We were glad to share hard-earned lessons for how Congress can ensure that the communities most impacted by the war on drugs are set up for success,” Shaleen Title, who attended as vice chair of CRCC, told Marijuana Moment.
That position has frustrated some advocates and stakeholders who feel that enacting the banking reform is a politically achievable step that could promote public safety by allowing marijuana businesses to stop dealing in largely cash-based transactions that make them targets of crime.
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Following the vote to legalize recreational cannabis in the state, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission saw a flood of hundreds of applications to start marijuana businesses.
“Based on conversations I’ve had, with stakeholders, out of the 56 licenses awarded to date, none has been awarded to a Black-owned business.
“The CRC needs to expedite its review and award of the licenses submitted.
Pritzker’s signed a bill last year that’s meant to build upon the state’s legalization law by creating more cannabis business licensing opportunities to help people from disproportionately impacted communities enter into the marijuana industry.
Nearly 17 percent of the state’s cannabis businesses are now minority-owned as of January 1, the Marijuana Enforcement Division reported.
Ghazala Hashmi , did offer an amendment to her bill saying that psilocybin decriminalization would only apply to people who’ve consulted with a doctor, nurse, counselor or social worker—as opposed to broadly decriminalizing for people 21 and older as originally drafted.
— Marijuana Moment is already tracking more than 1,000 cannabis, psychedelics and drug policy bills in state legislatures and Congress this year.
There was a similar House bill from Del.
Misinformation seemed to be a theme in both the House and Senate committees.
The Climate Resilience Workforce Act, which is being led by Rep.
If a state or locality does permit for testing THC metabolites despite having legalization on the books, it seems those workers or job training applications could still be subject to the more stringent federal guidelines.
For example, Amazon said last year that it was ending drug testing for cannabis, and it later said that policy will be retroactive, meaning former workers and applicants who were punished for testing positive for THC will have their employment eligibility restored.
Lawmakers in the Senate and House have both included language in recent appropriations reports urging a review of employment policies for federal agencies with respect to personal use of cannabis.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration came under criticism last year after it was reported that it had fired or otherwise punished dozens of staffers who admitted to prior marijuana use.