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AIMS v. Garland: A Disappointment for Psilocybin Advocates, but Progressive Policy May Still be on the Horizon

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Psilocybin’s therapeutic benefits are so promising that Denver, Colorado became the first city to decriminalize psilocybin in May 2019, and in 2020, Oregon passed Measure 109, which paved the road for a program allowing for legal manufacture, delivery, and administration of psilocybin to clients at supervised, licensed facilities in the state.

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New American Medical Association Study Shows Cannabis Legalization Not Linked to Increased Psychosis

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1, 2003, to Dec. Researchers gathered the results of this study from a variety of sources, including: State Cannabis Policy Level The Alcohol Policy Information System cannabis law database holds data for recreational cannabis laws, whereas public research provided data for medical cannabis laws until 2017.

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South African Farmers Are Protesting the Region’s Racist Cannabis Licensing Process

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“We feel that the skew[ed] allocation of these licenses to white companies, it is a crime against the black economic empowerment policy and the Constitution of our country,” BFASA stated in a press release announcing the April 22 protest.

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Canada: The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker

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Canadian social policy and attitudes to the plant had come full circle after nearly a century. The federal government failed several times in 2003 and 2006 to decriminalize marijuana. These users were exempted from the law. It would not happen until 2018. Conclusion.

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UK: Former Premier League player arrested after 1,000 cannabis plants are discovered growing in his basement

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Though technically illegal, cannabis is widely used in Belgium, with small amounts decriminalized since 2003. A 2015 research paper published in the International Journal of Drug Policy concluded that, given the spread of cannabis cultivation in Belgium, reducing the supply of the drug is not a realistic policy objective.

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The legal status of weed in the Netherlands and Amsterdam: What does the law actually permit?

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Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized. Cannabis has been decriminalized in the Netherlands since 1976. In 2003, the Netherlands legalized medical cannabis. That said, the country does not prosecute for the offense because the Netherlands “ has a policy of toleration regarding soft drugs.

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Psychedelic Invest’s 100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics List

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As the top executive at Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, he has become known for his activism around a range of issues, especially fair trade, sustainable agriculture, animal rights, and drug policy reform. Amanda Feilding, Countess of Wemyss and March is an English drug policy reformer, lobbyist and research coordinator. Andrew Yang.