Colombian marijuana votes; USVI cannabis expungements, Study: Legalization does not increase teen drug use; RI equity defintion
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Top Things to Know
The Colombian Senate First Committee has approved a bill on marijuana legalization that was already passed by the Chamber of Representatives. The bill now moves to the Senate floor.
U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr., (D), encourages people to “proactively request” expungements of prior marijuana convictions. The government of the territory is being criticized for its slow implementation of cannabis legalization.
Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection has issued bulletins stating that marijuana dispensaries can open for Thanksgiving but liquor stores are required to close.
The study concluded that “there were no statistically significant differences in the prevalence of cannabis use among adolescents before and after legalization.”
The Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission has requested data from state agencies in order to determine what constitutes an “area disproportionately affected” when granting marijuana social equity licenses.
Federal
Sen. Ron Wyden (D) sent a message urging Attorney-General Merrick Garland, to release information regarding a White House Office of National Drug Control Policy funded program that “pays AT&T for all federal, State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies to be able to request often warrantless searches of trillions of records of domestic telephone calls.”
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-AZ, sent a request to Rahul Gupta (Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy) demanding an explanation of a program which allows law enforcement access Americans’ telephone records.
Rep. Greg Casar, (D-TX), tweeted that marijuana arrests had decreased after San Marcos voters approved a decriminalization measure. He said, “When Texans come together to change local policy, real changes can be achieved.” Your vote matters!”
/ STATES
The New York Court of Appeals has rejected the argument that the provisions of the marijuana legalization laws preventing searches based solely on the odor of cannabis should be retroactively applied to incidents occurring before the law was enacted.
A Pennsylvania judge has ordered that regulators release information about the medical cannabis certifications granted by doctors.
Louisiana regulators have revised their hemp regulations.
Mississippi regulators have revised their medical cannabis regulations.
Oregon regulators have published a list of pesticides that are allowed and cannabis.
Maryland’s Department of Legislative Services has published an analysis of cannabis-related issues that legislators may be considering in 2024.
A Missouri man who was denied a refund of his microbusiness license fee for marijuana said that he hoped there could be litigation brought against regulators regarding the matter.
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/ LOCAL
Columbus and Franklin County police in Ohio said that they would continue to refuse employment to people who use marijuana, despite the legalization of marijuana by the state.
Prince George’s County Council in Maryland rejected a proposal that would have imposed stricter geographical restrictions on the location of marijuana businesses.
International
Biel, Switzerland and Bern, Switzerland have launched pilot projects for the legalization of marijuana.
The Japanese Health Ministry has banned the synthetic cannabinoid HHCH.
/ SCIENCE AND HEALTH
According to a study, “a conservative analysis of the results failed to support the hypothesis Michigan’s recreational marijuana legalization and Ohio’s medical marijuana legalization increased marijuana (operating a motor vehicle while impaired) arrests in Ohio.”
BUSINESS
Indiva Limited reported a quarterly net loss of C$902,200 and a revenue of C$9.8million.
The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. has launched a partnership involving vaporizer manufacturer Airo Brands.
MariMed lost $646,000.
Carnival has banned a woman for life after she was accused of trying to board a ship with CBD gummies.
CULTURE
Xzibit talked about his new cannabis podcast.
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