NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

New Mexico’s new decriminalization law takes effect this coming Monday July 1. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access at school. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 305, to permit qualified patients the ability to access medical cannabis preparations while in health care facilities.

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NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

New York state lawmakers approved legislation on Friday to further expand cannabis decriminalization and expunge certain records. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access at school. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access. The bill now heads to the Governor. CA resident?

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NORML

MAY 3, 2019

Governor Jay Inslee (D) of Washington signed legislation into law allowing medical cannabis to be accessed by patients on school grounds, and separate legislation allowing the production of industrial hemp in accordance with new federal hemp regulations. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. AL resident?

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NORML

JANUARY 2, 2019

“That’s why dozens of NORML chapters are organizing citizen lobby days to advocate for the end of marijuana prohibition and other reforms ranging from depenalization and expungement, to workplace drug testing and social consumption.”. Grower Advocacy Council and the Mass. Patient Advocacy Alliance to Host Second Annual Harvest Cup. “We

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NORML

APRIL 26, 2019

At the state level, Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed a package of bills into law to expand the state’s medical cannabis access program. A bill to remove certain restrictions on social cannabis consumption sites was killed in Denver, Colorado’s city council. AL resident? AL resident?

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NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) re-introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which protects those engaged in state-lawful medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. Legislation is pending, HB 350, to expand medical cannabis access. NH resident? GA resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

On January 13 , Virginia NORML, along with eight more regional NORML chapters will lobby state lawmakers in Richmond in support of decriminalizing minor marijuana possession. Other priorities include expanding the decriminalization threshold and allowing medical cannabis access for patients at school. Meetings will begin at 9am.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 19, 2021

The wave of cannabis legalization is a net good: Growers are coming out of the shadows, the agricultural economy is getting a boost, and millions of people have access to the plant for a variety of purposes. In addition to its public policy and advocacy efforts towards legalization, Hawthorne has committed $2.5

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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) of New Mexico signed cannabis decriminalization legislation into law. An Arkansas House committee defeated a decriminalization bill this week to send it to study. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of expanded medical access. CA resident? CO resident? Connecticut. FL resident?

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NORML

APRIL 12, 2019

At the state level, a bill to allow licensed social consumption spaces in Oregon was defeated for this year. Legislation is pending, House Bill 19-1230, to allow the social consumption of cannabis by adults in licensed and regulated establishments. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of social consumption sites.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2020

At a more local level, city council members in Springfield, Illinois approved the state’s first marijuana consumption space. 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. MD resident?

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NORML

MAY 10, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 236, to allow qualifying patients with certain debilitating conditions to use and safely access medical cannabis. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. AL resident? California. CA resident?

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 19, 2021

Also, some cities like Denver, Oakland and Santa Cruz have different legislations decriminalizing certain hallucinogens. In some of these countries, the governments have decriminalized the use of some selected hallucinogenic substances. In 2001, all drugs were decriminalized in Portugal.

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

Furthermore, Virginia’s consumption/product regulations are smoke-free. While patients won’t be rolling up joints full of pungent flower, they can still access oils, tinctures, lozenges, inhalers, topicals, and pills packed with non-intoxicating CBD or THC-A, the acidic precursor of THC. We need to do more.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

City council members in Berkeley, California voted to approve a proposal to allow marijuana consumption spaces. 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. DE resident? DE resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

There’s universal agreement about the problems: high costs of entry and lack of access to capital create a near-impossible barrier for many talented entrepreneurs. And all 14 committee members who registered an opinion on a bill (S 73) relative to the expungement of convictions for marijuana possession voted to advance it favorably.

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NORML

JULY 3, 2019

“A local marijuana advocacy group in Rochester, NORML, and other community groups released a report that found Monroe County had the fifth-highest arrest rates for low-level marijuana-related offenses in the state, outside of New York City.” Virginia NORML Continues Push to Expand Access Through Education.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Activists in Oregon have filed a 2020 ballot initiative with the Secretary of State that, if approved, would allow social cannabis consumption sites and protect consumers from employment discrimination. And Steelton Borough, Pennsylvania passed an ordinance to decriminalize up to 30 grams of cannabis possession. DE resident?

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NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

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. When elected to Congress in the 1990s, he co-sponsored legislation that would have allowed for access to medical marijuana. Quote: “Prohibition doesn’t work.

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

Roers Jones, who sponsored the recently defeated decriminalization bill, is trying to get her language inserted as a part of separate legislation. House Bill 324 seeks to expand and facilitate patients’ access to medical cannabidiol (CBD) products. At the state level, North Dakota state Rep. GA resident? NM resident? NV resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

At the state level, the North Dakota House of Representatives defeated a decriminalization bill on the House floor by a narrow 43-47 vote. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 305, to permit qualified patients the ability to access medical cannabis preparations while in health care facilities. California. CA resident? Connecticut.

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NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

1647, the Veterans Equal Access Act, which expands medical cannabis access to eligible military veterans. Alaska became the first state to permit on-site adult use cannabis consumption, as Lt. Legislation is pending, HF 766 / SF 1070, to expand access to medical cannabis in the state. MD resident? MO resident?

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Leaf Science

JUNE 28, 2019

Decriminalization bills passed in around 14 states. In 1978 Jimmy carter endorsed nationwide decriminalization of cannabis. Decriminalization bills and urine testing at workplaces was introduced. People will then get access to the plant … it will change the way people think and the way people live. Stagnant 80’s. “He

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NORML

MAY 1, 2019

“The restaurant will also host speakers who advocate for the decriminalization and legalization of marijuana, including state Sen. Virginia NORML Hosts Marijuana Decriminalization Panel Discussion. Now we’re talking about consumption lounges … like a cigar lounge or a hookah lounge.”

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

Consumption or possession of cannabis in federal lands is banned such as national parks. Cory Gardner (R) of Colorado and Elizabeth Warren (D) of Massachusetts, that would allow states to write their own marijuana policies, remove marijuana from the list in the CSA, and decriminalize it federally. Possession of 28.5

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