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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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One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 million marijuana plants and conducted more than 6,600 marijuana related arrests.

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

Cannabis Law Report

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 Robert Szyba. Seyfarth Shaw LLP. [co-author: co-author: Sydney Jenkins].

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

Cannabis Law Report

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 By Robert Szyba & Sydney Jenkins. July 18, 2022.

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The Week in Weed: August 28, 2020

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Pennsylvania’s governor is supporting cannabis legalization. Arizonans will have a chance to vote on legalization in November. Vermont is considering expungement and decriminalization. dea hemp rule.

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Colorado Could Legalize Psychedelics This November

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The city of Denver, Colorado, decriminalized the possession and use of psilocybin in 2019—the first U.S. Colorado could legalize psychedelics. These include legalizing the possession, cultivation, use, and sharing of psychedelic components such as ibogaine , mescaline , DMT, psilocybin , and psilocin for adults over the age of 21.

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Oregon-like legalization of “magic” mushrooms is the goal of the Colorado ballot measure

Cannabis Law Report

Colorado could decriminalize the personal use and possession of certain psychedelic plants and fungi, including “magic mushrooms,” and create a Natural Medicine Access Program, according to a voter initiative on the November ballot. Oregon, two years ago, became the first state to legalize psilocybin with the approval of Measure 109.

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Ketamine Is Removed from California Decrim Bill

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The California legislation that would decriminalize some psychedelic substances under state law, Senate Bill 519, was approved in a 5-3 vote by the State Assembly’s Public Safety Committee in a June 29th hearing. Decriminalizing psychedelics is one important step in that direction. They write. Read more at.