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Cannabis Educational Content Should Be Incorporated Into Curricula At All Levels, Says American College Of Physicians
Friday, July 26, 2024 - 9:03am | 655The American College of Physicians (ACP), representing over 160,000 medical doctors, issued a new policy paper advocating for the decriminalization of cannabis possession for personal use. The group wants cannabis to be included in all medical education programs. As cannabis rescheduling is being...
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American Medical Association Officially Endorses Drug Decriminalization: We Need 'Something That Actually Works'
Friday, June 14, 2024 - 8:44am | 531In a landmark decision, the American Medical Association (AMA) voted this week to support the elimination of criminal penalties for drug possession for personal use, marking a notable shift in the organization’s approach to addressing the substance use crisis in the U.S. “The war on...
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Oregon Drug Decriminalization In Jeopardy: Bill To Reverse Policy Awaits Gov. Kotek's Approval Amid Controversy
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 - 12:22pm | 786Oregon lawmakers passed a bill seeking to reform the state’s approach to drug possession and addiction treatment. House Bill 4002, designed to counteract the fentanyl crisis and amend aspects of the voter-approved Measure 110, is now awaiting Governor Tina Kotek’s signature. Legislative...
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British Tycoon Richard Branson Calls For Drug Reform Dialogue, Targets One Australian State
Friday, November 3, 2023 - 3:40pm | 490Virgin Group founder Richard Branson has joined the Fair Treatment Campaign’s call for the New South Wales government to urgently enact comprehensive drug reform and announce a timeframe for its “long-promised” drug summit. Launched in 2018 in Sidney and led by the Uniting...
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Oregon's Voter-Approved Drug Decriminalization Law Under Attack, Ballot Proposal Circulating
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 - 9:24am | 681Two petitions are circulating in Oregon to overturn the 2020 voter-approved Measure 110 that decriminalized the simple possession of drugs. The group behind the move, the “Coalition to Fix and Improve Ballot Measure 110, includes Oregonians such as Nike (NYSE: NKE) co...
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Legal Psychedelics In US: Oregon Approves Grower's License, Colorado Advances Advisory Council
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - 11:48am | 405Let’s take a look at some of the recent events occuring in the two states where psychedelics regulations have advanced the most so far. Oregon Greenlights First US Psilocybin Manufacturers License Following the 2020-approved Measure 109 or Psilocybin Services Act, the Oregon Health...
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Maine Survey Shows Most Voters Want A New Drug Policy Approach That Includes Decriminalization
Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 9:20pm | 552A recent poll, led by University of Maine professors R. Glover and K. Sporer during July and August 2021 and shared this week, found that of the 400+ Mainers, a majority believe the priority is to treat people who have opioid and general drug use disorders rather than punish them under...
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Cannabis Reg. Update: MN Gov.'s Bill Allows Small Amounts Of THC In Food & Drinks, Cannabis Legalization By End Of Summer & More
Monday, June 6, 2022 - 5:53pm | 1537Morocco’s Agency To Regulate Medicinal Cannabis Holds First Meeting The upper house of Morocco's parliament approved a bill to legalize the cultivation and commercialization of cannabis for medicinal and industrial uses last year. Now, the country’s regulatory body which will...
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British Columbia Decriminalizes Small Amounts Of Illicit Drugs As Part Of Three-Year Harm Reduction Experiment
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - 9:34am | 378British Columbia is undertaking an experiment. The Canadian province will decriminalize the possession of small amounts of all drugs. Carolyn Bennett, Canada's Minister of Mental Health and Addictions said Tuesday that a three-year exemption under the Controlled Drugs and...
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Cannabis Regulatory Update: Vermont Gov. Strikes Down Drug Decriminalization Efforts, Missourians Want Cannabis Legalized & More
Monday, May 23, 2022 - 9:42am | 896Vermont Gov. Phil Scott Strikes Down Drug Decriminalization Efforts, Vetoes Bill To Set Personal Use Amounts A measure that was considered a first step toward decriminalizing drug possession in Vermont was vetoed by Gov. Phil Scott (R) on Thursday. The bill, H.505, would have created a Drug Use...
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Support For Drug Decriminalization Among GOP Voters On The Rise, New Poll Reveals How Much
Monday, April 25, 2022 - 11:28am | 899Since Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs nearly 51 years ago, arrests, convictions and mass incarceration have been the centerpiece of the US's drug policy approach. The first significant breakthrough in the field of drug decriminalization came in the form of...
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Vermont Lawmakers File Drug Decriminalization Bill, Here's What's In It
Friday, January 14, 2022 - 1:51pm | 517It seems that Vermont is on its way to decriminalizing all drugs, as the state's Democratic and Progressive lawmakers filed a new bill this week to decriminalize their possession. Reps. Logan Nicoll (D) and Selene Colburn (P) introduced the legislation, which is seen as a harm reduction...
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DPA & ACLU New Poll Shows 66% Of Americans Support All-Drug Decriminalization Ahead Of 50th Anniversary Of The 'War On Drugs'
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - 9:32am | 418Two-thirds of Americans now support all-drug decriminalization, according to a new survey from the Drug Policy Alliance and the ACLU. The new data was released on Wednesday ahead of the 50th anniversary of Pres. Nixon's June 17, 1971 declaration of the “war on drugs.” The...