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Kamala Harris Backs Biden’s Cannabis Pardons, Air Force Changes THC Testing Policy, and the DEA’s Dark Origins

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Air Force changed its THC testing policy, and a DEA historian talked about the organization’s racist origins. Air Force (USAF) made some huge changes to its cannabis policy. What do you think of the USAF’s new THC testing policy? DEA Museum Historian Calls Out Organization’s Racist Origins.

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Psilocybin-Alcohol Study, FDA’s Psychedelic Guide, & the NCAA’s Cannabis Overhaul Begins

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A study investigated psilocybin’s effect on alcohol addiction, the FDA outlined best practices for future psychedelic research, and the NCAA is inching toward cannabis policy change. Lastly, the guide lays out the complex DEA registration process researchers much navigate to gain access to plants like psilocybin.

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The Supreme Court Puts a Halt to a Commandeering Congress

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For starters, this case clarifies that the federal government can neither force the states to enforce federal marijuana policy, nor can they prohibit the states from implementing or revising their own marijuana policies. The federal government just cannot prescribe what shall be orthodox in marijuana policy.

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The Week in Weed: May 15, 2020

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The National Cannabis Industry Association would like to get the DEA out of research entirely, and state-level research could be a substitute for the federal program. Following up on last week’s news , New Approach Montana has begun collecting signatures to put legalization on the November ballot. montana update. and finally.

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These 4 Newly Legal States Are Projected Earn an Annual $5 Billion

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Collectively, the four aforementioned newly legal states are projected to earn $4.5 However, it’s important to note that — according to the Marijuana Policy Project — each applicant would be required to pay a fee of $3 million. Municipalities that permit recreational cannabis sales would also collect a 3% sales tax.

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U.S. House Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman & Cori Bush Unveil Federal Bill to Decriminalize Drug Possession, Replace with Health-Centered Approach

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. – Today, ahead of the 50th anniversary—on June 17—of when President Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs,” Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Cori Bush (D-MO) unveiled the Drug Policy Reform Act (DPRA), alongside the Drug Policy Alliance, which has been a strategic partner on the development of the legislation.

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Update on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

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Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF). It would transfer primary agency jurisdiction over cannabis from the DEA to the FDA, TTB, and ATF. If implemented, regulatory responsibility of cannabis would be transferred from the U.S.