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\n<\/span>The Food and Drug Administration hosted a hearing on how to boost development of psychedelic therapies while adhering to scientific standards<\/span><\/a>, with the agency and its federal partners taking testimony from 80 witnesses.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A new poll found that only about a third of Americans think marijuana is dangerous, and less than half still believe the \u201cgateway theory\u201d<\/span><\/a> that using cannabis makes people significantly more likely to try more dangerous drugs.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Service Employees International Union Massachusetts State Council is urging voters to reject an initiative to roll back cannabis legalization that\u2019s on the November ballot<\/span><\/a>, saying that \u201cthe fight to protect legal marijuana is about protecting progress.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management announced that retailers in the state have sold more than a quarter of a billion dollars\u2019 worth in legal marijuana products<\/span><\/a> since the state\u2019s legal recreational cannabis market launched one year ago.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mandelbaum Barrett PC\u2019s Joshua S. Bauchner and Marky Suazo highlight in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that the Drug Enforcement Administration is shifting more into the role of a cannabis regulator<\/span><\/a> under the Trump administration\u2019s rescheduling move.<\/span><\/p>\n