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How Kevin Durant Ended the NBA’s Cannabis Ban

Veriheal

A new collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association union went into effect July 1, 2023. First-time offenders who tested positive for the drug were obligated to enter the basketball league’s substance-use treatment and counseling program. Can NBA Players Smoke Weed?

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One Marijuana Arrest Occurs Every 58 Seconds

CannaMD

Now is the time for the public to collectively demand that enough is enough: end prohibition and expunge the criminal records to no longer hold people back from achieving their potential. Need Advice About Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program?

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Mid-Atlantic States Enact Historic Reforms, But Remain Stalled on Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

Perhaps more important for economic considerations in the northeast, the State of New York decriminalized marijuana in July. Governor Murphy has been more successful in expanding New Jersey’s medical marijuana program through executive action. New York Decriminalization Bill Signed Into Law.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/8/19

NORML

Activists in Nebraska, along with two pro-legalization Senators, qualified a 2020 medical cannabis ballot initiative petition to begin collecting signatures from registered voters in the state. Legislation is pending, House Bill 96, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. AL resident? GA resident? HI resident?

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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

Not only are more and more jurisdictions decriminalizing the use of psychedelics for recreational purposes, but it appears that psychedelic substances are the new horizon for the treatment of severe psychological disorders and other ailments. Published Via JD Supra. The state of the law on psychedelic substances is in flux.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/15/18

NORML

Some highlights include expedited expungement for past misdemeanor marijuana convictions, a three-percent tax to be collected by or paid to municipalities wherever retail stores exist, and provisions to incentivize socio-economic, racial, and gender equity in the state’s cannabis industry. AR resident? California. CA resident?

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Can medical cannabis survive adult-use legalization?

The Cannigma

But what happens to the medical programs and access and probably in ways that I don’t even know what to ask? And so, the medical program becomes legalized, and patients then have to apply for a medical card from the state. But in a lot of states, they kind of combine the two programs. North Dakota. MSO: One of them.