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Aug 20
Democrats make cannabis pledges in new platform (Newsletter: August 20, 2024)

      Poll: Americans support marijuana expungements; CO’s cannabis lessons for legal psychedelics; Study: Athletes open to psilocybin for concussions Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Your good deed for  ​ 

Aug 20
JD Vance Claims There’s ‘Fentanyl In Our Marijuana Bags That Our Teenagers Are Using’

      Former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), is claiming that “marijuana bags” are being laced with fentanyl, and he says the Biden administration’s border policies are making it so that youth, including his own kids, can’t experiment with cannabis or other drugs without risking fatal overdoses. During a campaign event  ​ 

Aug 20
California Senators Approve Bill To Let Marijuana Growers Sell Directly To Consumers At State-Run Farmers Markets

      California senators have advanced an Assembly-passed bill that would allow regulators to issue a new license allowing small marijuana growers to sell their products directly to consumers at state-organized farmers markets and other temporary events. The legislation from Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D) was unanimously approved in the Senate Appropriations Committee in a 4-0 vote on  ​ 

Aug 20
Delaware Officials Are Now Accepting Applications For State’s First Recreational Marijuana Licenses, Weeks Ahead Of Schedule

      Delaware officials are now officially accepting applications for the state’s first adult-use marijuana business licenses, weeks ahead of schedule. In fact, Friday’s launch comes days in advance of an already-shortened timeline that regulators had put forward earlier this month. The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) announced that it is taking applications for recreational cannabis  ​ 

Aug 20
Ukraine Medical Marijuana Legalization Law Officially Takes Effect Amid Ongoing Russian Conflict

      Medical marijuana legalization has officially taken effect in Ukraine as of Friday. About six months after President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the medical cannabis legislation into law, the policy change is now being implemented. The president and other officials have said access to medical cannabis can help soldiers address physical and mental wounds incurred during the  ​ 

Aug 20
Bipartisan Congressional Lawmakers Say U.S. Citizen Jaile In Russia Needs Medical Marijuana Access To ‘Subdue His Pain’

      Over a dozen members of Congress are putting pressure on the Biden administration to secure the release of a U.S. citizen incarcerated in Russia over possession of medical marijuana he lawfully obtained in Pennsylvania—with bipartisan lawmakers, including those who generally oppose cannabis reform, emphasizing that access to marijuana is “necessary to subdue his pain.” About  ​