PA gov wants cannabis in state stores for COVID recovery (Newsletter: August 26, 2020)

CDC: Teen marijuana use stable in legalization era; Congressman helps raise funds for psilocybin measure; IL official: Cannabis is “recession-proof” Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. (function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [], forms: { on: function(evt, cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt, callback: cb } ); } } } })(); Email address: Leave this field empty if you’re human: Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… By starting a $10 per month pledge on Patreon—or about 45 cents per issue of this newsletter—you can help us rely less on ads to cover our expenses, hire more journalists and bring you even more marijuana news. https://www.patreon.com/marijuanamoment / TOP THINGS TO KNOW Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) is calling on lawmakers to legalize marijuana to boost COVID-19 economic relief—and he’s floating state-run stores to sell cannabis. Some of the resulting revenue would be earmarked for historically disadvantaged businesses and restorative justice programs. “I think there was some appetite for it before and my hope is that with the pandemic and the hit that we’ve taken to revenues that there might be a little more interest in it right now.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that lifetime teen marijuana use “decreased during 2013–2019” as states began legalizing cannabis and that there was “no change” in current use during the period. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) is helping…

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