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Trulieve Deposits Another $5 Million Into Florida 2024 Initiative Says Cannabis Business Times

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Florida-based cannabis giant Trulieve recently doubled its contribution to the Smart & Safe Florida political committee with another $5 million toward a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis. 1, 2024, with election officials needing 30 days to check signatures before that deadline. 23 to circulate the petition.

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Germany’s Plans To Legalize Cannabis, A Psychedelic Task Force In MD, And AK’s Mental Health Care

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Germany has plans to introduce cannabis to citizens, Maryland is creating a new psychedelic task force to study potential legalization, and Alaskans are considering psychedelics as an innovative new treatment for mental health issues. Follow along as we catch up on all of the cannabis and psychedelic news you may have missed last week.

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Washington State Eliminates Medical Cannabis Taxation

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HB 1453 seeks to alleviate the unfair tax burden on medical cannabis patients and providers On March 6, 2024, the Washington Senate passed HB 1453 which will provide an exemption from the 37% excise tax for medical cannabis patients and designated providers. The bill now waits for signatures and executive action to become law.

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Malaysia set to allow the import and use of medical cannabis

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There is one problem, Malaysia currently has no registered cannabis-based treatment. billion by 2024, according to a report published in 2020 by Prohibition Partners. The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory agency (NPRA) approved Sativex in 2014 for patients experiencing muscle spasms and spasticity from multiple sclerosis.

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

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The 2023 World Drug Report shows unreasonable use of criminal penalties for the “war on drugs” movement as it discourages people who use drugs for treatment, and this encourages social stigma. They do not have access to appropriate representation to aid them. This rise contributed to an increase of over 39.5

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Oregon Cannabis: The OLCC License as Security

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The fact that OLCC isn’t issuing new licenses, yet allows the “sale” of existing licenses, is consistent with this treatment. Here, I am assuming the HB 4016 license issuance moratorium will be extended beyond March 31, 2024.) You can expect to see the Rule built out to address the adjudicated incapacity of a licensee, for starters.

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Colorado Governor Seeks Pardons for Psychedelic Convictions

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.” Polis continued, expressing his displeasure at the fact that “in this day and age, somebody suffering from anxiety, depression, PTSD can get medical coverage for very costly prescription drugs but cannot get coverage for treatment in a healing center that will address some of the underlying causes of the issue.”