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New Jersey: After Cannabis Legalization And Facing A Psilocybin Bill, Reluctance And Doubts Arise
Friday, July 8, 2022 - 7:11pm | 782The Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act sent by Senate President Nicholas Scutari to the Health, Human Services & Senior Citizens Committee several weeks ago, would legalize psilocybin’s production and use for mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety...
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Is Legalizing Pot A Quick Fix For State Budget Woes? This Study Says 'No'
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 4:56pm | 879Cannabis legalization advocates often tout the plant's potential to boost state coffers. Among the case studies they cite are Illinois, which reported $52 million in marijuana tax revenue for the first half of 2020; Colorado, which collected more than $244 million from January to...
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'Schizophrenic Policy' Handicaps Cannabis — Here's What One Pot Attorney Says Feds Need To Change
Friday, June 12, 2020 - 4:26pm | 633Bud businesses are in a bind. On the local level, economic and political progress has been made in at least 33 states where cannabis is legal in some form or another. On the federal level, the industry is hampered by a Schedule I classification, which lumps marijuana into the...
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Why New Jersey Pot Advocates Should Be 'Cautiously Optimistic' Ahead Of November Election
Friday, June 5, 2020 - 1:11pm | 1010Registered voters in New Jersey are expected to vote in favor of adult-use marijuana legalization in November — but uncertainty surrounds the pending legislation. "Cannabis advocates looking forward to creating an adult use regulated and taxed cannabis marketplace...