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NORML Members Call On NFL’s Goodell To Allow Players Access To Medicine

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In his state-of-the-NFL address the Friday prior to Superbowl LIII, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell remained vague about the NFL’s future policies regarding medical marijuana and drug testing. They look at this constantly, they look at the data, they look at the science and they make those recommendations to us on that basis.”

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City Lights Bookshop & Synergetic Press Present Free 2 Day Event celebrating the pioneering legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin for the launch of the first Shulgin book since 2011, The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact. 

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The talks will be made public, open-access on YouTube two weeks after the event. Leonard Pickard – chemist, author, former research associate in neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, and Deputy Director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLA. Kile Ortigo, Mike Margolies, Leonard Pickard, and Dr. Paul Daley among many others.

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Cannabis and Obesity: New study ties cannabis to lower rates of obesity

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The researchers explain that their study provides essential insight for drug policies since it provides “a more robust understanding of the relationship between recreational marijuana use and obesity rates,” which also “provides insights for public health policy examining the determinants and behaviors that can increase obesity.”

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Court Dismisses Case Demanding DEA to Move Expeditiously to License Cannabis Cultivators

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That marked a reversal in agency policy, as in 2011 it rejecting a ruling from its own Administrative Law Judge finding that it would be ‘in the public interest’ to grant the University of Massachusetts a license to grow marijuana for federally regulated research.

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NORML: DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests

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The totals are the highest reported by the agency since 2011, when it reported making an estimated 8,500 marijuana-related arrests and seized some 6.7 Law enforcement also reported making 6,606 marijuana-related arrests, a 25 percent increase over the prior year’s totals (when agents reported 4,992 arrests). million plants were confiscated).

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International Cannabis Brand Cookies Debuts New SKUs in Washington State Through Partnership with Edgemont Group

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Washington cannabis consumers now have access to a full line of concentrates and cartridges featuring Cookies’ sought-after genetics such as Berry Pie, Pomello and Sweet Tea. These offerings will headline at Cookies Tacoma before becoming available to Edgemont Group’s statewide distribution network of more than 200 retail locations.

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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

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The creation of this standalone cannabis department is part of a larger effort to improve access to licensure, simplify regulatory oversight and support California businesses. Dempsey was the Chief of Policy and Outreach for the California Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch.