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The Hill – Article: Cartels are turning our national forests into a warzone

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Even though California legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2016, an illicit market still thrives. Regardless of California’s decriminalization of cannabis, nothing about these grows is legal. In 2019, the black market brought in nearly triple the profits in sales over California’s legal cannabis industry.

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Advocates File Petition to Legalize Cannabis in Missouri

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According to members of the advocacy group, they have worked “for years to establish open markets and fair rules” for entrepreneurs, patients and consumers. However, recreational cannabis isn’t the only thing they seek to legalize. Fair Access Missouri is not the only group that supports recreational cannabis in the state.

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Virginia lawmakers agree to legalize marijuana, but not until 2024

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Lawmakers last year decriminalized marijuana, making simple possession a civil penalty that can be punished by a fine of no more than $25. The three-year delay in legalizing simple possession drew sharp criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Marijuana Justice, and other racial justice advocacy groups.

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Italian Interior Minister Takes Extreme Anti-Cannabis Stance, but Analysts See it as Empty Rhetoric

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Recreational marijuana remains illegal, but is decriminalized. According to an April article in The New York Times , Italy’s interest in cannabis was renewed following a 2016 law intended to help hemp farmers, but it simultaneously failed to regulate hemp flower. WeedAdvisor’s Interest in Global Cannabis Advocacy. .

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Mexico Is Inches From Federally Legalizing Adult-Use Cannabis

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The country’s lower legislative house, also known as the Chamber of Deputies, approved legislation to regulate recreational marijuana by a healthy margin of 316 to 129 votes, with 23 abstentions. . View original article. As of Wednesday afternoon, Mexico is one step closer to becoming the world’s largest licensed cannabis economy.

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These states could legalize cannabis next in 2021

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At least 12 state legislatures have recreational legalization measures on the table right now, which is a typical number for this time of year. Andrew Cuomo identified $100 million in expected recreational marijuana tax revenue as part of his state budget introduced last month. Who’s likely to follow Virginia? 26 budget address. . “I

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

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We tabulated responses to questions about driving after marijuana use from the Traffic Safety Culture Index based on demographic factors, recreational and medical marijuana policies, and per-se marijuana laws. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws.

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