Veriheal

MARCH 4, 2022

In November 2020, Measure 110 (Drug Decriminalization and Addiction Treatment Initiative) passed by majority vote in Oregon, bringing forth a new era in combating drug addiction and prioritizing criminal justice reform in the state. states for access to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment.”. What Is Measure 110?

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized (legalization may be pending). Cannabis is legal for medical use in Israel and the country has implemented decriminalization policies for small-scale possession charges. In July, 2021, Israeli lawmakers rejected a bill that would have decriminalized recreational marijuana use.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The 2020 election saw Oregon put ALL drug legalization on its 2020 ballet. Measure 110 passed with flying colors making Oregon the first state in America to decriminalize the minor personal possession of ALL drugs. Not Everyone Was High on the Idea of Decriminalizing All Drugs. Their results have been far from positive.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 24, 2022

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.

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The Cannigma

MAY 1, 2023

The government has recognized the need to address the issue of drug abuse and addiction in the country, but its approach has been focused primarily on law enforcement rather than prevention and treatment. The future of cannabis regulation in Ghana The future of cannabis laws in Ghana is uncertain.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Decriminalization occurred last year in Denver, Oakland and Santa Cruz, and that was just a start: nearly 100 other cities are looking at decriminalizing psychedelics. Federally, legislation has been proposed to allow research into psychedelic drugs, alongside calls for decriminalization.

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NORML

MARCH 7, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. Send a message to your governor in support of decriminalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Even though some states have decriminalized or legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use, under federal law, Marijuana remains an illegal Schedule I Controlled Substance, with a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use. Skin care products, including beauty products, acne treatments, and bath bombs.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

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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CannaMD

JUNE 2, 2020

A long-standing problem for medical marijuana patients across the nation is that while many states have loosened up restrictions on cannabis use, company policies on marijuana have remained mostly unchanged. CITIES WITH NEW MARIJUANA TESTING POLICIES.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

A rational statewide drug policy requires that the coercive force of the criminal justice system be used constructively to influence far more people, numbering in the millions, than could ever be arrested, adjudicated, and sentenced.”. — billion (2020 dollars) over the past decade to enforce the drug war, amounting to an average of $1.2

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2019

Every Saturday, we have been running a series of blog posts that take a close look at the Democratic Party candidates for President in 2020. We examine each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvas their current respective stances on marijuana. Conclusion: Yang receives a “B+” grade.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 29, 2019

Every Saturday, at least for a while, we plan to run a series of blog posts that take a close look at each of the Democratic Party candidates for President in 2020. We will examine each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and also canvas each politician’s current stances on marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

From Hawaii to California to Maine, elected representatives proposed bills that would allow for the study of psychedelic substances in the treatment of mental health conditions and others that would decriminalize psychedelic drugs at the state level. Statewide Legislation. California. Massachusetts. The bill remains in committee.

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The Cannigma

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Medical: legal Recreational: decriminalized. In 2012, Switzerland decriminalized the possession of marijuana, and since October 1, 2013, the possession of up to 10 grams of cannabis is subject to an on the spot fine of CHF 100 ($107.8). Minors under the age of 18 can still face legal proceedings under Swiss juvenile criminal law.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Clients would be required to go through a counseling session before treatment and may go to another session after. She said she’s concerned the mushroom policy will be put into place before standards are set. In 2020, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure to both decriminalize mushrooms and make them legal in therapeutic uses.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JULY 6, 2020

On July 1, 2020, Nashville District Attorney’s office (the “DA”) released a statement indicating that its office will no longer prosecute marijuana possession charges for less than half an ounce in Davidson County, Tennessee. This policy will eliminate this area of disproportionality in the justice system.”. 1] Source 1. [2]

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Decriminalization occurred last year in Denver, Oakland and Santa Cruz, and that was just a start: nearly 100 other cities are looking at decriminalizing psychedelics. Federally, legislation has been proposed to allow research into psychedelic drugs, alongside calls for decriminalization.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 28, 2021

The November 2020 election was a great win for advocates for cannabis legal reform , with four states voting to legalize recreational cannabis, joining the 11 other states that have decriminalized recreational cannabis use. ” What Federal Law Says. 12114(a); 29 U.S.C. § Emphasis added by Veriheal. .

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

A few weeks back, the House of Representatives again advanced the MORE Act (Marijuana Opportunity and Expungement Act), which puts cannabis one step closer to federal decriminalization (more on that here ). states have legalized or decriminalized cannabis in one form or another. Today, nearly all U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 7, 2022

At the state level, Oregon has decriminalized possession of small amounts of almost all drugs and is also starting to implement Measure 109, approved in 2020, which will allow for supervised administration of psilocybin at licensed service centers. Psychedelic Alpha Policy Map.

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CannaMD

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

By the late 1980s, the initiative known as the War on Drugs , which was created by President Nixon, had escalated into the Zero Tolerance policies of the Regan years. Bush’s 1989 speech on a revised anti-drug policy, Biden responded on national television criticizing the plan as “not going far enough.” Looking To 2020.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. The bill would allow qualifying patients to access all the alternative treatment centers instead of having to designate just one.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Food and Drug Administration designated psilocybin as a breakthrough treatment for drug-resistant depression in 2018 and for major depressive disorder in 2019. It’s an important discussion,” Meyer said of the treatment option. She said the patients were not helped by traditional treatments. SHAH URGES AWAITING FDA OK.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The gap in the treatment of controlled substances between the state and federal levels continues to widen. Leading the way is Oregon, with the passage of Measure 109 in 2020. Many other states have also begun to take steps to promote research, decriminalization or even legalization with respect to psychedelics.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Despite Petitioners’ noble cause, the case turned on a technicality after the Court determined that the DEA’s letter stating that such psilocybin treatment was not allowed, the document that prompted the lawsuit, was not a “final” decision of the Attorney General that the Court had jurisdiction to review. Background. Psilocybin.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In 2020, Oregon became the first state in America to decriminalize psychedelics in small amounts. Psilocybin, which is the primary chemical compound in what many call magic mushrooms , or shrooms, has gained significant traction and attention as a potential treatment for depression, anxiety, and other conditions.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2022

Widespread approval for psychedelic treatments remains unlikely, but the tide is slowly turning. 7] And cities around the country are beginning to decriminalize some psychedelics, with advocates for decriminalization citing the potential medical benefits. 20, 2020), [link]. [8] Defining Psychedelics. Davis et al.,

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 30, 2022

MAY 1, 2020 BY PETER BOWAL AND DUSTIN BODNAR. If a rule of criminal law precludes a person from obtaining appropriate medical treatment when his or her life or health is in danger, then the state has intervened and this intervention constitutes a violation of that man’s or that woman’s security of the person …. Publisher: Law Now.

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The Cannigma

MAY 19, 2021

Japan has some of the harshest drug policies on Earth, including for cannabis — and is one of the worst places on Earth to get arrested on marijuana possession charges. This was notoriously reflected in the 2020 arrest of a Japanese man and woman for speaking positively about using cannabis in social media posts. Shutterstock).

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2020

Cannabis Group Weekly Alert – February 2020 #4. Members of the SPD in Germany have adopted a cannabis policy platform that endorses decriminalization and calls for pilot program to study legal recreational use. But what about his potential 2020 Democratic rivals?

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 19, 2021

However, in Oregon, some psychedelics have been legalized in 2020 for mental health treatment. Also, some cities like Denver, Oakland and Santa Cruz have different legislations decriminalizing certain hallucinogens. In 2001, all drugs were decriminalized in Portugal.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 6, 2022

The Minnesota court’s decision was the most recent in a series of state court opinions finding that federal criminal law preempts state laws decriminalizing the possession and use of medical cannabis in the context of workers’ compensation. 1 (2020). . [3] 3(a) (2020); 26 U.S.C. In Bourgoin v. Twin Rivers Paper Co., 21-676. .

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SpeedWeed

JULY 23, 2021

She recently spoke out in favor of cannabis decriminalization when news broke that Sha’Carri Richardson would no longer be participating in the Tokyo Olympics after she tested positive for THC. The criminalization and banning of cannabis is an instrument of racist and colonial policy,” she Tweeted on July 2.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 13, 2019

Every Saturday, we have been running a series of blog posts that take a close look at each of the Democratic Party candidates for President in 2020. We examine each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvas their current respective stances on marijuana. Even in 2014, Harris opposed legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

WHEREAS, in 2018, despite decriminalization and legalization efforts in individual states, cannabis arrests accounted for over 40 percent of drug arrests in the United States and more arrests than all violent crimes combined according to the Federal Bureau of Investigations; and.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

One of his new bills, if enacted, would allow state regulators to approve the reclassification of psilocybin, MDMA and ibogaine to be used in treatment. Jeff Shipley, a 30-year-old freshman Republican, filed the legislation in Des Moines on Wednesday. Here’s what they say. Source & Full Story.

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