OH GOP legalization invoice; IN medical marijuana laws deliberate; MO hashish initiatives flawed, former prisoner says
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
The Drug Enforcement Administration and National Institute on Drug Abuse are backing a White Home plan to make it simpler to analysis marijuana, psychedelics and different Schedule I medication.
A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers formally filed a marijuana legalization invoice. The transfer comes as activists are nearing completion of the primary section of their signature drive for an initiative to legalize hashish.
An Indiana Republican representative stated he plans to file a medical hashish invoice within the new session. Democrats, in the meantime, are pushing to legalize leisure marijuana in 2022.
Former Missouri marijuana prisoner Jeff Mizanskey—whose sentence was commuted by a governor— says in a brand new op-ed that proposed hashish poll initiatives have “vital flaws” and that lawmakers ought to as a substitute move a legalization plan that emphasizes “liberty and freedom.”
/ FEDERAL
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Nationwide Agricultural Statistics Service tweeted a reminder that responses to a federal hemp survey are due on Friday.
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Democrats tweeted about enchancment to hemp crop insurance coverage, saying, “Because the hemp business grows, it is vital that we offer producers with threat administration instruments which might be versatile and efficient sufficient crop insurance coverage. This information is nice for our hemp producers and financial system.”
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) spoke in regards to the low tax price in her marijuana legalization invoice.
Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) tweeted, “#HOPEAct and #SAFEBanking take achievable, bipartisan steps in direction of hashish reform which might be vital to the lives of tens of millions of People. With these payments, Congress can #PassProgress and start the lengthy overdue technique of ending the federal prohibition of hashish. #HOPEforSAFE.” He additionally tweeted a meme calling on Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to schedule a vote on the marijuana banking invoice.
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) tweeted, “Our brave veterans deserve entry to lifesaving therapy for PTSD and persistent sickness—interval. I’m working with my Hashish Caucus Co-Chairs to ensure medical hashish is accessible to our vets. It’s lengthy overdue.”
Rep. Marie Newman (D-IL) tweeted, “The hashish business is among the quickest rising industries, and its employees ought to have entry to a powerful union. I’ll at all times stand with employees and the center class within the battle for honest wages, sturdy advantages, and secure working circumstances.”
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) tweeted, “The drug warfare has confirmed that criminalizing substance use solely worsens the disaster. @POTUS’s proposal to completely classify fentanyl analogs as Schedule I medication is sort of actually lethal. Our strategy should be rooted in public well being and saving lives.”
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) tweeted, “The ‘warfare on medication’ has performed nothing however devastate communities throughout the nation. I’ve launched a invoice with @RepCori to start out treating substance use as the general public well being concern that it truly is.”
/ STATES
Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Cranley, at the moment Cincinnati’s mayor, tweeted, “For many years we locked up largely Black and brown males for possessing a drug that we knew was much less dangerous than alcohol. It’s time we modify that. Let’s #LegalizeIt and make investments that income proper again into our communities.”
Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro, at the moment the legal professional normal, tweeted, “Do you need to see marijuana legalization, reasonably priced well being care, and a increase within the minimal wage? Me too. There’s one method to get it performed in Pennsylvania, and it comes on Election Day.”
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, at the moment the agriculture commissioner, tweeted, “Floridians stick collectively. In 2022, we’re sticking collectively to broaden Medicaid so folks can get the care they want, legalize marijuana with restorative justice, defend our surroundings and a lot extra.”
Maryland lawmakers declined to vote on overriding Gov. Lary Hogan’s (R) veto of a invoice to decriminalize drug paraphernalia.
A New Mexico senator spoke throughout a congressional hearing about how the state is diversifying its income away from counting on the oil and gasoline business by legalizing marijuana.
The Colorado Courtroom of Appeals dominated that drug canine alerts now not generate possible trigger for searches.
The Vermont Division of Well being stated it has no related data about police claims of fentanyl-laced marijuana.
The Michigan Poison & Drug Data Heart despatched a public well being alert about stories of fentanyl-laced marijuana.
Connecticut regulators posted a “last draft” of marijuana social fairness standards and associated workforce growth plan standards.
The New York State Truthful could have designated smoking areas at its 2022 occasion as a consequence of complaints about marijuana smoke this 12 months.
Montana regulators despatched a warning a few rip-off focusing on marijuana companies.
Massachusetts regulators are accepting purposes for hemp licenses.
Kansas regulators revealed hemp guidelines.
Oklahoma regulators proposed guidelines on hashish seed gross sales and hemp testing and processing.
New Jersey regulators revealed a report on the strategies used to find out economically deprived areas for the needs of awarding precedence marijuana enterprise licenses.
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/ LOCAL
The New York City Well being Division revealed a flyer on defending kids from marijuana edibles.
Pennington County, South Dakota’s state’s legal professional spoke about marijuana enforcement coverage.
Wellington, Colorado voters accepted a poll measure to repeal the ban on marijuana dispensaries by a one-vote margin.
Denver, Colorado officers despatched a bulletin about transitioning marijuana licensing to an internet system.
/ INTERNATIONAL
The Mexican Senate’s political coordination board agreed to maneuver ahead on a marijuana legalization invoice and different laws.
The Toronto, Ontario, Canada Board of Well being voted to advance a proposal to decriminalize medication.
The UK Home of Commons speaker stated he might ask police to convey drug-sniffing canines into legislative buildings after traces of cocaine have been detected in delicate areas.
Costa Rica’s Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Courtroom of Justice notified lawmakers {that a} medical hashish and hemp invoice doesn’t have any constitutional points.
Australia’s Therapeutic Items Administration is contemplating whether or not to reschedule psilocybin and MDMA.
The Kenyan authorities is asking a courtroom to dismiss a case the place Rastafarians are looking for to overturn marijuana criminalization on spiritual discrimination grounds.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A overview concluded that “though THC and THC/CBD interventions supplied a major improvement in pain intensity and have been extra doubtless to offer a 30% discount in ache, the proof was of moderate-to-low high quality.”
/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS
The Republican National Committee tweeted, “The proprietor of a hashish dispensary in Oakland, California says, ‘I used to be safer promoting weed on the streets of Oakland than I’m promoting it legally” within the Democrat-run metropolis. That’s an issue.’”
A ballot of senior staffers on Capitol Hill discovered that 5 p.c assume marijuana legalization will likely be a prime focus of Congress in 2022.
Drug coverage reform funder Phil Harvey handed away.
The Marijuana Policy Project employed a southeast legislative supervisor.
The Anchorage Daily News editorial board stated Alaska’s marijuana legalization legislation is generally working properly however that lawmakers ought to make some tweaks in 2022.
The Baltimore Sun editorial board urged Maryland lawmakers to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s (R) veto of a invoice to decriminalize drug paraphernalia.
/ BUSINESS
Avicanna Inc. filed a provisional U.S. patent utility for an oral cannabinoid expertise.
Illinois retailers offered greater than $120 million price of adult-use marijuana merchandise in November.
Missouri dispensaries offered practically $26 million price of medical hashish merchandise in November.
/ CULTURE
The National Basketball Social Justice Coalition tweeted, “The #EQUALAct is a long-overdue reckoning with the crack-powder cocaine sentencing disparity created with no scientific foundation on the peak of the Conflict on Medication.”
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