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NORML Chapter Newsletter – May 2019

NORML

NORML Announces Plans for 2019 Conference and Lobby Day. “There shouldn’t be any neighborhood that bans medical cannabis dispensaries or makes it more difficult for them to open. “But we’ve had significant problems with the (existing) medical cannabis program that we still have not been able to fix.”

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The Week in Weed: August 9, 2019

The Blunt Truth

We’ll start our news coverage in Louisiana , where medical marijuana has cleared the final hurdle and is shipping out to dispensaries. It’s been a bumpy ride to the sales counter, so any optimism about the success of the program is cautious. Shevrin Jones recently introduced a decriminalization bill.

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Louisiana Is Blazing Trails With New Cannabis Laws

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In addition to numerous expansions to the state’s medical marijuana (MMJ) program, the state’s decriminalization of cannabis went into effect in August, beginning the reversal of decades of harm done by the war on drugs. Edwards signed Glover’s decriminalization bill (HB 652) into law on June 14 of this year.

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The Week in Weed: August 20, 2019

The Blunt Truth

” Today’s entry is Mayor Pete Buttigieg , who favors the decriminalization of all drugs as a way to combat the opioid crisis. Legislators are considering turning to private dispensaries instead. You’ll doubtless recall that the state has already had its share of problems with the program.

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New Hampshire Just Made Autism and Insomnia Qualifying Conditions for Medical Marijuana Program

SpeedWeed

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (R) just signed a bill to expand the list of qualifying conditions for the state’s medical marijuana program. New Hampshire did decriminalize minor pot possession back in 2017, but lawmakers have failed to advance a full adult-use legalization bill. View original article.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22/20

NORML

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Remove the numerical cap on the number of dispensary licenses allowed within the state. GA resident? NH resident? VA resident?

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/18/20

NORML

At the state level, a new decriminalization law took effect this week in Hawaii involving the possession of up to three grams of marijuana, as well as a procedure for expungement of past convictions for the same amount. In 2019, a similar bill, House Bill 364, passed the state legislature but was then vetoed by Governor Sununu.