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How Kevin Durant Ended the NBA’s Cannabis Ban

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A new collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association union went into effect July 1, 2023. Now, with the 2023 policy change, the league will also no longer punish players for cannabis use. This agreement now allows players to consume cannabis outside of games without penalty.

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Cannabis-Tourettes’ Study Shows Promise, OR & MD Make Psychedelic Progress, and Idaho Weighs MMJ Legalization

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The patients were given daily doses of a cannabis product with 123 milligrams of THC and 50.5 Fast-forward to 2023, and the state has now granted the first of these psilocybin manufacturing licenses to Satori Farms PDX LLC. Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, advocates are pushing to decriminalize psilocybin statewide.

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What’s Happening With Cannabis Around the World?

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Individuals in the country with conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, depression, insomnia, ADHD, multiple sclerosis, anxiety, chronic pain, and epilepsy have embraced the option of medical cannabis. estimates that 60-70% of his patients are seeking out medical cannabis for the treatment of chronic pain.

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NORML 2019 Legislative Report

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State lawmakers passed HB 324 , which establishes a regulatory commission to oversee the eventual “production, manufacturing, and dispensing” of products possessing specified quantities of plant-derived THC to qualified patients. The law went into effect on July 1, 2019. The law takes effect on January 11, 2020.