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Newly Published Paper: Not a SAFE Bet: Equitable Access to Cannabis Banking, An Analysis of the SAFE Banking Act

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Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, August, 2022. 21 Pages Posted: 12 Aug 2022. Date Written: August 11, 2022. But unfortunately, SAFE, as written, is unlikely to result in equitable access to financial services. 721, 2022, Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, August, 2022, Available at SSRN: [link] or [link].

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A Look Back at California Cannabis in 2022

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The year 2022 was a busy one for the California cannabis industry, with everything from tax reform to the beginning of enforcement. A few things happened in 2022 that indicate the agencies may be changing their approach. Under state law, CDTFA collected both a cultivation tax and an excise tax. California hints at enforcement?

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Paper: “Not a SAFE Bet: Equitable Access to Cannabis Banking, An Analysis of the SAFE Banking Act.”

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CRCC’s paper, published by the Ohio State University (OSU) Moritz College of Law, is titled “Not a SAFE Bet: Equitable Access to Cannabis Banking, An Analysis of the SAFE Banking Act.”. Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, August, 2022. 21 Pages Posted: 12 Aug 2022. Date Written: August 11, 2022. Cat Packer.

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Alert: Governor Gavin Newsom signs legislation implementing the 2022-23 state budget, including trailer bill focusing on measures to bring tax relief to the cannabis industry

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The cannabis tax reform trailer bill will: Indefinitely suspend the cannabis cultivation tax effective July 1, 2022. Move cannabis excise-tax collection and remittance to retail in 2023, establishing one point of collection and remittance and greatly simplifying tax requirements for the entire cannabis supply chain.

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California Voters Could Vote on Legalizing Psilocybin Mushrooms in 2022

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Marijuana Moment reports that a group called Decriminalize California has submitted a petition to the California attorney general’s office for a 2022 ballot measure that would make California the first state to legalize magic mushrooms. . View original article.

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Kind Idaho Ramps Up Efforts to Place Medical Cannabis Legalization Initiative on State’s 2022 Ballot

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Kind Idaho Chair Jackee Winters is laser-focused on qualifying the group’s medical cannabis legalization initiative for the state’s 2022 ballot in order to help her daughter, who suffers from a brain tumor, get legal access to cannabis. It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary.

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Mind Medicine Australia – Opinion: If the Medicine Works Shouldn’t We All Have Access to it? A Recent Poll of Australians Says Yes We Should – Scott Leckie and Tania de Jong (February 2022)

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Our families and communities are suffering, and we urgently need access to preventative and curative medicines and medical care that is safe and effective. These ground-breaking treatments offer therapeutic access to either psilocybin (the active ingredient in ‘magic mushrooms’) or MDMA, a synthetic medicine.