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Oklahoma puts a two-year hold on any new dispensary licenses, medical marijuana growers, and processing. The state government is overloaded and needs time to ensure proper procedures and policies are in place.

Arkansas, The Arkansas Supreme Court has requested to overrule the state officials’ state officials’ decision not to put recreational cannabis on the ballot. Update: The Supreme Court orders the state of Arkansas to put the legalization of cannabis measure on the ballot. There were over 193,000 signatures supporting the measure.

Washington D.C., Cannabis advocates push for President Biden to do more after Brittany Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison for possessing a vape cartridge.

Washington, D.C., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), has stated that there has been a productive movement in the senate that passed legislation to streamline research for cannabis.

Cannabis Around the World

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California, Governor Gavin Newsom, is hesitant to sign a bill that would allow safe drug consumption sites. The pilot programs would be in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Country, and Oakland. The Centers would provide a safe place environment for those who illicit drugs. This program would provide a safe place with trained personnel onsite. The staff would be able to assist if a drug overdose occurred or can provide treatment resources. Why? Did the governor not sign this bill when he normally would? Politics. If President Biden drops out, Governor Gavin Newsom may run for president.

Minnesota, Cannabis activists push for Voter Education to elect a pro-cannabis senate.

South Dakota’s Governor pushes to stop voter-approved cannabis legalization campaign ads.

Curleaf purchases a 55% ownership in a German cannabis company for twenty million.

Canada destroys over 93,000 pounds of cannabis last year due to exceeding the needs of its consumer

Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Malta met in July to discuss cannabis. This is the first multilateral meeting toward cannabis legalization. The goal is to work together and develop an outline of the challenges, needs of the public, potential health risks, cannabis, and delivery methods. While each of these countries has been working on cannabis reform, only Malta is the only country of the four to enact legalization.

Australia is showing staunch support for legalized cannabis. Australia decriminalized cannabis in 2020. The country’s citizens have shown to be more accepting of cannabis than of tobacco.