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Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

The Blunt Truth

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in the arrests and seizures related to the leafy-green. According to recent data from the Drug Enforcement Administration , however, in 2021, federal law enforcement agents seized over 5.5

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How to Obtain a Medical Marijuana Growers License

Medicinal Marijuana Association

Measure 91, which Oregon state voters passed in November 2014, allows residents to possess and cultivate marijuana beginning July 1, 2015. Even after decriminalization of state laws, it’s still in the law that possession of four ounces or more is a felony.

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We Smoke Weed We Shoot Guns….

Cannabis Law Report

” It’s an issue that’s been gaining support at the Capitol since the lawmakers established the medical marijuana program in 2014. ” Another solution pitched by some legislators is to write a state law reclassifying marijuana as a schedule II substance. ” Source: [link].

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Mississippi Cannabis Legalization Guide (Initiative 65 and Alternative 65A)

Canna Law Blog

What are the current laws surrounding cannabis in Mississippi? Cannabis, recreational or medical, is currently not legal in Mississippi. The state has, however, decriminalized cannabis for personal use to a certain extent; the penalty for a first-time possession offense is a fine rather than jail time.

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NORML’s 2020 Democratic Primary Marijuana Straw Poll

NORML

While serving as mayor of Burlington, Vermont in the 1980’s, he called for decriminalizing drug possession and treating substance abuse as a public health issue. States are moving forward on decriminalization and legalization. Quote: “Prohibition doesn’t work.

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Protecting Cannabis Trademarks in Anticipation of Federal Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

Instead, companies are limited to state-wide trademarks. These limited marks have created a fractured market, with little clarity for businesses in a cannabis industry that continues to grow despite the lack of federal decriminalization. But these issues will certainly affect businesses’ bottom lines and result in litigation.

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Alaska Rep. Don Young Pens Letter to President Biden About Cannabis

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In his campaign trail, he was crystal clear when he stated , “I think we should decriminalize marijuana, period. Brown goes on to state, “The congressman takes a states’ rights position on this and wants to end federal prohibition so that states can pursue legal adult-use cannabis if they so choose, as Alaska did in 2014.” .