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The Week in Weed: February 21, 2020

The Blunt Truth

Meanwhile, in Virginia, both chambers of the state legislature passed decriminalization bills. Staying out west, New Mexico will phase out medical cannabis cards for non-residents , starting mid-year 2020. Since the governor and the state’s Attorney General have expressed support for this move, it seems certain to become law.

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And the Winner of the 2020 Election Is…Weed!

The Blunt Truth

Meanwhile in Montana , voters narrowly passed Initiative 190 and Initiative 118 which collectively will permit the use, production and sale of marijuana to adults ages 21 or older. also approved measures aimed at decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelic plants. See Section 36-2851(1). Washington, D.C.,

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Idaho Cannabis Advocates Launch Legalization Efforts in ‘The Most Hostile State’ Toward Policy Reform

SpeedWeed

Idaho cannabis advocates are working to place medical and decriminalization measures on the 2022 ballot in what Russ Belville, spokesperson for the Idaho Citizens Coalition for Cannabis , calls “the most hostile state” toward policy reform. Now, under S.B.

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U.S. House Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman & Cori Bush Unveil Federal Bill to Decriminalize Drug Possession, Replace with Health-Centered Approach

Cannabis Law Report

. – Today, ahead of the 50th anniversary—on June 17—of when President Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs,” Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Cori Bush (D-MO) unveiled the Drug Policy Reform Act (DPRA), alongside the Drug Policy Alliance, which has been a strategic partner on the development of the legislation.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/8/19

NORML

Senator Ron Wyden introduced legislation in the Senate — The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act — to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference. Legislation is pending to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. A subcommittee of the U.S.

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The Week in Weed: June 28, 2019

The Blunt Truth

The law takes effect on January 1, 2020. The legislature decriminalized cannabis, once legalization failed. Sales are expected to begin in 2020. The governor signed a bill allowing the export of marijuana, but there’s no federal policy allowing interstate transport. Our first big story is legalization in Illinois.

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Colorado Could Legalize Psychedelics This November

Veriheal

The city of Denver, Colorado, decriminalized the possession and use of psilocybin in 2019—the first U.S. This campaign was backed by New Approach PAC, a nationwide political organization that is focused on supporting progressive reform surrounding cannabis and criminal justice policies. city to do so.