virginia<\/span><\/a> City Council member is pushing to decriminalize marijuana.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Luxembourg\u2019s<\/span><\/a> health minister spoke about plans for cannabis legislation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The U.S. trial of a former <\/span>Mexican<\/span><\/a> secretary of public security who is charged with accepting bribes from a drug cartel begins this week.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Irish<\/span><\/a> lawmakers launched a podcast about drugs.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A study found that \u201cabout 30% of the sample was able to <\/span>discontinue the use of prescription medications<\/span><\/a> because of cannabis.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cRepublicans have been blocking commonsense cannabis legalization for years [in Minnesota]. Now that Dems have complete control of the legislature, they\u2019ll be able to take up the issue!\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Tilray<\/span><\/a> is laying off workers at a medical cannabis production facility in Cantanhede, Portugal.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ CULTURE<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Bryan Cranston<\/span><\/a> joked about Seth Rogen being high at the Golden Globes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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