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San Francisco has 75 billionaires. Most of them aren’t donating to local COVID-19 relief.

San Francisco has 75 billionaires. Most of them aren’t donating to local COVID-19 relief.

Filed under:Now more than before, it makes the city’s heinous income gap painfully evidentOn April 7, local resident Jack Dorsey—the cofounder and CEO of publicly traded Twitter and Square, and —.Generosity like this—plus his hyper-success story and —is why Dorsey is “adored” by his employees, fellow celebrities, and the public at large, as Vanity Fair’s Nick Bilton wrote, but it’s also a critique. Among the flaws and contradictions in American society made glaring by the novel coronavirus pandemic is the enormous gap between what the public needs and what the government can provide, a...

April 30, 2020
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Top Senate Democrats: We’ll Legalize Marijuana

Top Senate Democrats: We’ll Legalize Marijuana

BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Feb 1, 2021,New!Got it!In control of the upper house of Congress for mere weeks, top Senate Democrats vowed Monday to user their newfound power to legalize marijuana—and to do so soon.Despite broad support from the American public and repeated success of marijuana legalization at the state level, major cannabis policy reform at the federal level has proved elusive. Bills that would allow legal cannabis businesses to access banks or claim normal business deductions have passed the House of Representatives. But under the leadership of...

February 1, 2021
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Florida Lawmaker Introducing Psilocybin Mushroom Legalization

Florida Lawmaker Introducing Psilocybin Mushroom Legalization

BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by Jan 15, 2021,New!Got it!A Florida state lawmaker plans to introduce as soon as next week a bill that would legalize psilocybin-assisted therapy in the state.Modeled after , the proposal from State , a Democrat who represents Miami Beach in the state Legislature, represents the first serious push for legal access to psilocybin on the East Coast.It’s also the first effort to legalize magic-mushroom access in a red state, and a potential test case that could demonstrate that like cannabis legalization, access to legal psilocybin is also a...

January 15, 2021
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New Jersey Legalized Cannabis—But Marijuana Is Still Illegal. What Went Wrong With Legalization?

New Jersey Legalized Cannabis—But Marijuana Is Still Illegal. What Went Wrong With Legalization?

...© 2022 Forbes Media LLC. All Rights ReservedThis site uses cookiesContinue to SiteTo give you a great browsing experience free of charge, this site uses cookies. Cookies help us personalize content and ads, provide social media features,track your preferences, and analyze traffic. Forbes may share this information with its advertising, analytics, and social media partners, who may use itwith information you have provided to them in connection with their services.For more information: To consent and proceed, click "Continue to Site."Jan 4, 2021,New!Got it!Cannabis became legal in New...

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NYC Told People to Call 911 On Marijuana Smokers As COVID-19 Ravaged Emergency System

NYC Told People to Call 911 On Marijuana Smokers As COVID-19 Ravaged Emergency System

New Yorkers who encounter a situation requiring authorities’ attention are instructed to follow a two-step process: If it’s an emergency, call 911. If it’s not an emergency, call 311.According to NYC.gov and the New York Police Department, the act of smoking marijuana qualifies as an emergency, and citizens . This instruction helps ensure that a stark racial disparity in arrests continues, and also raises the risk of nonviolent crimes escalating into problematic and potentially dangerous confrontations.It’s also yet another example of how police resources are used—and perhaps misused—in New...

July 23, 2020
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San Francisco has 75 billionaires. Most of them aren’t donating to local COVID-19 relief.

San Francisco has 75 billionaires. Most of them aren’t donating to local COVID-19 relief.

Filed under:Now more than before, it makes the city’s heinous income gap painfully evidentOn April 7, local resident Jack Dorsey—the cofounder and CEO of publicly traded Twitter and Square, and —.Generosity like this—plus his hyper-success story and —is why Dorsey is “adored” by his employees, fellow celebrities, and the public at large, as Vanity Fair’s Nick Bilton wrote, but it’s also a critique. Among the flaws and contradictions in American society made glaring by the novel coronavirus pandemic is the enormous gap between what the public needs and what the government can provide, a...

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