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Burlington Free Press Article: Psychedelic drugs in Vermont: A grassroots push for legalization picks up on lawmakers’ effort

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As a January 2020 bill to decriminalize certain hallucinogenic drugs in Vermont currently sits in committee , a grassroots petition was recently started to “legalize psychedelics for mental health in Vermont.”

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The Rise of Anti-Legalization Efforts

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Interestingly enough, the New York Times released an article in September of 2024, whereby a 1973 audio recording was unearthed of Nixon declaring he knew cannabis is not particularly dangerous, despite affecting millions of lives and families due to his policies ever since. The organizations current motto is Preventing the Next Big Tobacco.”

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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

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billion respectively, according to a recent Forbes article. The complexity of the legality and regulation of marijuana creates a great deal of ambiguity and confusion for employers in relation to hiring standards, applicable safety standards, and policies surrounding employee-usage.

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California Senators Just Approved Bill to Decriminalize Possession of Psychedelics

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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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USA: Testing People for Marijuana Impairment Based on THC Levels is ‘Not Reliable,’ Federally Funded Study Finds

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About this Article. The research described in this article was funded by NIJ grant 2016-DN-BX-0193 , awarded to RTI International. This article is based on the grantee final report “ Differences in Cannabis Impairment and its Measurement Due to Route of Administration ” (March 2020) by Megan Grabenauer. DOT HS 812 430, [link].

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Article: Washington legislature hears proposal to legalize psychedelic mushrooms

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Mason Lord, chair of Decriminalize Spokane, led an effort last year to have the city decriminalize mushroom possession and sale. city to decriminalize possession of psilocybin mushrooms and since then cities such as Oakland and Santa Cruz, in California, and Washington, D.C., Denver in 2019 became the first U.S.

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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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The Traffic Safety Culture Index is an annual survey with national scope and multiple measures relevant to driving after marijuana use. Because THC presence is an imperfect proxy for impairment [ 10 ], driving data may be limited in clarifying what traffic safety risks, if any, are associated with permissive marijuana policies.

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