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Gov. Maura Healey looks to pardon misdemeanor cannabis possession convictions

Related Articles Gov. Maura Healey asked a group of elected officials to approve a plan that would pardon misdemeanor cannabis possession convictions, a move she said could impact “hundreds of thousands of people.” Healey pitched her proposal Wednesday as the “most comprehensive action” by a governor since President Joe Biden pardoned federal cannabis possession convictions […]

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Colorado unveils first rules for facilitating psychedelic therapy

Colorado’s legal psychedelic therapy industry is beginning to take shape with the first rules regarding facilitator education, training and licensure requirements recently unveiled by regulators.

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Partying, gunplay prompt plans to close Lookout Mountain Road at night

The litter left behind after a typical night of frolicking is voluminous and varied: cannabis containers, hypodermic needles, underwear, bras, used condoms, fast-food packaging, cigarette butts, bullet casings — and a seemingly endless collection of beer cans and liquor bottles.

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A timeline of what’s happened since Colorado’s first legal recreational marijuana sales began

Related Articles It’s been 10 years since Colorado launched the first legal recreational marijuana market in the world and became a pioneer in drug reform. But when it came to the nascent industry, the first sales on Jan. 1, 2014, were more a starting block than a finish line. In the decade since legalization, Colorado […]

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The first 10 years of legal marijuana in Colorado were a wild ride. What will happen in the next decade?

It’s been 10 years since Colorado hosted the world’s first legal sales of recreational marijuana. The success of Colorado’s tightly regulated system has helped reshape the public’s perception of cannabis, but the industry faces headwinds in its second decade.

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Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington

By ZEKE MLLER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, the White House said Friday, in his latest round of executive clemencies meant to rectify racial disparities in the justice system. […]

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Newsom vetoes bill to decriminalize psilocybin ‘magic’ mushrooms, but leaves door open

Newsom’s veto comes despite his overall support for using plant- and fungus-based psychedelic drugs to treat mental illness.

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Battenfeld: Shannon O’Brien’s surprise suspension creates more turmoil in $3 billion pot industry

Related Articles Let’s see, put a hack political appointee and a pot industry executive at the helm of the state agency that’s supposed to regulate the $3 billion weed industry – what could possibly go wrong? State Treasurer Deb Goldberg’s incredibly bad decision to put former state Treasurer Shannon O’Brien at the helm of the […]

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Up in smoke: Cannabis Commission to meet without suspended chairwoman

Related Articles The Cannabis Control Commission meets Monday absent its chairwoman after she was suddenly suspended from her job last week. On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Deb Goldberg removed pot boss Shannon O’Brien from her post just a year after the former gubernatorial candidate took the job steering marijuana policy for the state. The suspension, with […]

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Editorial: At $181K, Massachusetts pot boss no bargain

Related Articles Cannabis board boss Shannon O’Brien is paid $181,722 to oversee the state’s weed rollout. Losing her cool and needing to apologize for it because a key staffer is leaving is unprofessional. It comes as the latest tally shows the Bay State has hit a new one-month high in legal weed sales — $136 […]

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