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Massachusetts: City Of Worcester commission looks at decriminalizing psychedelics, although vote won’t change state law

Cannabis Law Report

Worcester Human Rights Commission held a meeting earlier this month petitioning for the decriminalization of entheogenic plants and fungi- natural psychedelics. The city councils of Easthampton, Northampton, Cambridge and Somerville have already voted to decriminalize the possession and use of psychedelic plants, according to WBUR.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/18/20

NORML

At the state level, a new decriminalization law took effect this week in Hawaii involving the possession of up to three grams of marijuana, as well as a procedure for expungement of past convictions for the same amount. Legislation is pending, A1897, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/7/20

NORML

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. AL resident? NORML opposes the passage of this legislation.

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The “Right to Try” Psilocybin and New Drug Therapies

Canna Law Blog

We discussed how licensed facilities won’t be up and running for a few more years, and how, in the meantime, people will have to make do with general decriminalization under Measure 109 and maybe, in certain cases, reliance on Right to Try access. Unlike with many precursor state laws, no institutional review board review is required.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22/20

NORML

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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Paying for Patients’ Pot? SCOTUS Seeks DOJ Opinion on Medical Cannabis Coverage

Cannabis Law Report

. §§ 801-971 (“CSA”), which classifies marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance, preempted Minnesota workers’ compensation law which required an employer to reimburse an injured employee who uses medical cannabis for the treatment of a work-related injury. [2] 1 (2020). . [3] 3(a) (2020); 26 U.S.C. In Bourgoin v.

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Protecting Cannabis Trademarks in Anticipation of Federal Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

Instead, companies are limited to state-wide trademarks. These limited marks have created a fractured market, with little clarity for businesses in a cannabis industry that continues to grow despite the lack of federal decriminalization. 3884 – MORE Act of 2020, Section 5932(b), 116th Congress (2019-2020).