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Watching the Legalization Wave in Summer 2021: Week in Review

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Casey Weinstein and Terrence Upchurch, both representing Northeast Ohio districts, first introduced their 180-page bill two weeks ago, which includes four major components: decriminalization, a cannabis excise tax, commerce and licensing, and medical cannabis. In Colorado , cannabis arrests plummeted 68% from 2012 to 2019.

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Urge Kentucky Lawmakers to Support Medical Cannabis Reform Today!

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according to a 2012 study issued by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. The National Center for Biotechnology Information has summarized a group of FDA approved randomized clinical trials, finding evidence for cannabis as medicine. Jimmy Higdon’s Cannabis Decriminalization (SB 82), and Sen. 8 – state Rep.

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Article: UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics – Psychedelics and the Law

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In recent years, as more clinical trial results show that psychedelics can be used in conjunction with therapy to treat illnesses like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, legislators pushed to make certain substances available in certain settings. But these substances remain illegal under federal law.

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Article: Legality Of Marijuana In Nigeria: A Legal Opinion By Kayode Ajulo PhD

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But in recent years, some nations have adopted a different strategy, of decriminalizing marijuana usage as a way of combating it. In countries as varied as the Netherlands, Germany, Mexico, Peru, and Canada, the emphasis has shifted towards the decriminalization of marijuana. See also Okewu v FRN (2012) LPELR-7834(SC); Nwadiem v.

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Q&A with Dr. Carl Hart: The future of drugs in America

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Many cities have decriminalized psychedelics, and the state of Oregon has decriminalized all drugs and is currently setting up a framework for administering psilocybin in a clinical setting. A clinical trial on MDMA is set to finish in 2022, which could lead to FDA approval. CH: That’s absolutely true.

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

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Marijuana Decriminalization, Medical Marijuana Laws, and Fatal Traffic Crashes in US Cities, 2010–2017. Prevalence of marijuana use disorders in the United States between 2001–2002 and 2012–2013. US adult illicit cannabis use, cannabis use disorder, and medical marijuana laws: 1991–1992 to 2012–2013. Accident Anal Prev.

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Psychedelic Invest’s 100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics List

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Rick, and MAPS, have published hundreds of research papers, articles, and reports over the past several decades in addition to participation in dozens of clinical trials and international studies. In 2018, he helped guide the Decriminalize Denver campaign in the process of drafting the initiative text. Rick Doblin, Ph.D,