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What Is the MORE Act, and How Could It Change Marijuana Policy Forever?

NORML

Additionally, the MORE Act is the first piece of federal legislation that would establish social equity programs for cannabis entrepreneurs, and it would enact wholesale expungements of prior low-level weed offenses for federal convicts. The Department of Justice has a number of existing offices in their justice programs.

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

Veriheal

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. In a press release late last month, the USAF announced its two-year pilot program that gives applicants who failed their initial THC test a chance to retest.

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Canada: Ottawa has lost control of veterans’ medical cannabis program, audit finds

Cannabis Law Report

Ottawa has lost control of veterans’ medical marijuana program, audit finds. Collection of data and trends to inform policy. The result: Veterans Affairs spent more than $150 million on medical marijuana last year — more than on all other prescription drugs combined. Read full report. April 2022. Background.

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Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) Reports Says States Have Collected $US10 Billion In Cannabis Taxes So Far

Cannabis Law Report

Since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. Eight of the laws were approved in 2020 or 2021, and in seven of those states, sales and tax collections have not yet begun. 46,104,922. 104,759,961.

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Researchers To Investigate Arkansas’ Medical Cannabis Program

Veriheal

The NIDA-funded investigation will delve into the health-related repercussions of Arkansas’ medical cannabis program , which was initially approved by voters back in 2016. ACHI identifies itself as a sovereign health policy center that was formed in 1998. Those two taxes, we’ve collected just under $50,000,000, 49.6

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United Coalition of Cannabis Associations Successfully Advocated Amendments into AB 45, Establishing A Foundation for Comprehensive Cannabinoid Policy.

Cannabis Law Report

The mission of the United Cannabis Business Association is to establish a comprehensive, statewide cannabinoid policy. It is in that same spirit that UCBA has spent the last three years advocating for responsible consumable hemp policy. Such a policy includes equal safety testing requirements to protect public health.

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Cannabis Tax Policy and Libraries: A New Whitepaper From EveryLibrary Institute

Cannabis Law Report

In its continuing series of whitepapers, the EveryLibrary Institute has created the “Cannabis Tax Policy and Libraries” whitepaper (July 2022) to help inform library leaders and public policy stakeholders about the role that revenue from recreational cannabis should have in supporting public libraries as community anchor institutions.

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