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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. But he is hoping that if the commission recommends decriminalization, his support will lend weight to the cause. View original article.

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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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JULY 6, 2021

Harvard Law School is planning to open the first US policy center focused on the legalization and regulation of psychedelics like psilocybin, MDMA, and LSD. . Harvard’s new center will be the first to focus solely on psychedelics policy and laws rather than research, though. View original article.

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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. Cannabis would actually be the exit drug.”.

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SMPL

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Statement from Steven Hawkins, executive director at the Marijuana Policy Project: “Today’s vote marks a historic victory for the marijuana policy reform movement. The MORE Act would set federal marijuana policy on a path toward correcting an unfair system and help restore justice to those who have been victimized by prohibition.

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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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SpeedWeed

JUNE 2, 2021

Could California be on the brink of decriminalizing psychedelics? Psychedelic Decriminalization May Sweep the Nation. In November , voters in Oregon approved a pair of measures at the ballot that decriminalized possession of all drugs and legalized the therapeutic use of psilocybin. View original article.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

She said she’s concerned the mushroom policy will be put into place before standards are set. 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. have followed suit.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 18, 2022

billion respectively, according to a recent Forbes article. Nevertheless, the federal law and enforcement policy remained the same. In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 billion, with states like Colorado and Oregon bringing in over $2.2

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The university’s Cannabis Center of Excellence offers courses like cannabis economics, cannabis law and policy, and survey of cannabis business. Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law offers a course on marijuana law and policy and a seminar on marijuana law. They’ve since added a degree in cannabis business.

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MMJ Recs

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

This article explores the history of medical marijuana in Ohio, analyzes the changing attitudes and acceptance, and delves into the impact of stigma on its journey to legalization. The legislative steps taken to decriminalize its use for medicinal purposes signify a departure from earlier prohibitions.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2022

law as a Schedule I Controlled Substance, 2 which means that its possession, sale or use is prohibited by federal law, even in those states whose laws have decriminalized the use of cannabis. Successful reviews have included program inventories, policy inventories and enforcement analyses. Job Postings and Internships.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Decriminalization occurred last year in Denver, Oakland and Santa Cruz, and that was just a start: nearly 100 other cities are looking at decriminalizing psychedelics. Federally, legislation has been proposed to allow research into psychedelic drugs, alongside calls for decriminalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

What has evolved in the policy gap with federal law over the past decade is a patchwork of state-sanctioned fiefdoms where cannabis markets have largely developed locally and extend just to the border. Two in three Americans live in a state that has approved the sale of recreational weed.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

This issue was brought to the council members by the group Decriminalize Denton. The decriminalization of Denton member Stanton Blusher has directly seen the life-changing consequences of low-level cannabis arrests. “I The group is making a second attempt to promote non-criminalization after the previous attempt has not progressed.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 10, 2021

Marijuana policies in the United States have become more permissive, motivating research on demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use. Marijuana policies in the United States (U.S.) Introduction.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 24, 2022

According to a report produced by the Economics Policy Institute, cannabis workers could earn as much as an additional $8,690 per year after forming a union. Even in states that have decriminalized cannabis, racial disparities in arrests have persisted. times more likely to be arrested for possession.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 6, 2019

In recent years, jurisdictions throughout the area have softened their stance on the plant, largely through policies that have decriminalized simple possession and established robust programs for medical cannabis use and sales. The trend began in Jamaica, which set off a chain reaction in 2015.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2022

billion respectively, according to a recent Forbes article. Nevertheless, the federal law and enforcement policy remained the same. In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 billion, with states like Colorado and Oregon bringing in over $2.2

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 18, 2022

billion respectively, according to a recent Forbes article. Nevertheless, the federal law and enforcement policy remained the same. In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 billion, with states like Colorado and Oregon bringing in over $2.2

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2022

Here’s the introduction to the article. Eric Sterling, a member of the Policing Advisory Commission of Montgomery County, Maryland, and a longtime drug policy reform advocate, filed a complaint May 5 with the Office of Inspector General for the US Department of Justice. Read the full article at. This distinction matters.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Like medical marijuana usage, with decriminalizing and more research showing psychedelics as a viable therapeutic alternative in treating depression, substance use disorders, and other mental illnesses, employers should expect to see more workplace issues like those involved in the lawsuit against Amazon. We’ll see ya at the polls in 2024.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

A new article published in Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy discusses the importance, and challenges, of racial equity within the resurgent field of psychedelic-assisted mental health treatment. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy , 28 (3), 211–214. Madison Natarajan, MS. – August 5, 2021. link] (Link).

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Currently, 37 states (and the District of Columbia) have decriminalized marijuana or enacted laws authorizing its use for medical or recreational purposes. Until marijuana is decriminalized at the federal level, foreign nationals must be wary. Article: View Original Source. Posted in: Featured Posts , Immigration.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

A bill to decriminalize. RELATED: Louisiana Gov.John Bel Edwards Signs Cannabis Decriminalization Bill Into Law. several other states that have implemented decriminalization bills, and made. ground needed to come together and find the way to decriminalize personal-use. ” Policy and Advocacy Director.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 2, 2020

Earlier this year we wrote about the movement to decriminalize psilocybin – noting its success in Denver, Oakland, and Santa Cruz – and that nearly 100 other cities are looking at decriminalizing psychedelics. ( Denver Decriminalizes Psilocybin. The Psilocybin Movement is Like the Cannabis Movement (Except When It’s Not) ).

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 29, 2021

Total decriminalization through the removal of cannabis from the Rhode Island Controlled Substances Act. Also read Filter article. Social investment of cannabis tax dollars in communities harmed by the war on drugs. Equitable industry regulations that prioritize the participation of historically marginalized people. Watch their video.

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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. This article is an analysis and is not meant to be legal advice. Emphasis added by Veriheal. .

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Freedom Leaf

MAY 14, 2019

In February 2018, I heard about a group that wanted to decriminalize psychoactive mushrooms in Denver, but didn’t know much about it. I joined the drug policy reform movement in 1993 specifically with the goal of legalizing psychedelics, so I was glad to hear from Matthews. In October, the board certified the language.

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MARCH 11, 2021

Last week, Washington became the second US state to decriminalize drug possession. But unlike Oregon, where decriminalization was approved by a majority of voters on a ballot initiative, Washington’s sudden decriminalization came by way of its highest court. . View original article.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

student of public policy , and my colleagues and I studied data from marijuana users in Oregon. As of 2019, 33 states have permitted medical marijuana or decriminalized marijuana possession, and most Americans support legalization. The Conversation reports. So we did. I’m a Ph.D. Starting on Jan.

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MARCH 23, 2021

The website, which reports on developments and trends affecting cannabis, is tracking more than 900 cannabis and drug policy bills in state legislatures and Congress this year. View original article. Filed Under: Texas Tagged With: House Speaker Dade Phelan , Legal Marijuana , Lt. The post Texas’ odds for marijuana law reform?

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MARCH 18, 2021

Goldstein helped draft Philadelphia’s 2014 cannabis decriminalization ordinance, a move that was followed by action to reform marijuana laws in more than a dozen additional Pennsylvania cities, including the state capital of Harrisburg. View original article. We’re talking about a plant.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2019

Instead, the law as originally adopted was primarily designed to decriminalize medical marijuana use in New Jersey. If an employee or job applicant tests positive for cannabis under an employer’s drug testing policy, the employee or job applicant must be granted an opportunity to present a “legitimate medical explanation” for the test result.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

The Idaho Way , formerly known as the Idaho Citizen Coalition for Cannabis, is also working to bring cannabis policy reform to Idaho in the form of a decriminalization initiative called the Personal Adult Marijuana Decriminalization Act (PAMDA). ” View original article.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

The Idaho Way , formerly known as the Idaho Citizen Coalition for Cannabis, is also working to bring cannabis policy reform to Idaho in the form of a decriminalization initiative called the Personal Adult Marijuana Decriminalization Act (PAMDA). ” View original article.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 21, 2020

A year prior to that, the magazine published an article under the heading “Pot: A Rational Approach.” The campaign will be focusing on implementing changes in public policy through advocating for legislation.

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