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Czech Republic Plans To Legalize Home Growing And Cannabis Social Clubs

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In 2013, the Czech Republic legalized medicinal marijuana, and in 2010, it decriminalized the possession of personal amounts of cannabis. Cannabis advocates are also hoping that this step toward legalization will help build the framework for more accessible addiction treatment and will provide valuable harm reduction services.

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Report: A War on Us: How Much New Jersey Spends Enforcing the War on Drugs

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Billion to Enforce the Drug War (2010-2019). People who have access to harm reduction programs are five times more likely to connect with drug treatment than those who do not and three times more likely to stop problematic drug use. times greater than it had been in 2010; for Black residents, this rate was 3.6

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Using Marijuana Tax Revenue to Promote Racial Justice

Canna Law Blog

This is precisely what the City Council of Portland, Oregon, sought to accomplish last week, when it approved an amendment to a proposed budget for its underwhelming cannabis program. Since the 1970s, enforcement of marijuana possession laws has been carried out with staggering racial bias.

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New York: New Report Released Showing Ongoing Extreme Racial Disparities in Marijuana Enforcement at City and County Levels

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At the same time, the bill would redirect tax revenue from a legal industry towards various programs that redress harms from the War on Drugs, while also increasing and improving public education and treatment programs geared towards responsible use, reducing overdoses, and saving lives. of the state’s population.

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Virginia Legalizes Marijuana: Takes Effect 2024

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As noted by the AP, the bill was a top priority for Democrats, who framed legalization as a necessary step to end the disparate treatment of people of color under current marijuana laws. Lawmakers last year decriminalized marijuana, making simple possession a civil penalty that can be punished by a fine of no more than $25.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22

NORML

At the state level, the North Dakota House of Representatives defeated a decriminalization bill on the House floor by a narrow 43-47 vote. Legislation is pending, House Bill 2149, to amend the definition of “cannabis” under the 2010 voter-approved medical marijuana law. The bill will go to the Senate floor for a vote next.

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AAFP ( American Academy of Family Physicians) Releases Marijuana, Cannabinoids Position Paper

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The AAFP urges its members to be involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of substance use, as well as secondary diseases impacted or caused by use. However, the AAFP supports decriminalization of possession of marijuana for personal use. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports approximately 2.5% In the Exam Room.