Russia frees US marijuana prisoner; Congressional invoice: medical hashish for veterans; FL medical marijuana for opioid dependancy; TX hashish payments
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
Russian officials have reportedly freed U.S. citizen Kalob Byers, who was arrested for allegedly possessing cannabis products at an airport in Moscow earlier this month.
Basketball player Brittney Griner—who was previously incarcerated in Russia for possession of marijuana—has canceled a planned speech at a cannabis conference after discovering what she interpreted to be a threatening message in her resort room.
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) filed a bill to allow Department of Veterans Affairs doctors to issue medical cannabis recommendations to their navy veteran sufferers.
The New Mexico House Health & Human Services Committee approved a bill to strengthen workplace protections for medical marijuana patients by specifying that “random drug testing of an employee shall not include testing for cannabis.”
The Hawaii Senate Health and Human Services Committee approved a bill to create a special fund to support clinical research into psychedelic-assisted treatment utilizing substances comparable to psilocybin and MDMA.
Texas lawmakers are considering nearly two dozen cannabis reform bills this session—together with proposals to legalize leisure marijuana, regulate intoxicating hemp merchandise and increase the state’s restricted medical hashish program.
A Florida senator introduced a bill to allow people to legally access medical cannabis if they’ve “an addiction to or dependence on an opioid drug.”
A New Hampshire Republican representative asked colleagues at a House hearing to pass a bill to legalize psilocybin as a result of the psychedelic can deal with a extreme headache illness she suffers from.
The Maine legislature’s Government Oversight Committee voted to investigate a potential conflict of interest on the part of the Office of Cannabis Policy’s director.
/ FEDERAL
Former Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary, disclosed in federal monetary disclosures that she is an investor in a licensed hashish enterprise in Oregon.
/ STATES
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) stated the state “might as well” legalize marijuana to generate tax income as a result of, he claims, “even if someone was arrested [for cannabis] they were almost never prosecuted.”
Here’s a have a look at the place New Jersey gubernatorial candidates stand on legalization marijuana homegrow.
The New Mexico House of Representatives handed a invoice to amend the Motor Vehicle Code to incorporate offenses for driving a motorized vehicle underneath the affect of hashish, in addition to alcohol and managed substances.
Hawaii’s House majority chief stated there may be not sufficient assist within the chamber to go a marijuana legalization invoice.
Virginia House and Senate committees rejected laws to require the Safety and Health Codes Board to set a THC impairment customary and testing protocol for manufacturing and utility worksites.
An Ohio senator criticized Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R) plan to “override the will of the voters” by amending the state’s marijuana legalization regulation to redirect how income is allotted.
Minnesota regulators posted hashish enterprise license purposes and steerage.
Colorado’s first psilocybin providers facilitators have been licensed.
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/ LOCAL
A choose issued a brief order permitting Louisville, Kentucky firefighters to make use of medical hashish whereas off obligation.
/ INTERNATIONAL
Argentina’s minister of nationwide safety stated the federal government plans to revoke all medical hashish cultivation permits.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A overview concluded that “there was a statistically significant seizure reduction in the group receiving CBD therapy compared to the placebo group.”
A examine instructed that “hot air drying followed by glass jar curing is preferred for higher drying efficiency, better preservation of the cannabinoids and microbial safety.”
/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS
The Colorado Springs Gazette editorial board is once more warning about what it sees because the harms of marijuana legalization.
/ BUSINESS
Numinus Wellness Inc. introduced the wind-down of sure non-operating subsidiaries.
Operator Canna Co., based by former Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill who shot Osama bin Laden, will quickly start supplying New York dispensaries with its merchandise.
/ CULTURE
Wrestling star Mia Yim stated WWE eliminated marijuana from its banned substances listing a number of years in the past.
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