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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory ... -100150857An NCAA panel is calling for the removal of marijuana from the organization's list of banned drugs, suggesting that testing should be limited to performance-enhancing substances.
The proposal released Friday from the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports would mark a big change for the NCAA, which has been conducting drug tests at championship events since 1986. Committee members recommended halting cannabis tests at such events until a final decision is made, likely this fall.
Legislation would still have to be introduced and approved by all three NCAA divisions to take effect. Administrators in Divisions II and III had asked the committee to study the issue.
The recommendation comes as the U.S. is seeing more and more states allowing medical or recreational marijuana use.
BCG is a live bacterial vaccine, of limited effectiveness for tuberculosis, but it's the only one we've got. However, scientists in the TB Immunology group at Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital have provided fresh insights into the behavior of a crucial cell in vaccine mechanisms, which may offer a fresh target for scientists seeking to improve vaccine efficacy.
The Trinity and St. James's team have just published their findings, focused on the behavior of CD1c+ myeloid dendritic cells, in the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.
Their work outlines an improved understanding of how the body uses glucose to drive immunity after BCG vaccination.
BCG is the most commonly used vaccine in the world. After vaccination with BCG, myeloid dendritic cells in the skin engulf the bacteria and transport them to lymph nodes where they interact with T cells to initiate protective immunity.
Ohio activists have turned in a final batch of signatures to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot after falling short in a prior submission. The new batch includes more than 6,000 additional signatures on the petition, which a GOP congressman told Marijuana Moment he would’ve signed in order to let voters decide on the reform.
The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CTRMLA) submitted more than 220,000 signatures to the secretary of state’s office last month, but officials then said they were 679 valid signers short following a verification review. The campaign was then given a 10-day window to close the gap.
With the August 3 turn-in of 6,545 new signatures, advocates feel confident that they’ve made up the difference by a significant margin. They now have to wait for county and state officials to confirm that enough of the signatures were valid.
“This submission validates what we’ve said all along: regulating marijuana is popular in Ohio,” Tom Haren, spokesperson for CTRMLA said. “We’re looking forward to giving Ohio voters a chance to make their voices heard at the ballot this fall.”
The state’s voters rejected recreational cannabis legalization in 2022, 53% to 47%.
The new petition comes from Matthew Schweich, of Sioux Falls, a longtime leader in pro-marijuana efforts. On Friday, state Attorney General Marty Jackley fulfilled his legal obligation to release a draft explanation of the potential ballot question.
Jackley’s explanation of the three-page petition says, in part, that the ballot measure would allow people 21 and older to possess, grow, sell, ingest and distribute marijuana. Individuals could posses up to 2 ounces of marijuana and up to six marijuana plants, with a limit of 12 plants per household.
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/pol ... -amendmentCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters will decide in November if marijuana should be legal for recreational use.
Sec. of State Frank LaRose announced Wednesday evening that the proposal to legalize weed gained enough valid signatures in their second go to make the ballot.
The statute didn't have enough valid signatures to make the ballot in July. The group, Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, only needed 679 valid signatures but ended up submitting nearly ten times the number of signatures needed during their cure period. The period is a 10-day second chance to make up for invalid signatures.
“We are grateful to the thousands of Ohioans who helped us get to this point and are excited to bring our proposal to regulate marijuana like alcohol before Ohio voters this coming Election Day,” spokesperson Tom Haren said.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services is formally recommending that the Drug Enforcement Administration ease government restrictions on marijuana, which remains illegal at the federal level despite more than 40 states allowing its use in some form.
The move comes 11 months after President Joe Biden ordered the top health agency to conduct a review of the drug. The recommendation is to move marijuana from what’s known as a Schedule I drug to Schedule III, under the Controlled Substances Act.