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The Joint Blog
JUNE 17, 2019
According to a new ruling from a California appeals court, prison inmates who possess small amounts of marijuana are not guilty of a felony crime. According to NPR, the court ruled that because marijuana is legal in the state, it can’t be a felony in prison.
Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 14, 2021
Prison inmates can’t legally possess marijuana under California’s law allowing recreational pot, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in overturning a lower court that found prisoners could have the drug as long as they didn’t consume it. grams) of marijuana went against common sense.
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Marijuana Lawyer Blog
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Inmates in prison are not allowed to possess recreational marijuana while incarcerated, according to a new ruling by the California Supreme Court. The court overturned a lower court’s decision that held prisoners were allowed to have the drug, so long as they didn’t use it.
Cannabis Law Report
MAY 24, 2022
California Inmates May Not Possess Cannabis. 3d 937, 1056 (2021) the Supreme Court of California made it abundantly clear that the State’s Proposition 64 does not invalidate cannabis-related convictions under California Penal Code § 4573.6, consumption—did not also apply to the mere possession of the substance.
NORML
MARCH 1, 2019
In Congress this week Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), introduced The Marijuana Justice Act of 2019, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and incentivize states to end the racially disparate criminalization of marijuana consumers.
NORML
MARCH 22, 2019
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) of New York announced that marijuana legalization language will no longer appear in his budget proposal. At a more local level, city commissioners in Lawrence, Kansas voted 4 to 1 to reduce the city’s fine for cannabis possession to $1. California. CA resident?
Cannabis Law Report
MAY 1, 2019
In February of this year, the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (“CBCC”) sent a letter to Weedmaps.com alleging that the website was “engaging in activity that violates state cannabis laws.” And that, as they say, was that. 5 The CBCC is “having internal discussions about what the appropriate next steps are.”
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