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Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GLADSTONE BENJAMIN, JR., 30, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug distribution and firearm possession offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, in April 2019, Hartford Police made two controlled purchases of marijuana from Benjamin at his Collins Street residence.  On April 23, 2019, investigators conducted a court-authorized search of Gladstone’s residence and found a loaded Taurus 9mm handgun with an extended clip;…

The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill to decriminalize low-level possession of psilocybin and promote research into the therapeutic potential of the psychedelic, sending it to the Senate. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Daniel Pae (R), cleared the chamber in a 62-30 vote. This comes one month after the measure advanced through the House Public Health Committee. The bill is one of two GOP-led psilocybin reform measures that were filed in the Oklahoma House in January. The other is less far-reaching in that it doesn’t contain a decriminalization provision and is more targeted in its research guidelines….

The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill to decriminalize low-level possession of psilocybin and promote research into the therapeutic potential of the psychedelic, sending it to the Senate. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Daniel Pae (R), cleared the chamber in a 62-30 vote. This comes one month after the measure advanced through the House Public Health Committee. The bill is one of two GOP-led psilocybin reform measures that were filed in the Oklahoma House in January. The other is less far-reaching in that it doesn’t contain a decriminalization provision and is more targeted in its research guidelines….

The latest Gallup poll shows that 68% of Americans support cannabis legalization. Further, the rate of positive cannabis test results has jumped in the last decade. And according to recent news reports, some large employers have stopped testing job applicants for cannabis. As a result, other employers may be pondering whether to change their approach to an increasingly popular drug that is legal for medicinal or recreational use in most states. However, the decision may not be so easy. Here, we outline a variety of issues that might aid relevant stakeholders in weighing the practical and legal risks before making…

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — State Rep. Robert “Renny” Cushing, who staged a massive sit-in against nuclear power in the 1970s and spent later decades standing up for social justice at the Statehouse, has died. He was 69. Cushing, D-Hampton, who had been fighting stage 4 prostate cancer, died Monday at his home, the House Democratic office announced. Even as his illness progressed, he was elected House Democratic leader in late 2020, and told his colleagues he would focus on finding common ground in the fight for the common good. “You should know the physical status of your leader. What that…

More than 50 leading marijuana advocacy and civil rights organizations sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators on Friday, asking that they finally allow recreational cannabis sales to begin in Washington, D.C.—eight years after voters approved a local legalization ballot measure. Specifically, the groups—led by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)—say they want to “maintain” the removal of the D.C. language in a spending bill approved by the House last year and circulated in draft form in the Senate. The District is currently prohibited from using its local tax dollars to implement a system of regulated marijuana sales due to…

More than 50 leading marijuana advocacy and civil rights organizations sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators on Friday, asking that they finally allow recreational cannabis sales to begin in Washington, D.C.—eight years after voters approved a local legalization ballot measure. Specifically, the groups—led by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)—say they want to “maintain” the removal of the D.C. language in a spending bill approved by the House last year and circulated in draft form in the Senate. The District is currently prohibited from using its local tax dollars to implement a system of regulated marijuana sales due to…