NORML

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Several bills have been introduced in the state legislature, ranging from legalization to expungement, and the fight for freedom has never been more widely supported than now. 3205 ) and to send a message to your state lawmaker in urgent support of this legislation, click here. Companion bills S. 2703 and A.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 18, 2021

Connecticu t’s legalization efforts looked all but certain to fail at the beginning of the week, but now it’s headed to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. During the state’s normal legislative calendar, lawmakers passed a similar bill, but Republicans pushed back and it never made it to a vote.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2019

For the past three years, I have taught a class called “Cannabis Law & Policy” at Lewis & Clark Law School here in Portland, Oregon. Today and historically, most arrests and imprisonment for cannabis crimes happen under state laws. The new laws are pretty lousy too. That stuff is pretty fun.

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MMJ Recs

MAY 3, 2024

Arkansas has emerged as one of the states at the forefront of medical marijuana legalization. With its program in full swing, thousands of patients across the state are benefiting from access to this alternative form of treatment.

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NORML

AUGUST 13, 2019

Commenting on the passage of the resolution, NORML Legal Counsel Keith Stroup said “As a young lawyer, I started NORML in 1970 because the legal case needed to be made that the criminalization of marijuana was wrong, and activist lawyers have always played a key role in the expansion of the NORML network across the country.

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NORML

JUNE 10, 2019

For the first time, the House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations has included language seeking to protect the employment of federal employees who consume cannabis in legal jurisdictions. Crist stated: “Voters across the country are saying yes to legalization. In a release , Rep.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 11, 2022

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried self-describes as “Florida’s leading statewide advocate on cannabis issues and the sole statewide elected official to call for full cannabis legalization.” ” Come what may, however, the eventual Democratic nominee will be on record as supporting legalization. Attorney General.

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NORML

MARCH 26, 2019

After the press, I was able to talk with Chief Dye for about 15 minutes on policy and real-world implications. These are the people advocating for the status quo in our state. Please take action and let your legislators know that you support common sense policy! Watch here. Please support our efforts at the Capitol !

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 21, 2022

We are a wholly owned subsidiary of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a non-profit working for over three decades to develop medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from psychedelics. The State Government Affairs Lead will oversee MAPS PBC’s policy efforts at the state level.

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NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

We will be taking many more in-depth looks at the 2020 race as it progresses, including potential primary challengers on the Republican side, but first we wanted to provide an overview of all the currently announced Democratic candidates, along with their record and policy statements when it comes to marijuana legalization.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

and trigger resentencing for all those who remain federally incarcerated on non-violent, cannabis-only offenses for activity now legal under state laws,” the letter continues. Advocacy Groups Also Petition Biden For Pardons. Advocacy Groups Also Petition Biden For Pardons. NORML Praises Leaders In Congress.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 23, 2021

Now his company looks poised to embark on a new frontier—marijuana legalization. It was just last month that Amazon officially announced that it was doing away with drug screening for pot, while also throwing its support behind proposed legislation that would finally legalize weed on the federal level. Amazon Has its Skeptics.

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NORML

JUNE 17, 2019

Known as the Blumenauer-McClintock amendment after Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Tom McClintock (R-CA), this bipartisan language would restrict the Department of Justice from interfering in the 11 states that have legalized and regulate adult-use marijuana. TELL YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO VOTE YES!

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The more wide-ranging bill (H 174/S 72), which a spokesperson said is a priority for House Speaker Ron Mariano, addresses aspects of state laws that cannabis regulators and industry entrepreneurs have been increasingly vocal about taking issue with. Sonia Chang-Diaz, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, said.

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NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

House of Representatives just voted to restrict the Department of Justice from interfering with the states that have legalized adult-use marijuana. Governor John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana signed legislation into law to deschedule hemp and hemp-derived CBD from the state’s list of controlled substances.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

drug enforcement priorities on Native American lands, as more states roll out legal marketplaces for recreational pot. drug enforcement priorities on Native American reservations, as more states roll out legal marketplaces for recreational pot sales. SANTA FE, N.M. I was just open with the officer, straightforward.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

“With a decline in legislative improvements in state medical cannabis programs, millions of patients are left with limited or no access,” ASA Executive Director Debbie Churgai said. “It ASA examines medical cannabis law efficacy. TOP FIVE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE 2021 STATE OF THE STATES REPORT. There are now over 5.1

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Texas NORML Hosted Advocacy Training for 2019 Legislative Session. “The Texas chapter of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws hosted an advocacy training day on Saturday with Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy and Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition.”

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

While you still can’t register trademarks with the USPTO for cannabis goods, there is now all kinds of intellectual property and brand strategy that goes into state law registration and registration for ancillary goods and services classes. At a minimum, licensees are often forced to get commercial general liability policies.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

With the 2020 legislative session already in full swing in many states, NORML chapters across the country are organizing lobby days to advocate for sensible reform policies in their state. We need the 61% of Delawareans who support legalization to stand with us to end cannabis prohibition in the 1st State.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Senator Ron Wyden introduced legislation in the Senate — The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act — to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization. A subcommittee of the U.S. AZ resident? Connecticut.

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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. State Senators Daylin Leach (D) and Sharif Street (D), as well as Rep. Pennsylvania.

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

The US House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a legislative hearing entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade.” ” This marks the first time that members of the Energy and Commerce Committee will hear and debate issues specific to marijuana policy reform. CO resident? FL resident? NJ resident?

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Virginia, once a conservative stronghold, positioned itself to make history this month by becoming the first traditionally “Southern” state to legalize cannabis, possibly as soon as this summer. Part of the state’s decriminalization bill signed by Democratic Gov. State oversight of the industry. What’s happened so far?

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Eleanor Holmes-Norton, the agency says that it will continue to enforce policies that involve the “termination of the tenancy of any household” in instances where a tenant is found to have engaged in the use of a controlled substance while on the premises — “including [the use of] state legalized medical marijuana.”.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 14, 2021

I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get this bill signed into law so that we can enact sensible and meaningful cannabis reform that will improve lives and livelihoods.”. Joyce’s advocacy for cannabis reform is not new. Joyce and Young’s efforts come as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,

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SpeedWeed

MAY 13, 2021

I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get this bill signed into law so that we can enact sensible and meaningful cannabis reform that will improve lives and livelihoods.”. Joyce’s advocacy for cannabis reform is not new. Joyce and Young’s efforts come as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 9, 2022

CN) — A program outlined in Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana use in 2016 in California, is to give back to those harmed by the War on Drugs. Courthouse News. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) The CalCRG program uses a cannabis excise and cultivation tax to give out $35.5 Did we know we were lying about the drugs?

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Puff Puff Post

OCTOBER 24, 2019

. — Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states where medical marijuana is legal , students disciplined for using it are taking their schools to court.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

Neither the CSE nor its Market Regulator (as that term is defined in the policies of the CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Caution Regarding Cannabis Operations in the United States. federal law, nor will it provide a defense to any federal proceeding which may be brought against TerrAscend.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

Don’t forget to sign up for our email list, and we will keep you posted as these bills and more move through your home state legislature and U.S. doctors to fill out the state-legal medical marijuana recommendations. 4522 was approved by the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy on 3/9/20. Your Highness, Carly.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

Medical marijuana is currently legal in 31 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam, and 46 states have some form of medical marijuana law ; however, it remains illegal under federal law. ” Changes in the legal status of marijuana at the state level have not negatively impacted workplace safety.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 21, 2019

Dr. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. laws of the 20 th century, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. When it comes to cannabis, however, it is sometimes difficult to separate law and policy.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 17, 2022

A 2019 state law permits those convicted of marijuana-specific activities which have since been decriminalized or legalized to submit a written request to the court to have those records sealed. Study explores automatically sealing records on cannabis crimes that are now legal. million) have awarded $1.2

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

This simple bill would align veterans VA treatment with their very popular state laws, usually approved by the voters. Our veterans deserve the option to legally access a botanical product that is objectively safer than the litany of pharmaceutical drugs it could replace. Send a message now to your lawmakers.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

Kays advises and represents employers in a broad range of employment law matters arising under federal and state laws. She is experienced in litigating federal and state court cases involving the defense of employment discrimination claims, wrongful discharge, and retaliation matters. During law school, Ms.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 29, 2019

An-Chi Tsou is the principal at Tsou Consulting, LLC, specializing in state and local regulatory and legislative compliance, guidance, and advocacy. As most people know, state law provides very generous authority to local jurisdictions regarding operational requirements and standards.

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