PA GOP rep: Steal marijuana problem from Dems; FL psilocybin spore ban; NV psychedelics; Study: CBD for epilepsy; Where Seth Rogen received’t smoke weed
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who was President Donald Trump’s first pick for attorney general this term, said “meaningful change” to marijuana laws is “finally on the horizon,” due to Trump’s “leadership” in supporting rescheduling.
A Pennsylvania Republican representative says the GOP should “snatch” the marijuana legalization issue from Democrats and “use it to our political and electoral advantage”—calling it a “smart, conservative choice.”
Florida House and Senate committees voted to approve agricultural legislation that includes provisions to ban sales of spores or mycelium that can produce mushrooms containing the psychedelic compounds psilocybin or psilocyn.
The Nevada Assembly Health and Human Services Committee held a hearing on a bill to create an Alternative Therapy Pilot Program to allow patients with certain mental health conditions to use psychedelics, together with psilocybin, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline.
A new scientific review concludes that “the addition of CBD to the treatment regimen for patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy is beneficial in most cases.”
- “Patients who received cannabidiol experienced a 41.0875% reduction in the total number of seizures, compared to an average reduction of 18.1% in placebo groups.”
Seth Rogen, a self-described daily cannabis consumer, told Howard Stern that he once had to abstain from marijuana use for three days during a visit to Singapore as a result of “they’ll literally fucking kill you if you smoke weed in that country.”
The Ohio Senate General Government Committee held another hearing on a bill to restrict intoxicating hemp product sales to marijuana dispensaries as an alternative of permitting them to be bought at comfort shops, smoke outlets or gasoline stations.
/ FEDERAL
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is being mixed with different businesses into a brand new Administration for a Healthy America beneath a Department of Health and Human Services restructuring plan.
Former Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) authored a letter to the editor calling for Congress to cross federal marijuana reform laws.
/ STATES
The Oklahoma House of Representatives handed a invoice to scale back the quantity of marijuana a person could legally possess, distribute, manufacture or convey into the state.
A Tennessee House subcommittee rejected a marijuana legalization invoice.
Pennsylvania’s Senate majority chief mentioned the state’s medical hashish program “was not implemented well and could benefit from potential changes to make the program more airtight, efficient, and productive.”
An Alabama consultant authored an op-ed calling on colleagues to help his invoice to limit hemp-derived delta-8 THC merchandise.
Hawaii lawmakers mentioned pending laws to develop medical hashish entry.
A Florida appeals courtroom upheld regulators’ capability to set guidelines on medical hashish enterprise charges.
California’s high hashish regulator implied that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will not be liable for a forthcoming marijuana tax enhance. Separately, regulators introduced a recall of marijuana merchandise because of the presence of aspergillus.
The Virginia Cannabis Control Authority has a brand new performing head.
Massachusetts’s inspector common is asking the Cannabis Control Commission to conduct an audit to substantiate that licensees have paid all relevant charges.
Washington State regulators permitted guidelines on marijuana samples. They additionally despatched guidance about necessities for testing hashish samples.
Minnesota regulators obtained greater than 3,500 marijuana enterprise license purposes through the first spherical.
Missouri regulators transferred one other $23.4 million in marijuana income to veterans and drug therapy packages.
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/ INTERNATIONAL
The German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food has begun processing purposes for hashish pilot initiatives.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A research discovered “no significant associations between prenatal cannabis use (yes/no) and developmental indicators (Cognitive; Fine motor; Gross motor; Language)” and {that a} “positive association between cannabis use and language development was found in girls only.”
/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS
The Media Research Center criticized CNN for airing segments that includes moms who say utilizing hashish helps them be higher mother and father.
/ BUSINESS
Planet 13 Holdings Inc. reported quarterly income of $30.3 million and a web lack of $26.4 million.
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