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TGA approves psilocybin and MDMA for use in treating depression and PTSD
By Leonie Thorne
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-03/ ... /101929578
Australia's medical regulator has approved the use of psychedelics to treat some mental health conditions, making the country one of the first in the world to "officially recognise MDMA and psilocybin as medicines".
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Amsterdam bans cannabis in its red light district

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It will soon be illegal to smoke cannabis on the street in Amsterdam's red light district under new regulations unveiled by the city.

The laws will come into effect from mid-May and aim to improve liveability for residents who have long complained of disruption caused by tourists.

Sex workers will also have to close their venues at 3am.

Local media reported that almost all councillors supported taking action to reduce nuisance to residents.

The city council also announced on Thursday that restaurants and bars would have to close by 2am on Fridays and Saturdays and no new visitors would be allowed into the old city district after 1am.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64591394
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Drugs are good in blue states of the USA where they are legal like California and Oregon. Besides the enjoyable effects it helps tolerate some of the dumbest folks out there or worse the most uptight and religious.
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FDA advisors recommend over-the-counter use of life-saving opioid overdose treatment Narcan
Source: CNBC
The Food and Drug Administration’s independent advisors on Wednesday unanimously recommended over-the-counter use of the nasal spray Narcan to reverse opioid overdoses, which would significantly expand access to the life-saving treatment.

Emergent BioSolutions’ Narcan is the most commonly sold treatment for opioid overdoses. The FDA is expected to make a decision by March 29 on whether to allow people to buy the four milligram nasal spray without a prescription. The agency is not required to accept its advisors recommendation, though it typically does so.

“There is no reason to keep this as a prescription, let’s get it out there and save some lives,” said Elizabeth Coykendall, a paramedic at PM Pediatrics in Raleigh, North Carolina and a temporary voting member of the FDA committee. Emergent BioSolutions said Narcan would be available for the over-the-counter market by late summer if the FDA approves it next month. The company has not yet disclosed how much it would cost.

“We have been working on distribution plans with key stakeholders like retailers and government leaders,” said Matt Hartwig, a spokesperson for the company. Most states have already issued blanket prescriptions that allow pharmacies to distribute Narcan, generically known as naloxone, without the patient having to present a script. But FDA approval of Narcan for over-the-counter use would allow more people to acquire the treatment more easily in more places.
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North Carolina Senate Votes 36 to 10 to Pass Medical Marijuana Bill
https://themarijuanaherald.com/2023/03/ ... uana-bill/
By Anthony Martinelli in News

Legislation to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina has been passed by the state’s full Senate.

By a vote of 36 to 10 the North Carolina Senate passed legislation that would narrowly legalize medical marijuana for those with certain medical conditions. Introduced by Senator Bill Rabon with a bipartisan coalition of 12 cosponsors, the measure now goes to the House of Representative. Passage in the House would send the bill to Governor Roy Cooper for final consideration.
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Pot vote has Oklahoma hungry to rake in green from Texas
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tens of thousands of Texans from the bustling Dallas-Fort Worth area routinely drive across the Red River to gamble in glitzy, Las Vegas-style tribal casinos or to relax at cabins or swim and ski in lakes that dot southern Oklahoma.

Soon, they could come north for another draw: recreational marijuana.

Oklahoma voters will decide Tuesday whether to approve a ballot measure that legalizes consuming the plant for adults 21 and older. The conservative state already has one of the nation's most robust medical marijuana programs, and industry proponents hope an influx of Texas consumers will be a boon for a market that's become saturated.

“There are thousands and thousands of Texans who are increasingly coming to Oklahoma as a tourist destination,” said Ryan Kiesel, a former state lawmaker and one of the organizers of State Question 820. “I want to be able to sell legal, regulated and taxed marijuana to those Texans over the age of 21, and take their tax dollars and invest them in Oklahoma schools and Oklahoma health care.”

The population of the booming Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex alone — closing in on 8 million people — is nearly double that of the entire state of Oklahoma.


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Illinois, Michigan inhale marijuana taxes as Wisconsin stalls
Illinois and Michigan again raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue on recreational weed sales last year, and Minnesota is planning to join the party by fully legalizing the drug.

Meanwhile, Wisconsin sits on a near-island of cannabis prohibition, surrounded by states with legal weed. But, as medical marijuana inches toward legalization in the state, experts say policymakers would have the benefit of hindsight from the states who went first.

Wisconsin’s neighboring states are touting the tax benefits of their legal cannabis industries, with a large share of those dollars likely brought in by Wisconsinites crossing the border to buy legally. Critics are wary of the drawbacks, but good data is lacking.

Michigan brought in about $325 million in tax revenue from medical and recreational sales in 2022, through a 10% excise tax and a 6% sales tax, according to the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency. That’s about a 30% increase over 2021’s tax revenue.

In February, the Michigan Department of Treasury announced distribution of about $60 million to municipalities and counties from recreational tax revenue collected during the October 2021-September 2022 fiscal year. The fund also gave about $70 million to both K-12 education and the Michigan Transportation Fund.
https://captimes.com/news/government/il ... 3a5c6.html
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Colorado Made Nearly $25 million in Taxes From Marijuana Sales in February
https://themarijuanaherald.com/2023/03/ ... -february/
By Anthony Martinelli in News

According to the Colorado Department of Revenue the state garnered nearly $25 million in marijuana taxes in February.

In total the state made $24,752,691 in taxes from the legal distribution of marijuana and marijuana products in the month of February, roughly a million dollars more than the previous month despite there being just 28 days in the month. The total amount of marijuana taxes garnered in Colorado since the start of legal sales in 2014 now stands at $2,391,141,421.

In Colorado the excise tax on marijuana is set at 15%, which is on top of the 2.9% standard statewide sales tax. In addition to these taxes, localities have the option of implementing a city-wide tax of up to 3%.

The taxes made in February are lower than the taxes made during the same months of 2020, 2021 and 2022. However, the number is higher than every February between 2014 – 2019.

Colorado was one of the first two states to legalize marijuana with the passage of a 2012 citizen’s initiative. Although marijuana possession became legal the following year, the first marijuana stores didn’t begin opening until 2014.
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