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"The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 9-5 to approve legislation which will eliminate the ability of federal agencies to disqualify applicants for federal jobs and security clearances solely for prior cannabis use.

S. 4711, the Dismantling Outdated Obstacles and Barriers to Individual Employment (DOOBIE) Act, was introduced by committee chair Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) earlier this summer and was quickly scheduled for a vote in July before being postponed until this week. The bill will greatly diminish the discrimination that people who have used cannabis face when trying to get federal employment and security clearances, improving both the operation of federal agencies and national security by significantly expanding the talent pool that is eligible for these roles.

The legislation will now be considered by the full Senate, though it is unclear when it will be brought to the floor for a vote.

“At a time when most Americans think cannabis should be legal and most states allow its use in some form, it is ridiculous for the federal government to continue these outdated, unfair, and frankly dangerous hiring and security clearance approval policies,” said NORML Political Director Morgan Fox. “We are putting ourselves at a tremendous disadvantage as a nation by barring qualified individuals who have used cannabis from civil service. NORML strongly urges congressional leadership to expedite passage of this legislation immediately.”
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"Adults who regularly consume medical cannabis products do not experience any significant adverse changes in either brain morphology or cognitive performance, according to longitudinal data published in the journal JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Network Open.

Researchers affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology collected structural and functional brain imaging (fMRI) data from a cohort of newly authorized medical cannabis patients at baseline and one-year later. Similar data was also collected for healthy controls (non-cannabis consumers).

Investigators "did not observe functional differences between baseline and brain activation at one-year during working memory, reward processing, or inhibitory control tasks,” nor did they identify “an association between changes in cannabis use frequency and brain activation.”.

The findings are consistent with numerous prior studies concluding that cannabis exposure is not negatively associated with significant changes in either brain morphology or cognitive functioning in either young people or adults. Other studies have determined that medical cannabis patients “exhibit enhanced rather than impaired executive function over time."
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"After the rockiest of starts, the regulated marijuana market is finally coming to life in New York state.

Cannabis retailers reported $429.9 Million in revenue from January through the end of August, a month in which weekly sales surpassed $20 Million for the first time.

At this pace – and with an estimated 200 licensed retailers ready to open for business by the end of September – finishing 2024 with more than $1 Billion in regulated marijuana sales is “within the realm of plausibility,” a top cannabis regulator said."
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"Medical cannabis access is associated with significant decreases in employees’ healthcare premiums, according to data published in the journal Applied Health Economics and Health Policy.

Researchers affiliated with the medical cannabis technology company Leafwell assessed the relationship between medical cannabis legalization laws and employer-sponsored healthcare premiums over ten years (2003-2022)."
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"NORML yesterday filed a Notice of Appearance and Notice of Intent to Participate in the upcoming DEA hearing on marijuana rescheduling.

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram announced the hearing, which is scheduled to commence on December 2, in the August 29th edition of the Federal Register. The purpose of the hearing is so the DEA can “receive factual evidence and expert opinion regarding whether marijuana should be transferred [from Schedule I] to Schedule III of the list of controlled substances.”
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"Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several pieces of marijuana-related legislation into law, including a California NORML-backed bill expanding services at on-site cannabis consumption lounges.

The newly signed law, which takes effect on January 1, 2024, permits on-site facilities to expand their operations to include the sale of non-cannabis-infused food and beverages and tickets to live performances."
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"Tens of thousands of expectant parents nationwide face investigations from child protective services over allegations of marijuana use, according to a year-long investigation by Rolling Stone magazine.

Reporters identified nearly 100,000 marijuana-related investigations in six states (Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, Louisiana, Ohio, and West Virginia) over the past five years. (Reporters were unable to obtain specific data from other jurisdictions.) Marijuana-related investigations far outnumbered those triggered by allegations of maternal tobacco or alcohol use. Those targeted were disproportionately people of color.

Studies have previously confirmed that those selected to undergo marijuana-specific drug screening during the labor and delivery process are significantly more likely to be Hispanic or African American. Black newborns are also more likely to undergo drug testing than other babies, according to data published last year in the journal JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Network Open.

A separate report published by the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice identifies nearly 100 recent cases where expectant people have been criminally prosecuted for their use of cannabis."
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