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Amazon sued for employment discrimination over Psychedelic Mushrooms

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This means they are illegal under federal law and under many state laws, including Michigan. Plaintiff was told his termination was because he failed to disclose an improper relationship between two other Amazon employees — a violation of Amazon’s employee policy. Decriminalizing Mushroom and Plant Psychedelics and HR.

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I Have Some Thoughts on This Biden Cannabis Play

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For anyone also wondering what effect re-scheduling would have on state-level industry, check out this old chestnut from 2016. The only difference is that marijuana stores generally comply with state laws. Cannabis has not been decriminalized. Conclusion. Biden has done nothing.

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Massachusetts: cannabis bill sails through committee

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The more wide-ranging bill (H 174/S 72), which a spokesperson said is a priority for House Speaker Ron Mariano, addresses aspects of state laws that cannabis regulators and industry entrepreneurs have been increasingly vocal about taking issue with. Sonia Chang-Diaz, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, said.

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Legalizing Marijuana Leads To Fewer Illegal Grow Sites In National Forests, Study Finds

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The research, which was published in the journal Ecological Economics earlier this month, is thought to be the first of its kind to analyze the effects of legalization policies on illegal outdoor grows in national forests throughout the United States. However, it concluded that legalization of medical cannabis across the U.S.

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Are all drugs really legal in Washington State? For now, the answer is yes

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But in Washington State, law enforcement officials have largely suspended all simple drug possession arrests as a result of the State Supreme Court ruling. Is this like Oregon’s all-drug decriminalization law? The ruling came out of a 2016 case in Spokane. Not exactly. How did this ruling come about?

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NJ’s highest court will hear case on medical cannabis in the workplace

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New Jersey’s Supreme Court announced last Tuesday it will consider whether or not a Ridgewood funeral home discriminated against one of its employees in 2016 for using medical cannabis. Specifically, the law stated that “nothing” in the act required “an employer to accommodate the medical use of marijuana in any workplace.”

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Buds Behind Bars: An Analysis of People v. Raybon

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Put in the simplest terms, Raybon says Proposition 64 decriminalized possession of cannabis (within the parameters of the law) in correctional institutions and Perry says it did not. First, Proposition 64 (“Prop 64”) is a California Voter Initiative decided in 2016 that legalized marijuana in certain capacities. and PC 4573.6.