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New Mexico: Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization, Other Reform Bills

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DECRIMINALIZATION. Senate Bill 406 expands medical cannabis access and provides important new patient protections. The measure prohibits regulators from placing limits on the percentage of THC or other cannabinoids in therapeutic products and it establishes reciprocity with other states’ medical cannabis programs.

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Vermont’s Cannabis Board Rejects Proposed 15% THC Cap on Cannabis

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A suggested 15% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) potency cap for cannabis products in Vermont’s adult-use cannabis market has been dismissed after a strong debate among the Vermont legislature. However, following much deliberation, board members decided that the current 30% statutory cap on THC concentration in cannabis flower is appropriate.

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Texas Is Attempting to Combat Its Opioid Crisis With Medical Cannabis

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In 2015, Texas passed the Compassionate Use Act, which allowed patients with intractable epilepsy to access low-THC cannabis oil containing no more than 0.5% THC and at least 10% CBD. The bill also proposed establishing a research program to study the effectiveness of medical marijuana for various medical conditions.

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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. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access. AL resident?

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/15/20

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. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access. AL resident? AL resident? HI resident? KY resident? MD resident?

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Virginia, Marijuana, and How Medical Legalization May Unfold in the South

NORML

So, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Virginia didn’t launch a medical marijuana program until 2015, nearly two decades after California. And it took extensive, concerted efforts from marijuana law reform organizations like NORML to negotiate with Virginia’s Republican Party to get the program finally running.

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Georgia Governor Signs SB 195 To Expand Medical Cannabis Program

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After a long legacy of having a medical cannabis program that barely took care of patients, the governor of Georgia has finally signed SB 195—a law that will expand the medical cannabis program to license retailers of low-THC cannabis . Effectively, all it did was decriminalize possession.