SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Phil Murphy signed into law legislation setting up a recreational marijuana marketplace, decriminalizing cannabis and loosening penalties for possession. Phil Murphy, more than three months after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to legalize adult use of the drug. Read the entire article at NBC News.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 18, 2022

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 billion respectively, according to a recent Forbes article.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The enormous growth in import figures proves this: while in the fourth quarter of 2017 – six months after medical cannabis was legalized – 694 kilograms of medical cannabis were imported into Germany, in the same quarter of 2020 it was almost 3.5 tons, as Peter Homberg said, Chairman of the European Cannabis Group explained.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 28, 2021

The November 2020 election was a great win for advocates for cannabis legal reform , with four states voting to legalize recreational cannabis, joining the 11 other states that have decriminalized recreational cannabis use. ” What Federal Law Says. 12114(a); 29 U.S.C. § 12114(a); 29 U.S.C. §

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Lehman’s interest in advancing the conversation originates in part from his friendship with his mentor and former state representative Tom Knollman, who refuses opioids in the treatment of his multiple sclerosis and is an advocate for legalizing cannabis.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

Some of that press includes scare articles related to a “millionaire couple threatening to create a magic mushroom monopoly.” Assuming that is the case with psilocybin, the COMPASS effort should have no direct impact on decriminalized psilocybin in places like Oakland and Denver , or broader legalization efforts here in Oregon.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Cannabis legalization or decriminalization (we’ll get to the difference in a bit) is one of several issues set to test Democrats’ slim majority in Congress, along with a $15 minimum wage hike and making Washington, DC, the 51st state. Read the entire article at CNET. View original article.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

As well as understanding that the war on drugs was a massive waste of time, Mace understands that the people want legalization and won’t stand down until their representatives hear them loud and clear. She was quoted as saying the following regarding cannabis in a recent article by Forbes : “It’s American, it’s uniting.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 15, 2022

Varone is the author of two books, Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services and Fire Officer’s Legal Handbook, and remains active as a deputy chief in Exeter, RI. That straightforward approach did not change when states began to legalize medical marijuana or decriminalize marijuana possession.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 6, 2021

London Mayor Sadiq Khan will form a commission to study the potential of decriminalization of cannabis if he is re-elected next month, according to media reports from the United Kingdom. In 2019, a public opinion poll found that nearly two-thirds (63%) of the city’s residents support the legalization and regulation of cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

This bill would create a scenario similar to cannabis where mushrooms would be legal at the state level to an extent greater than they are at the federal level. Mason Lord, chair of Decriminalize Spokane, led an effort last year to have the city decriminalize mushroom possession and sale. Denver in 2019 became the first U.S.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 27, 2021

North Dakota’s Senate dealt another blow to recreational marijuana legislation on Friday, voting down a bill to decriminalize possession of small quantities of the drug and paraphernalia. Diane Larson, R-Bismarck, said the committee “felt that this was not the time to decriminalize marijuana.”. “If View original article.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 17, 2021

State senators on the Golden State’s public safety committee voted to advance a bill that would decriminalize the possession of many mind-expanding substances by 4 to 1 on Tuesday. . SB 519 would decriminalize both the possession and use of psilocybin, psilocyn, MDMA, LSD, ketamine, DMT, mescaline, and ibogaine.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

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. ” View original article. There are people here who suffer, and we’re behind the times.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 14, 2021

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal council, which oversees Native communities located on the western edge of North Carolina, has voted to decriminalize the possession of an ounce of cannabis for those 21 years and older, Cherokee One Feather reports. . View original article.

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The Cannigma

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Medical: illegal Recreational: illegal (possession of up to 6 grams was decriminalized in 2004). Is weed legal in Russia? Bryun also stated that 1-3% of people smoking cannabis develop severe psychosis, including schizophrenia (an assertion not supported by science) and thus “legalization is out of the question in this case.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Here’s the introduction Cannabis shops have multiplied since the drug was decriminalized, with caveats, in June. Thailand’s military government is carrying out an experiment: What happens when a country in Asia, a region where drug laws tend to be harsh, essentially legalizes […].

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 1, 2020

Marijuana and drug policy reform advocates came into 2020 believing it would be a big—and perhaps unprecedented—year for legalization and decriminalization measures on state ballots … Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 12, 2021

Late last week we published an article attributing comments about not legalizing psychedelic compounds to Rick Doblin at a event held by Prohibition Partners. Angermayer said he personally favors decriminalization but not legalization. Society is like a rubber band. Let’s go step-by-step.”. Source: [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

With full marijuana legalization now in effect in New York, this sweeping action shows other courts throughout the state the power they have to undo prohibition. In 2019 we had marijuana decriminalization and this year we had legalization,” Yung-Mi Lee, legal director at Brooklyn Defender Services, told Filter.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 6, 2021

City leadership in New Orleans got creative to push forward cannabis reform and decriminalization, as the city police struggle to gain back trust. While the New Orleans City Council doesn’t have the authority to legalize adult-use marijuana, it has the ability to decriminalize it through an ordinance changing police policy.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Cannabis entrepreneurs spent decades longing for Washington’s blessing — but now a vocal corner of the industry is afraid federal marijuana legalization poses an existential threat. In general for social equity, I think it would be a disaster at this point for federal legalization to occur.”. Here’s the introduction to the piece.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 12, 2021

The Louisiana House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that effectively decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana. Louisiana lawmakers are also considering a separate measure, House Bill 699 ( HB 699 ), that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults and regulate commercial cannabis production and sales.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 29, 2021

WE’RE CALLING ON RHODE ISLAND LAWMAKERS TO PASS A LEGALIZATION LAW THAT INCLUDES: Automatic expungement for prior cannabis records. Total decriminalization through the removal of cannabis from the Rhode Island Controlled Substances Act. Also read Filter article. Why Rhode Island Cannabis Activists Want Worker-Owned Co-Ops.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The next state to legalize marijuana for adults may well be Pennsylvania, where two top state lawmakers introduced a bipartisan legalization bill on Wednesday. Past proposals to legalize in the state have stalled in the Republican-controlled state legislature. Read the entire article at Forbes. View original article.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As more states legalize cannabis, companies are dealing with the absence of national trademark uniformity. Currently, there is no legal mechanism to obtain a trademark to sell cannabis across state lines. Companies must be ready to fight for their trademark rights once legal cannabis becomes a national reality.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 16, 2021

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox said on Friday he expected Congress to pass its new law to legalize cannabis next week , a move that would effectively create one of the world’s largest weed markets. Read the entire article at Global News. View original article.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 7, 2022

At the state level, Oregon has decriminalized possession of small amounts of almost all drugs and is also starting to implement Measure 109, approved in 2020, which will allow for supervised administration of psilocybin at licensed service centers. Click to check out its psychedelic legalization & decriminalization tracker.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 18, 2021

Californians are ready for legal psilocybin mushrooms — and it sounds like they’re not going to wait around for legislators to allow them to have it. While legalizing mushrooms may sound like a pipedream, politicians are actually on board with softening the laws around psychedelics prohibition. View original article.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 13, 2021

The possibility of a new and massive cannabis market sprang into being this week as Mexico’s Lower House of Congress approved a decriminalization and legalization bill, which is widely expected to become law in the near future. And in Kentucky, it’s still a long road to medical cannabis legalization.

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The Cannigma

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The actual argument made in the widely shared AP article, Jackson explained is that “the inexpensive, seedy, low quality ganja” that used to be sold for $1 (US) per gram is no longer readily available on the streets of Jamaica.”. This is something that happens every year but somehow it made the news this time,” said.

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 6, 2021

The California Senate just granted final approval to a landmark bill that would make it legal for any adult in the Golden State to possess, use, and share almost any psychedelic drug. Oakland passed a resolution decriminalizing the possession of most natural psychedelics in 2019, and Santa Cruz adopted a similar resolution the following year.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 14, 2021

Department of Justice from spending federal funds on prosecuting state-legal medical cannabis businesses. It is long past time that these archaic laws are updated for the 21st century,” said Young, whose home state of Alaska legalized adult-use cannabis through a ballot measure in 2014. View original article. A former U.S.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 18, 2022

The governor of Delaware has given his first public comments on a bill to legalize marijuana that was sent to his desk last week, noting the legislation’s limited scope but saying that he has remaining concerns and declining to say specifically whether he intends to sign it. Full Article.

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MAY 22, 2021

Advocates for Indigenous people recently wrote a letter to drug reform advocates and media saying that peyote should not be included in the current wave of psychedelic decriminalization efforts, as reported by Marijuana Moment (where you can check out the statement in full.) . Not all decriminalization efforts have ignored the issue.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 18, 2022

The German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has been given a unique incentive to submit legislation that can be passed by the Bundestag by the end of the year to legalize a recreational cannabis market. Read full article. German Health Minister Given Cannabis Legalization Deadline By Budget Committee. ICBC report.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Will “decriminalization” just spread the problem nationwide? In 2019, he was protecting one of the thousand or so cannabis stores in California’s biggest city—part of an industry that has grown less and less underground since 1996, when the state first legalized medical marijuana. View original article. Read More @ Politico].

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