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Virginia Could Decriminalize Psilocybin And Other Psychedelics With Newly Filed Bills

Cannabis Law Report

Virginia lawmakers introduced new bills this week to decriminalize the possession of psychedelics. Any dollars collected from psychedelics possession violations would go to the state’s Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund, which supports substance misuse treatment programs and drug courts. Marijuana Moment reports.

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The Week in Weed: March 1, 2024

The Blunt Truth

Arkansas’ Attorney General gives the go-ahead for advocates to start collecting signatures for a ballot initiative. The measure would increase the number of practitioners who could prescribe medical cannabis, and the number of qualifying conditions. And Philadelphia (where the series is set) has decriminalized.

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Oakland (City) officially decriminalizes plant based psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

RESOLVED, That the Oakland City Council directs the City Administrator to instruct the City’s state and federal lobbyists to work in support of decriminalizing all Entheogenic Plants and plant-based compounds that are listed on the Federal Controlled Substances Schedule 1; AND BE IT FURTHER. That makes it the second U.S. ” [link].

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And the Winner of the 2020 Election Is…Weed!

The Blunt Truth

Meanwhile in Montana , voters narrowly passed Initiative 190 and Initiative 118 which collectively will permit the use, production and sale of marijuana to adults ages 21 or older. also approved measures aimed at decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelic plants. Patients can also possess up to 2.5 Washington, D.C.,

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Amazon sued for employment discrimination over Psychedelic Mushrooms

Cannabis Law Report

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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Texas Police Chiefs Association Hold Marijuana Press Conference

NORML

Our research has found that marijuana in legalized states can increase crime, negatively impact public health, place additional strain on social services, fail to eradicate criminal enterprises, and that expenditures often outpace revenue collection. Phase 2: Push for decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana and expanded medical use.

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Wyoming Cannabis Lobbyists Endeavor to Get Two Cannabis Initiatives Featured on 2024 Ballot

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states that have legalized cannabis in some form, but advocates have continued to work hard on cannabis legalization and decriminalization proposals. . Both the medical cannabis legalization bill and the cannabis decriminalization bill feature language from the two cannabis-related ballot initiatives submitted in 2021.