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Due to Senate Bill 946, a 2018 law decriminalizing street vending, jurisdictions are permitted to adopt regulations but outright bans are in violation of state law.
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Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
This Is It!, one of the oldest gay bars in the country, opened 14 years before Wisconsin decriminalized homosexuality in 1983.
—Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
In the last four years, the group has worked to decriminalize psychedelics in more than 10 communities across Massachusetts, Maine and California.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
However, psilocybin remains the most important psychedelic being decriminalized.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
This Is It!, one of the oldest gay bars in the country, opened 14 years before Wisconsin decriminalized homosexuality in 1983.
—Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
In the last four years, the group has worked to decriminalize psychedelics in more than 10 communities across Massachusetts, Maine and California.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
However, psilocybin remains the most important psychedelic being decriminalized.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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