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2019: A High-storic Year for Nevada NORML Chapters

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To collect signatures for our trip to Washington DC for NORML’s national conference and lobby day, we hosted pop-up stops at the many dispensaries across Las Vegas and a few in Reno. Initiated a patient voucher program for eligible patients. In 2019, NORML drastically increased our online presence.

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Researchers To Investigate Arkansas’ Medical Cannabis Program

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The NIDA-funded investigation will delve into the health-related repercussions of Arkansas’ medical cannabis program , which was initially approved by voters back in 2016. The study will also explore the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the state’s program. Those two taxes, we’ve collected just under $50,000,000, 49.6

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Lawmakers Reintroduce Marijuana Data Collection Act To Congress

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers from both houses of Congress reintroduced on Thursday the Marijuana Data Collection Act, a bill that would require the federal government to study the effects of legal cannabis. Congress and the American people need reliable facts on the impact of states’ legal marijuana programs. View original article.

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Eaze Establishes Program To Provide Low-Income Patients With Medical Cannabis

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Before Proposition 64 was officially enacted into state law, California’s medical cannabis consumers were generously served by a range of successful and well-executed compassionate care programs. Gavin Newsom in October 2019. A Collaborative Effort To Increase Cannabis Access. Scott Wiener, who sponsored SB 34.

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Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) Reports Says States Have Collected $US10 Billion In Cannabis Taxes So Far

Cannabis Law Report

Since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. Eight of the laws were approved in 2020 or 2021, and in seven of those states, sales and tax collections have not yet begun. of the population enrolled.

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State of the States: 2020 Ballot Initiative Efforts

NORML

Activists have been working for months registering new voters, collecting signatures, and educating the public, in hopes of giving voters in their state the opportunity to make their voices heard and cast their vote for marijuana. Status : Minimum # of signatures collected. Only adults at least 21 years of age could use cannabis.

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NORML Chapter Newsletter, February 2019

NORML

“Right now, Virginia has not set any laws specific to CBD other than the ones for the medical cannabis program,” Read more from NBC 29 ! “The state is collecting millions more than they expend every year. Follow Northwest Wisconsin NORML on Facebook and Twitter and become a member today !

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