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\n<\/span>Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst (R-IA) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) are pushing for an investigation into whether government workers are using federal credit cards at marijuana businesses<\/span><\/a> and other \u201chigh-risk merchants.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) spoke about his \u201clife-saving\u201d experience with psychedelic therapy<\/span><\/a>\u2014including how he \u201csaw time travel\u201d and \u201craining different colors.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Connecticut House of Representatives passed a bill to decriminalize psilocybin<\/span><\/a> by making possession of up to half an ounce of the psychedelic punishable by a $150 fine, without the threat of jail time.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The New York Cannabis Control Board voted to approve proposed rules for the state\u2019s Cannabis Showcase program<\/span><\/a>, which allows licensed marijuana businesses to sell to consumers at pop-up, farmers market-like events.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Utah Department of Health and Human Services\u2019s Center for Medical Cannabis reports<\/span><\/a> that the state now has more than 100,000 registered medical marijuana patients.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A marijuana dispensary owned by Woody Harrelson and Bill Maher was burglarized<\/span><\/a> over the weekend.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Minnesota Court of Appeals is taking up a case on whether state officials can prosecute tribal members for cannabis crimes<\/span><\/a> on most Native reservations located within the state.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ FEDERAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The Department of Justice<\/span><\/a> plans to move ahead with a proposal to merge the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as soon as October.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ STATES<\/b>
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\n<\/span>California<\/span><\/a> Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) touted a state task force\u2019s largest-ever seizure of illicit cannabis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Missouri\u2019s<\/span><\/a> attorney general sent a letter claiming that THCA violates the state Merchandising Practices Act.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Minnesota\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Senate minority leader said his caucus opposes an increase in marijuana taxes that Democratic leaders have agreed to.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a> Republican senators said in a memo about a forthcoming bill to combat drug-impaired driving that \u201cwith the opioid crisis and trend toward legalizing and decriminalizing marijuana, many experts and researchers only expect this trend to continue.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Delaware<\/span><\/a> representative spoke about her bill to restrict hemp beverages.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Washington State<\/span><\/a> Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee published a report on the state\u2019s cannabis market.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A <\/span>Colorado<\/span><\/a> judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force regulators to overhaul cannabis testing rules.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Alabama<\/span><\/a> Court of Civil Appeals stayed a lower court\u2019s order that continued to block regulators from issuing medical cannabis business licenses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Maryland<\/span><\/a> regulators adopted changes to cannabis rules.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Oregon<\/span><\/a> regulators published a bulletin about hemp and marijuana products containing artificially derived cannabinol.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Vermont<\/span><\/a> regulators sent an alert about scams targeting marijuana businesses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Illinois<\/span><\/a> Medical Cannabis Advisory Board met.<\/span>
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\/ LOCAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Leon County, Florida state attorney<\/span><\/a> opened a criminal investigation into the potentially unlawful diversion of state Medicaid funds to oppose a marijuana legalization ballot initiative.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>Denton, Texas<\/span><\/a> City Council is considering repealing the city\u2019s voter-approved marijuana decriminalization law.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The <\/span>German<\/span><\/a> CSU party tweeted that the \u201clegalization of #Cannabis remains wrong\u201d and that \u201cthe current cannabis regulations must be repealed!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Ghana\u2019s<\/span><\/a> Food and Drugs Authority said that two alcohol products tested positive for cannabis extracts and are not safe.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ SCIENCE & HEALTH<\/b>
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\n<\/span>A study concluded that \u201cCBG has significant potential as an intervention in\u201d <\/span>non-alcoholic fatty liver disease<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A study found that \u201cclassical psychedelic practitioners in research settings believed that <\/span>physical touch<\/span><\/a> is an important part of psychedelic therapy\u201d but that \u201cthey also emphasized the importance of professional boundaries.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>The president of the <\/span>American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine<\/span><\/a> authored a journal article about what he called \u201cthe dangerous mirage of medical marijuana.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ BUSINESS<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Conifer Insurance Services and Skyward Specialty Insurance Group<\/span><\/a> are launching an insurance solution for cannabis businesses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\/ CULTURE<\/b>
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\n<\/span>Comedian <\/span>Tom Segura<\/span><\/a> joked about giving his mother marijuana edibles and microdoses of psilocybin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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