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Cannabis dispensaries 100% compliant in age checks, study finds (Newsletter: May 27, 2022)
FDA warning on CBD for animals; Official CA marijuana maps; NY cannabis officials’ TikTok plea
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
The Food and Drug Administration sent letters warning four companies to stop “illegally selling” CBD products for use in animals over concerns for the cows and chickens themselves as well as people ingesting cannabinoid “residues” in meat, milk and eggs.
The California Department of Cannabis Control launched a new interactive map that tracks whether cities and counties across the state allow or ban marijuana businesses.
New York’s Office of Cannabis Management is asking TikTok to stop blocking regulators from running public education ads about the state’s marijuana legalization law on the social media platform.
A new study found that California marijuana retailers are “100 percent” compliant with avoiding selling to underage customers. Researchers sent young-looking would-be customers to cannabis dispensaries and every single one required ID.
/ FEDERAL
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture is accepting applications for the Supplemental and Alternative Crops program that supports “projects that lead to expanded adaptation and increased acres in the United States of…industrial hemp grown for value added products.”
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) said it “looks good” for the prospects to enact marijuana banking provisions through the America COMPETES Act.
Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) tweeted about police actions against illegal marijuana cultivation operations.
/ STATES
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a bill felonizing possession of any one-gram substance containing fentanyl.
Delaware’s lieutenant governor said she supports legalizing marijuana.
The Louisiana Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee approved a bill on workplace protections for public employees who use medical cannabis.
The North Carolina Senate Rules Committee is expected to take up a medical cannabis bill next week.
A Nebraska senator who is co-chairing a medical cannabis campaign tweeted about her dentist asking if she had petitions he could sign to place reform measures on the ballot.
A Rhode Island representative spoke about successful efforts to include expungements provisions in the state’s new marijuana legalization law.
Here’s a look at where South Dakota House and Senate candidates stand on marijuana.
Arkansas activists said they have collected more than 65,000 signatures out of the 89,151 needed to qualify a marijuana legalization measure for the ballot.
Oregon officials rejected a proposal to create rules for religious practitioners to administer psilocybin services, using a memo from the state Department of Justice to justify the decision.
Mississippi regulators filed medical cannabis rules on ID cards, testing facilities, transportation, disposal and optometry.
California regulators are accepting public comments on the readoption of emergency regulations for marijuana equity business fee waivers.
Washington State regulators sent an update on COVID-related allowances for marijuana businesses that are either being extended or expiring.
Maryland regulators opened a call center to field inquiries from medical cannabis patients trying to renew their registrations.
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/ LOCAL
The Chatham County, Georgia district attorney announced that her office will no longer prosecute cases involving possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.
The Tucson, Arizona Board of Adjustment upheld an appeal that will allow a marijuana dispensary to expand its operations.
/ INTERNATIONAL
Japan’s Health Ministry is considering legalizing medical cannabis.
Canada’s associate health minister said the government is pursuing harm reduction and diversion from the criminal justice system for people with drug misuse issues but did not directly answer a lawmaker’s question about decriminalization.
A leading Colombian presidential candidate has been critical of the war on drugs.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A study found that “although delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the principal psychoactive component of marijuana, has immunomodulatory properties that hypothetically could increase the risk of pneumonia, the few available studies in marijuana smokers have failed to find an increased risk of pneumonia in immunocompetent users, although effects in immunosuppressed individuals have been variable.”
/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS
The Drug Policy Alliance criticized President Joe Biden’s executive order on police reform for not including a ban on militarized drug raids.
/ BUSINESS
Ayr Wellness Inc. reported quarterly revenue of $111.2 million and an operating loss of $21.1 million. The company also closed its acquisition of Herbal Remedies Dispensaries, LLC.
An Illinois judge allowed a former PharmaCann employee’s wrongful termination lawsuit to proceed but dismissed his whistleblower claim.
Canadian retailers sold C$358.8 million worth of legal marijuana products in March.
/ CULTURE
2 Chainz praised New York’s legalization of public marijuana smoking.
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