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\n<\/span>Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison<\/span><\/a> cited President Joe Biden\u2019s mass marijuana pardon as an example of how the administration has delivered for Black voters ahead of the 2024 election.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A Punchbowl News survey found that 71 percent of top Capitol Hill staffers<\/span><\/a> and 59 percent of K Street lobbyists think it is \u201cunlikely\u201d that any marijuana reform legislation\u2014including banking\u2014will pass during the 118th Congress.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R)<\/span><\/a> said he thinks \u201cthere is a path to potentially\u201d passing a limited medical cannabis bill this session. Meanwhile, Gov. Tony Evers (D) is renewing his push for broader recreational marijuana legalization.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Nora Volkow and a former Trump White House drug czar Jim Carroll<\/span><\/a> spoke at a congressional briefing about kratom as lawmakers consider legislation to protect consumer access to the plant.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A Florida Republican senator<\/span><\/a> filed a bill to allow medical cannabis operators to deduct business expenses from their state taxes as a partial workaround to the federal 280E provision.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D)<\/span><\/a> announced the recipients of $5.2 million in hospital-based violence-intervention grants that are funded with marijuana revenue.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A new study found that \u201c<\/span>colleges in states with legal recreational marijuana use can expect improved recruiting outcomes in basketball<\/span><\/a>, but reduced recruiting prowess in football.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n