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The Week in Weed: May 29, 2020

The Blunt Truth

Virginia decriminalized marijuana. In federal news, the marijuana banking provisions in the latest relief bill may not be dead on arrival. As we all know, the state allowed medical marijuana dispensaries to remain open during the pandemic, but recreational shops were forced to close. Massachusetts recreational shops reopened.

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The Week in Weed: September 4, 2020

The Blunt Truth

Assembly Bill 1525 allows cannabis banking under California state law. No sooner did the state’s Department of Health publish new rules, than Trulieve started making them available in their dispensaries. The bill would decriminalize cannabis and expunge the criminal records of nonviolent marijuana offenders. the more act.

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The Week in Weed: June 12, 2020

The Blunt Truth

New Jersey considers decriminalization. Legislators introduced a decriminalization bill this week that would remove criminal penalties for crimes involving possession of less than one pound of marijuana. Speaking of New Jersey, it tops Motley Fool’s list of four states most likely to legalize cannabis in 2020.

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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. Legislation is pending, A1897, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. IN resident?

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Trouble Brewing? A Look at the Cannabis Industry’s Signs of Distress – and Resilience

Cannabis Law Report

This month, cannabis operators closed their doors on more than ten dispensary locations in Michigan and Colorado. As cannabis remains illegal at the federal level pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act, operators still struggle to find adequate banking services. billion in 2020 to an estimated $16.7 billion by 2025.

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Trinidad And Tobago’s Cannabis Control Bill Passes House of Reps

Cannabis Law Report

Trinidad and Tobago’s emerging medical cannabis industry received a big boost on Friday when the Caribbean nation’s House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass the Cannabis Control Bill 2020. dispensary. import license. export license. transport license.

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Crapo. Grinch Or Politician ?

Cannabis Law Report

Tell Senator Crapo that a 2% THC cap is unacceptable and that banking reform can’t wait. We agree banking reform cannot wait. The denial of access to banking to the cannabis industry – legal or illegal – is simply stupid. We have always supported the decriminalization of the possession and use of marijuana.

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