PA legalization update; TX psychedelics hearing; Trucking industry: Federal marijuana rules worsen worker shortages; Study: CBD for autism
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/ LOCALThe Desert Hot Springs, California City Council advanced a proposal to reduce cannabis taxes.An Evanston, Illinois alderman said there is “poetic justice in using cannabis tax revenue to help repair the very community harmed by its prohibition” under the city’s reparations program./ INTERNATIONALIsrael’s finance minister walked back proposed tariff increases on cannabis imports from Canada./ SCIENCE & HEALTHA study suggested “favorable and potentially effective results with cannabinoids in reducing the severity of tics and premonitory urges and increasing quality of life” for people with Tourette syndrome.A study of mice found that “cannabidiol reduces neuropathic pain and cognitive impairments.”/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSISThe Hemp and Cannabis Attorneys Strike Force Team is a newly formed “strategic collaboration to provide crisis management and legal services to people, retailers, distributors and manufacturers in the industry.”/ BUSINESSVillage Farms International, Inc. refinanced its syndicated Canadian Cannabis Term Loans, consolidating its three previous loans into one credit facility with two of its existing lenders.
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