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The Week in Weed: September 29, 2023

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Sure, this is further than the legislation has gotten before, but there’s still a LONG way to go on this. MORE & HOPE Banking isn’t the only cannabis-related legislation working its way through the halls of Congress. MORE & HOPE Banking isn’t the only cannabis-related legislation working its way through the halls of Congress.

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DEA Faces Lawsuit For Denying End of Life Patients the Right to Try Psychedelics Therapy

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The FDA refers to this program as the expanded access program on their website. While they offer approved clinical trials that can offer patients the ability to try potential therapeutic options, many patients are unable to participate in clinical trials, and this is where the importance of the Right to Try programs comes into play.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Voices Support For Decriminalizing Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called for decriminalizing the use of and research on psychedelics, as well as comprehensive marijuana legalization, in a video message played for a drug policy reform conference on Thursday.

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The Year in Weed: 2020 Edition

The Blunt Truth

Ideas ranged from legalization on day one (Sanders) to decriminalization and expungement (Bloomberg). Virginia decriminalized marijuana. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) objected to including cannabis banking in federal relief programs. The DEA released an interim hemp rule that the industry hated. Neither of them did.

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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

Cannabis Law Report

. – 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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The Week in Weed: August 20, 2019

The Blunt Truth

A researcher filed suit against the DEA, claiming the cannabis she was required to use in her work was “sub-par.” In other federal news, the DEA confirmed that “hemp plants and cannabidiol (CBD) preparations at or below the 0.3 Legislators are considering turning to private dispensaries instead.

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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. If passed, the Department of Regulatory Agencies would be required to develop rules that would allow for therapeutic psychedelic programs at licensed healing centers for adults to receive psychedelic treatments by a trained facilitator.