Congressional cannabis biz hearing (Newsletter: February 18, 2022) – Marijuana Moment

Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada tweeted, “I support medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp, and for this I thank the deputies of the Environment Commission who accepted the recommendations to adjust the text that would legalize them.

Previously he reported for Marijuana.com and MassRoots, and handled media relations and campaigns for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and Students for Sensible Drug Policy.

Lafayette, Louisiana officials filed a lawsuit to have a police officer fired again after he successfully challenged his termination over a failed drug test he says was caused by CBD use.
runner Sha’Carri Richardson’s suggestion that racism could be behind the disparate treatment she faced after testing positive for marijuana and a Russian skater who tested positive for a performance enhancing drug.

Some Australian politicians are coming to the defense of an activist who is being criticized over a photo of her holding a bong as a teenager.

The UK Labour Party’s shadow justice secretary said his party would consider enacting a policy of “naming and shaming” people convicted of buying illegal drugs if it were to control the government.

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