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Massachusetts: City Of Worcester commission looks at decriminalizing psychedelics, although vote won’t change state law

Cannabis Law Report

Worcester Human Rights Commission held a meeting earlier this month petitioning for the decriminalization of entheogenic plants and fungi- natural psychedelics. The city councils of Easthampton, Northampton, Cambridge and Somerville have already voted to decriminalize the possession and use of psychedelic plants, according to WBUR.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/4/19

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Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) re-introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which protects those engaged in state-lawful medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. The new Congress was just sworn in yesterday, and they are not wasting any time. MA resident?

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Update on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Cannabis Law Report

The bill includes several provisions for additional research to investigate the impact of legalization on public health, driving safety, and similar areas. Decriminalization of Cannabis, Recognition of State law Controlling Cannabis. Research, Training and Prevention. Draft Bill Details.

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Nevada Rules That the Schedule I Classification of Cannabis Is Unconstitutional

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Board of Pharmacy Operated Outside of Its Authority The latest rolling by Judge Joe Hardy, however, establishes that the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy did not hold the authority to regulate cannabis under state law and ordered the agency to remove cannabis’s listing from the state’s CSA.

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Oregon Psychedelics: Psilocybin on the Ballot this November!

Canna Law Blog

The Effort to Decriminalize Psilocybin in California is Underway. These include education, reducing mental illness, and developing a long-term strategic plan for ensuring the accessibility of psilocybin mental health services for persons over 21 years of age. The Psilocybin Movement is Like the Cannabis Movement (Except When It’s Not).

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Article: General Counsel’s Corner: Cannabis and the Campus

Cannabis Law Report

Thirty-nine states allow the use of medical marijuana, while 18 states and the District of Columbia permit both medical and recreational marijuana. 1 Despite what would appear to be increasingly lawful access to cannabis, it is still classified by U.S. Regulation Requirements.

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New York Medical Marijuana Guide

Cannabis Law Report

Over the next 50 years, several studies surrounding marijuana use and its effects were conducted as the state introduced new laws. Marijuana remained illegal, however, until 1977, when the possession of 25 grams or less of cannabis was decriminalized. What did pass in 2019 was a handful of marijuana decriminalization measures.