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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
New federal data shows that teen use of marijuana is trending downward in most states with legalization.
Ohio advocates launched a proposed 2018 marijuana legalization ballot measure.
/ FEDERAL
Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) spoke at the opening of a medical cannabis dispensary.
Former Congressman Chris Cannon (R-UT) started a company to conduct research on CBD medical cannabis.
Utah State Sen. Brian Shiozawa (R), who sponsored successful legislation to increase medical cannabis research, is resigning to take a job at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will decry Congress’s interference in Washington, DC’s marijuana laws and other policies in a House floor speech on Tuesday.
Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) tweeted that “we cannot allow federal funds to be used to go after marijuana businesses.”
/ STATES
Massachusetts regulators approved proposed rules allowing marijuana social use businesses and setting licensing tiers for cannabis businesses.
A consultant hired to score Ohio medical cannabis business license applications worked for businesses owned by a company awarded one of the licenses.
North Dakota regulators are holding hearings this month to collect public feedback on medical cannabis implementation.
California officials proposed an emergency regulation on marijuana tax collection.
/ LOCAL
Syracuse, New York Mayor Stephanie Miner (D) said she supports legalizing marijuana.
Denver, Colorado officials are reviewing the city’s first application for a marijuana social use permit.
The Hartford, Connecticut City Council approved a resolution calling on state lawmakers to legalize marijuana.
/ INTERNATIONAL
Here’s a look at Canada’s options for maintaining — or breaking — compliance with international drug treaties while legalizing marijuana. In a related development, the federal government agreed to provide more cannabis tax revenue to provinces than originally proposed.
Bermuda’s House of Assembly passed a marijuana decriminalization bill.
Malta’s health minister says he expects medical cannabis regulations to go into effect in February.
/ ADVOCACY
Servicios de la Raza and the Marijuana Industry Group released a video to educate non-citizens on the implications of federal marijuana prohibition on their ability to stay in the U.S.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A study found that state medical cannabis laws are “associated with decreases in marijuana and other drugs in early adolescence in those states.”
A review concluded that “recent randomized, placebo-controlled trials with cannabidiol support its efficacy in Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes.”
A study on the effects of state medical cannabis laws found that “for men, there is a statistically significant 2.3% increase in the rate of cardiac death following passage” and “for women, there is a 1.3% increase that is also statistically significant.”
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will study the effects of marijuana on children with autism.
/ OPINION & ANALYSIS
A poll found that 77% of Georgia Republican voters support medical cannabis.
/ BUSINESS
Colorado retailers sold nearly $121.6 million in marijuana products in October.
Marijuana Business Daily looks at the risks federal civil RICO lawsuits pose for cannabis businesses.
Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s takeover bid for CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. may have violated securities laws, the latter says.
/CULTURE
Actor Cheech Marin appears in a PSA about California’s new system to registering marijuana businesses.
