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SAMSHA Seeks Comment on Harm Reduction Draft, MN Era of Legal Weed Begins, More... (8/2/23)

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Originally published at Stop The Drug War

An effort to repeal South Dakota’s voter-approved medical marijuana law gets underway, the Red Lake Reservation sees the first legal recreational marijuana sales in Minnesota, and more. 

[image:1 align:left caption:true]Marijuana Policy

Minnesota Marijuana Legalization Now in Effect. Today is day two of  legal marijuana in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Legalization went into effect on August 1 after the legislature approved it earlier this year. The state is now the 23rd to have freed the weed.

Now, people 21 and over can possess and grow their own marijuana, although most retail sales are still months away. People can grow up to eight plants, though only four may be in flowering. The plants must be grown in an enclosed, locked space that is not open to public view, whether that’s indoors or in a garden.

And they can possess up to two ounces of marijuana flower, eight grams of concentrate, and 800 milligrams of THC-containing edibles, such as gummies or seltzers.

Minnesota Tribe Launches First Legal Marijuana Sales in State. The first legal marijuana sale in the state took place Tuesday on the Red Lake Reservation, with the first sale going to a tribal employee as journalists, tribal leaders, and more than a hundred lined up customers looked on.  

The reservation’s NativeCare dispensary is the only legal adult sales dispensary in the state. State officials have yet to establish a licensing system for recreational use sales, but because the reservation is sovereign native land, the shop there did not have to wait for the state to get its system up and running.

“We’re proud to be the first,” Red Lake Tribal Secretary Sam Strong said. “We’re excited for people to come onto the reservation.”

Medical Marijuana

South Dakota Effort to Repeal Medical Marijuana Launches. Rural Butte County famer Travis Ismay has taken time off from harassing the local county commission over various issues, including a medical marijuana dispensary in the country to submit a proposed ballot initiative that would repeal the state’s medical marijuana program, outlaw the dispensaries currently in operation, and make all use and possession of marijuana a crime. 

He faces an uphill battle. Voters in the state approved a medical marijuana program via a 2020 initiative that garnered 68.5 percent of the vote. The measure would need some 17,000 valid voter signatures by the first Tuesday next May to qualify for the 2024 ballot, and beyond Mr. Ismay, there is no sign of any organized campaign to get it done..

Harm Reduction

SAMHSA Invites Comments on Draft Harm Reduction Framework.The National HIV/AIDS Strategycalls for integrated programs to address the syndemic of HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis, and substance use and mental health disorders. This includes facilitating the linkage of HIV services to substance use disorder treatment, syringe services programs, and other evidence-based harm reduction programs.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently published its draft Harm Reduction Framework and invites public comments no later than August 14, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

The SAMHSA Harm Reduction Framework is the first document to comprehensively outline harm reduction and its role within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Framework will inform SAMHSA’s harm reduction activities moving forward, as well as related policies, programs, and practices. The Framework provides a roadmap of best practices, principles, and pillars that anyone can apply to their work; serves as a list of best practices and services, with descriptions and citations of evidence; and gives a brief background on harm reduction in the U.S. and describes Community-Based Harm Reduction Programs (CHRP) and their mission-critical role in connecting with our communities’ most vulnerable individuals.

The Biden-Harris Administration has identified harm reduction as a federal drug policy priority, and it is one of the four strategic priorities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Overdose Prevention Strategy.

SAMHSA convened the first-ever federal Harm Reduction Summit, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), in December 2021. The Summit brought together over 100 experts representing prevention, treatment, recovery, harm reduction, and (most importantly) those with lived and living experience with substance use—to help inform SAMHSA’s policies, programs, and practices.

The Framework was developed and written in partnership with a Steering Committee of harm reduction leaders from around the country. This group represents a broad array of backgrounds and experiences, with most having lived or living experience of drug use. The Steering Committee synthesized findings from the Harm Reduction Summit. The Framework is adapted from the Committee’s final report.

Submit your comments on the Harm Reduction Framework via this webform no later than August 14, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. ET. Read more about submitting comments

Originally published at Stop The Drug War


Source: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2023/aug/02/samsha_seeks_comment_harm


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