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Saint Lucia Considers the Economics of Cannabis Reform
6:55am By Clydeen McDonald
National consultations on the cultivation of cannabis for domestic use and export are taking place in Saint Lucia, as the Caribbean country debates plans to diversify its agricultural industry. Saint Lucia is among an ever-shrinking group of countries in the…

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Q&A: Cannabis, Public Health, and the Role of Harm Reduction
Wed 6:55am By Sophie Putka
True or false—putting ice in a bong makes smoking safer? Turns out, a lot of cannabis consumers think so. Twenty-three percent of the hundreds of people who took a survey at the University of Michigan’s annual Hash Bash incorrectly identified ice as a way…

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The British Virgin Islands: Yes to Medical Cannabis but No to Adult Use
Mon 1:40pm By Clydeen McDonald
The British Virgin Islands has said Yes to medical cannabis, but No to adult use. The House of Assembly for the British Overseas Territory passed a medical cannabis bill last week, and its governor, Gus Jaspert, is expected to sign it when the government…

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Arkansas’ 2020 Cannabis Legalization Push Is Over
Fri 3:20pm By Sophie Putka
After a long struggle to gather enough signatures by July 3, the push in Arkansas to get adult use cannabis legalization on the ballot is over—for now. COVID-19 all but put an end to the types of gatherings where petitioners typically collect signatures, and…

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Nebraska Medical Cannabis Campaign Submits Signatures for November Ballot
Jul 2, 2020, 2:30 pm By Sophie Putka
Nebraska’s voters may soon have the fate of state-wide medicinal cannabis in their hands. That is, if the campaign behind the ballot initiative has anything to do with it. Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana has been scrambling for as many last-minute…

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Arizona: An Adult-Use Cannabis Ballot Measure Nears the Finish Line
Jul 1, 2020, 5:00 pm By Sophie Putka
When Arizona voters saw adult use legalization on their ballots in the fall of 2016, they were the only ones, out of five states with adult use legalization on the ballot that year, to vote “No.” This time around, proponents are determined not to let…

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Los Angeles City Council Votes for Sweeping Cannabis Reforms
Jul 1, 2020, 3:04 pm By Nushin Rashidian
The most populous city in the most populous state in the country has for months fumbled its efforts to create an equitable cannabis industry. But that is poised to change. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted in favor of sweeping changes to the…

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Signs Bill Expanding Cannabis Equity and Pardons
Jun 30, 2020, 5:20 pm By Alyson Martin
Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill on Monday night at Simply Pure, a cannabis dispensary, that will broaden social equity and justice efforts across the state. In addition to expanding access to social equity licenses for those hoping to join the…

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NY Majority Leader Describes Cannabis Legalization Talks as “Active”
Jun 30, 2020, 6:55 am By Alyson Martin
When will New York lawmakers legalize? Governor Andrew Cuomo tried and failed through the budget both this year and last, so now, if it’s going to happen in 2020, it’s up to lawmakers to take up cannabis law reform. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with New…

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Denver’s Cannabis Work Group Debates How to Fund Social Equity Program
Jun 29, 2020, 6:55 am By Alyson Martin
Denver’s Marijuana Licensing Work Group met for the final time last week, virtually, to discuss how to develop an equity program, who would qualify as an equity applicant, and which services or benefits might be available to those applicants. The previous…

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Saint Lucia Considers the Economics of Cannabis Reform

Q&A: Cannabis, Public Health, and the Role of Harm Reduction

The British Virgin Islands: Yes to Medical Cannabis but No to Adult Use

Arkansas’ 2020 Cannabis Legalization Push Is Over

Nebraska Medical Cannabis Campaign Submits Signatures for November Ballot

Arizona: An Adult-Use Cannabis Ballot Measure Nears the Finish Line

Los Angeles City Council Votes for Sweeping Cannabis Reforms

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Signs Bill Expanding Cannabis Equity and Pardons

NY Majority Leader Describes Cannabis Legalization Talks as “Active”

Denver’s Cannabis Work Group Debates How to Fund Social Equity Program

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