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NY marijuana bills filed for 2021; NJ mayors surveyed on cannabis; Killer Mike pushes Biden to adopt Sanders’s legalization plan

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A Missouri Republican lawmaker filed a new joint resolution that, if approved by the legislature, would put marijuana legalization on the state’s 2022 ballot for voters to decide.

The New Jersey State League of Municipalities and the Cannabis Advisory Group sent a survey to the state’s 565 mayors to gather information about local concerns and the challenges of regulating marijuana sales as legalization is implemented.

New York lawmakers have already prefiled eight marijuana bills for 2021 as they and the governor step up the push for full legalization. The new legislation focuses on tenants’ rights and insurance coverage for medical cannabis patients, and much more.

Rapper Killer Mike is pushing President-elect Joe Biden to adopt Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) plan to federally legalize marijuana on the first day of his presidency.

• “You should have the power of that pen to take it off the Schedule I list so that, if nothing else, it is decriminalized to the point that kids’ lives aren’t being ruined today.”

/ FEDERAL

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), in a Twitter thread looking back at her first-term accomplishments, cited an amendment she passed that shifted “$5 million from the failed war on drugs to treatment for opioid addiction.”

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) spoke about his personal evolution on marijuana legalization.

/ STATES

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) said there is a “very good spirit of good will” among lawmakers to address concerns he has with marijuana legislation on his desk.

The Illinois Supreme Court is taking up a medical cannabis business licensing dispute.

A Washington State task force is focused on building social equity in the cannabis industry.

Missouri regulators extended the timeline for which medical cannabis cultivators can use seeds and clones that are not from in-state licensed businesses.

Montana’s legalization of marijuana possession and home cultivation goes into effect on Friday.

Florida regulators released an annual report on medical cannabis physician certifications.

Wyoming police are divided on whether neighboring states’ marijuana legalization laws will lead to more illegal trafficking in the state.

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/ LOCAL

The Will County, Illinois state’s attorney moved to expunge records of more than 1,6000 marijuana convictions.

/ INTERNATIONAL

Belize’s government is taking steps to legalize marijuana.

Goa, India officials are considering a proposal to allow medical cannabis cultivation.

/ SCIENCE & HEALTH

A review concluded that “evidence on the efficacy of cannabinoids for chronic pain shows patient-perceived benefit but inconsistent other treatment effects” and that “cannabinoids may have a modest analgesic effect for chronic neuropathic pain conditions, and that the use of cannabinoids is relatively safe, with few severe adverse events.”

Ohio State University’s Drug Enforcement and Policy Center is accepting proposals for its newly established Marijuana Research Grant Program.

/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS

A poll funded by Family First New Zealand found that New Zealand voters want the government to respect the results of the country’s narrowly defeated marijuana legalization measure, 66%-26%.

Questions are being raised about the Last Prisoner Project’s effectiveness and ability to work with other groups.

/ BUSINESS

1933 Industries Inc. reported $2.7 million in quarterly revenue and a net loss of $2.8 million.

Sundial Growers Inc. closed its acquisition of a special purpose vehicle that owns debt of Zenabis Global Inc.’s Zenabis Investment Ltd.

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