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WA interstate marijuana commerce vote; Presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson on cannabis; HI psychedelics; TX medical expansion; SC poll; MI sales<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/a>\/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Germany\u2019s ministers of health and food and agriculture<\/span><\/a> announced the details of a revised marijuana legalization plan.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Washington State House of Representatives<\/span><\/a> passed a bill to allow interstate marijuana commerce. The measure needs one more vote in the Senate to sign off on a technical amendment and it will head to Gov. Jay Inslee\u2019s (D) desk.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Marijuana Moment compiled a comprehensive look at <\/span>where Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson stands on cannabis<\/span><\/a>. As head of the Drug Enforcement Administration he oversaw raids on medical marijuana caregivers and as Arkansas governor he campaigned against legalization.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Texas House of Representatives<\/span><\/a> passed a bill to allow doctors to recommend medical cannabis as an opioid alternative for chronic pain while also replacing the current THC potency cap. It now heads to the Senate.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Hawaii Senate<\/span><\/a> passed a bill to create a Breakthrough Therapy Designation Advisory Council that would study the benefits of psychedelics like psilocybin and MDMA. It now heads back to the House for concurrence on recent amendments.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A new poll shows that South Carolina adults<\/span><\/a> support legalizing marijuana for both recreational and medical use. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who has filed legalization legislation in Congress, celebrated the result.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency<\/span><\/a> reported that retailers in the state sold $249.7 million worth of legal marijuana products in March\u2014a new monthly record.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Florida House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee<\/span><\/a> approved a hemp product regulation bill that advocates say is seriously flawed.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ FEDERAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The Drug Enforcement Administration<\/span><\/a> is proposing a new rule on cannabimimetic agents.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Rahul Gupta<\/span><\/a> designated fentanyl adulterated with xylazine as an \u201cemerging threat.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Transportation Security Administration<\/span><\/a> spokesperson said that the agency is \u201cmore concerned about terrorism and security threats to aircraft and passengers\u201d than finding marijuana during searches.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Arizona<\/span><\/a> Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed a bill to increase penalties for possessing fentanyl and other drugs.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a> senators<\/span><\/a> removed themselves as cosponsors of a bill to allow medical cannabis edibles amid concerns that it could harm manufacturers of hemp-derived products.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Illinois<\/span><\/a> officials have only succeeded in completely clearing public records of a fraction of the nearly half a million marijuana arrests that were supposed to be expunged automatically.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Maryland<\/span><\/a> Legal Services Corporation awarded $2.5 million in state funding to support cannabis expungements services.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Connecticut<\/span><\/a> regulators\u2019 decision to rescind marijuana dispensary licenses by retroactively applying a rules amendment is being challenged in court.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Louisiana<\/span><\/a> Legislative Auditor published a report on the Department of Health\u2019s oversight of consumable hemp products.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Michigan<\/span><\/a> regulators published a monthly report about disciplinary actions taken against marijuana businesses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Oklahoma<\/span><\/a> regulators posted an updated list of doctors that have indicated they are willing to recommend medical cannabis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Colorado<\/span><\/a> Natural Medicine Advisory Board will hold its first meeting on Thursday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Utah\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Medical Cannabis Establishment Licensing Board will meet on Thursday.<\/span>
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\/ LOCAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Denton, Texas<\/span><\/a> City Council candidates are being asked by advocates to sign a pledge to uphold the city\u2019s voter-approved marijuana decriminalization law.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>New York City<\/span><\/a> City Council member coauthored an op-ed about the harms of widespread unregulated marijuana retailers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>International Criminal Court\u2019s<\/span><\/a> prosecutor is asking the appeals chamber to reject the Philippine government\u2019s request to halt a probe into the country\u2019s bloody \u201cwar on drugs.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mexico\u2019s<\/span><\/a> sanitary operation commissioner said officials are moving to revoke cannabis permits from several companies, some of which are linked to former President Vicente Fox, that were allegedly awarded via improperly enacted rules.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>German<\/span><\/a> Federal Court of Justice upheld a prison sentence for a doctor who was convicted of excessively prescribing medical cannabis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Guernsey<\/span><\/a> lawmaker suggested that the UK could withhold royal assent on a cannabis legalization proposal if it is locally approved.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Argentina\u2019s<\/span><\/a> minister of science, technology and innovation tweeted that a new cannabis law \u201cwill allow the development of the industrialization of Hemp\u2026and employ a large number of Argentines.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A study identified \u201ccannabis terpenes as potential therapeutics for <\/span>chronic neuropathic pain<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Reason Foundation<\/span><\/a> analysis concluded that current state cannabis social equity programs \u201cfail to target relief to the affected populations and create new barriers for legacy suppliers of marijuana products to gain legitimacy on a legal market.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist<\/span><\/a> tweeted, \u201cWhy do our liberal friends screw up the legalization of Cannabis by piling high taxes on the product. If you have to have a \u2018tax holiday\u2019 the tax is too high now.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The National Association of Insurance Commissioners\u2019 Cannabis Insurance Working Group<\/span><\/a> issued a draft white paper on marijuana issues for the insurance industry.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ BUSINESS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Smoakland<\/span><\/a> acknowledged that a loophole it was beta-testing to let customers use credit cards by technically purchasing cryptocurrency that would then be used in a separate step to pay for marijuana \u201ccould potentially be seen as bank fraud\u201d and announced that its processing partner \u201cterminated our relationship.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Uber Technologies Inc. and Leafly Holdings Inc.<\/span><\/a> officials discussed their cannabis delivery partnership in Canada.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Colorado<\/span><\/a> retailers sold $124.9 million worth of legal marijuana products in February.<\/span><\/p>\n

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