Rand Paul’s festivus marijuana banking slam on Dems; DEA’s drug emoji information for folks; Theft preparedness for hashish dispensaries
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
A top Maryland lawmaker formally filed a invoice to place marijuana legalization on the November 2022 poll for voters to resolve. The Home speaker has stated the legislature will vote to advance a hashish referendum “early” within the yr.
In his annual festivus airing of grievances, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted Democrats for failing to move marijuana banking whereas they’ve the bulk.
The Drug Enforcement Administration revealed a information geared toward serving to mother and father decode the emojis that younger folks use to debate medication like marijuana, psychedelics and different “bomb ass shit.”
Americans for Safe Access launched a theft preparedness information for marijuana companies amid a spike in thefts towards dispensaries.
/ FEDERAL
The White House Office of Management and Budget is transferring forward with proposed adjustments to the North American Business Classification System that embody hashish enterprise classes however declined requests so as to add extra particular categorization.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dominated {that a} Jamaican girl’s previous marijuana convictions don’t warrant her elimination from the nation.
Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL) filed a invoice to create a process drive that will, amongst different issues, subject suggestions on offering “reentry help and reunification planning and community-based programming for girls victims of the warfare on medication.”
Maryland Democratic congressional candidate Mckayla Wilkes authored an op-ed about her expertise being arrested for marijuana and her assist for legalization.
/ STATES
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, at present a congressman, tweeted, “It’s long gone time to legalize marijuana in Florida.”
Michigan Senate Democrats tweeted concerning the one-year anniversary of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signing a hashish invoice into regulation, saying, “The invoice helps underwrite the Michigan put aside fund to equitably assist people impacted by marijuana policing begin recent.”
Washington State senators filed a invoice to stop many employers from drug testing candidates for hashish or utilizing a optimistic marijuana check to fireside an worker who was not impaired on the job.
A Missouri consultant says he plans to refile laws so as to add Schedule I medication akin to psychedelics to the state’s Proper to Strive regulation.
Alaska regulators adopted adjustments to guidelines on marijuana enterprise worker badges and on civil high quality schedules.
Colorado regulators revealed a report on developments within the state’s marijuana market final yr.
Ohio regulators revealed a reference information for allowable medical hashish days-supply limits.
New Jersey officers issued security recommendation for the vacation season, together with giving “company a secure area (locked up is finest) to maintain doubtlessly harmful gadgets together with marijuana edibles.”
The Tennessee Medical Hashish Fee will meet on January 7.
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/ LOCAL
New York City’s Division of Transportation launched a public consciousness campaign about marijuana-impaired driving.
A candidate for Polk County, Iowa legal professional tweeted, “In our discussions about marijuana legalization and/or decriminalization, we should heart the communities of colour who’ve been most impacted by the failed warfare on medication.”
/ INTERNATIONAL
A UK member of Parliament who labored on medical hashish laws didn’t disclose his being employed as chairman of a hashish distribution firm.
The Malta lawmaker who sponsored the lately enacted marijuana legalization regulation spoke about its implementation.
Israel’s ambassador to the southeast U.S. tweeted about new analysis on medical hashish and autism, saying, “As a mom to a particular wants youngster who for years went with nearly no sleep, I can say first hand that medical hashish oil has modified her life and ours.”
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A examine discovered a “destructive affiliation between [medical marijuana law] implementation and [nursing home] deaths,” which “might replicate elevated probability of transfers because of risk of Federal enforcement, penalties for poor outcomes, and legal responsibility issues.”
/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS
The Iowa Democratic Party tweeted, “Marijuana needs to be authorized in Iowa.”
The Brookings Institution revealed an evaluation of the problem of discovering a congressional majority to move any given marijuana reform invoice.
/ BUSINESS
Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. closed its acquisition of Ohio Hashish Clinic, LLC, d/b/a Ohio Hashish Firm.
/ CULTURE
Pete Davidson was turned away from a MedMen dispensary in West Hollywood, California apparently for not having correct ID on him.
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