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      The federal government is taking a new approach to testing for recent cannabis use, exploring a revised protocol for screening breath samples for THC. It’s the latest in an ongoing effort to find more reliable, accurate ways of field testing for marijuana impairment in drivers and others. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and  ​ 

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      A California plan to usher in sweeping changes to the state’s marijuana and hemp markets appears dead for the session after a Senate committee did not call the bill for a vote Thursday ahead of an end-of-week deadline. Under a recently proposed amendment from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), the measure would have folded hemp-derived cannabinoid  ​ 

      “People don’t want to go outside and smell it. They don’t want to see it in public places.” By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has publicly stated that one of the main reasons why Floridians should reject a measure legalizing recreational cannabis for adults in November is that the smell of people  ​ 

      Legalizing marijuana for adults does not appear to be a contributor to what authors of a newly published study call the “substantial increases” in Schedule II stimulant use across the country in recent years. In fact, there’s even a possibility that cannabis legalization reduces stimulant use through a substitution effect, the paper says. Researchers said  ​ 

      The Civil Service Commission has now told the city to rehire three of the five officers it fired, but the city has not done so. By Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor Jersey City lost another round in its fight to bar cops from using cannabis after the state Civil Service Commission overturned the termination of a third  ​ 

      Local lawmakers in Dallas, Texas have now formally put a marijuana decriminalization initiative on the city’s November ballot—positioning voters to enact the reform in the state’s third largest city by population over the objections of the police chief. About a month after officials certified that activists with Ground Game Texas had turned in enough valid  ​ 

      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  ​ 

      As the November election approaches, a new series of polls shows widespread majority support for marijuana legalization, cannabis federal rescheduling and cannabis industry banking access among likely voters in three key presidential battleground states: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The surveys—conducted by The Tarrance Group and commissioned by The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company—asked respondents about four marijuana-related  ​ 

      “There’s been very little clinical research because there’s no federal money flowing for clinical research.” By Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Advocate More than half of Arkansans using medical marijuana in 2021 used the drug as a pain reliever, and a large proportion of patients have used it to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, according to study findings  ​