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Cannabis Advocates to Rally in Kentucky

NORML

Jason Nemes, R-33, is sponsoring a medical cannabis bill (HB 136) that allows doctors to recommend cannabis therapy as part of patients’ treatment regimens. Seum recently told lawmakers he “smoked a joint” instead of using potentially addictive opioids during colon cancer treatment. 9 during a news conference.

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Cannabis Decriminalization Reduces Racial Disparity, According to New Data

Veriheal

This is an example of racial disparity, defined as “the imbalances and incongruities between the treatment of racial groups” by Howard University. Fortunately, a study recently published in Social Science & Medicine discovered a solution to the racial disparity rampant in cannabis regulation: decriminalization.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/18/20

NORML

At the state level, a new decriminalization law took effect this week in Hawaii involving the possession of up to three grams of marijuana, as well as a procedure for expungement of past convictions for the same amount. Legislation is pending, A1897, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. IN resident?

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CA: Arcata City Council Councilmember Sarah Schaefer Agrees To Lead Psychedelics Decriminalization Proposal

Cannabis Law Report

Another California city is pursuing a resolution to decriminalize psychedelics, with an Arcata City Council member agreeing to sponsor the measure. Third California City Seeks To Decriminalize Psychedelics. Decriminalize Nature Humboldt. Marijuana Moment reports. Our press release was published on Kym Kemp!

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Colorado Could Legalize Psychedelics This November

Veriheal

The city of Denver, Colorado, decriminalized the possession and use of psilocybin in 2019—the first U.S. The Colorado Secretary of State’s office announced earlier this month that the Natural Medicine Health Act received enough qualifying signatures to make it to this November’s ballot. city to do so.

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Drastic Increase in Scientific Research on Medicinal Cannabis

Sensi Seeds

As a result, a new model of public health in the area of drugs has been generated, as have alternative policies at the local level in different countries to decriminalize and legalize cannabis, despite the fact that these policies do not comply with the international regulatory framework. Prohibition Does Not Stop Science.

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Colorado “Healing Centers” Could Lay Groundwork For Widespread Psychedelic Therapy

Veriheal

Voters in Colorado have again broken new ground with their passage of Proposition 122–now known as the Natural Medicine Health Act –during the 2022 election. This act is significant for making the cultivation, possession, and usage of natural medicines like psilocybin, DMT, ibogaine, and mescaline legal in the state.

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