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UN Report: Drug Policies Should Protect Human Rights, Reduce Harm

Veriheal

Active research was carried out on the effects of these drug policies on society and the results, in these reports, have led the United Nations to consider a favorable revision of drug policies in order to protect human rights. 2023 World UN World Drug Report The 2023 World Drug Report urges the development of effective drug policies.

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Colorado: House Lawmakers Approve Legislation Seeking to Roll Back Medical Cannabis Access

NORML

“This bill is a cynical effort by prohibitionists to severely roll back a policy that has been in place for two decades and that a majority of state residents support.”. The post Colorado: House Lawmakers Approve Legislation Seeking to Roll Back Medical Cannabis Access appeared first on NORML.

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Check out the June 2021 Activist Newsletter

Americans for Safe Access

The June 2021 ASA Activist Newsletter is now out. Also Amazon announced its public policy team will be lobbying for the MORE Act, and they are stopping most pre-employment testing for cannabis use. Our lead story is the reintroduction of the MORE Act, the most comprehensive cannabis reform bill ever to go before Congress.

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Top Five key Takeaways from the 2021 State of the States Report

Americans for Safe Access

25 years have passed since the first medical cannabis laws came into effect in California, and this year marks the 20th anniversary of ASA’s role in the fight for safe access. And these only scratches the surface of the problems patients face across the country.

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2021 Global Drug Policy Index Published

Cannabis Law Report

What ids the Global Drug Policy Index? The Global Drug Policy Index is a unique accountability tool that documents, measures and compares national-level drug policies. 50 years after the escalation of the global ‘war on drugs’, punitive drug policies continue to bring uncounted harms. This is the basic outline.

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Psilocybin Alpha Publish Their “Psychedelic Drug Policy Reform in 2021 A Year in Review”

Cannabis Law Report

W hile this Review focuses on 2021, it’s difficult to contextualise the levels of psychedelic drug policy reform witnessed this year without appreciating the gravitas of events in late 2020. Beyond progress updates on these two landmark initiatives, 2021 saw a flurry of policy reform efforts across the world.

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Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has released a report examining the efficacy of state medical cannabis laws.

Cannabis Law Report

The organization has, they say, ……evaluated patient access, affordability, equity, and product safety. With a decline in legislative improvements in state medical cannabis programs, millions of patients are left with limited or no access,” ASA Executive Director Debbie Churgai said. “It Pennsylvania State Rep.

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