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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/4/19

NORML

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. The bill would also establish a Cannabis Control Commission to oversee the regulated market.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/8/19

NORML

Under existing state law, marijuana possession (of two pounds or less) carries a mandatory minimum sentence of four months in jail and/or a $1,000 fine. The measure would prohibit employers from arbitrarily discriminating against employees who legally consume medical cannabis off-the-job in accordance with state law.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 4/20/19

NORML

Governor Laura Kelly (D) of Kansas signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. A decriminalization bill was defeated in the Missouri House of Representatives this week. At a more local level, The city commissioners of Daytona Beach voted to decriminalize up to 20 grams of marijuana possession. AL resident?

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 4/12/19

NORML

At the state level, a bill to allow licensed social consumption spaces in Oregon was defeated for this year. A bill to allow patients to use medical cannabis while on probation or parole died in Montana’s state Senate. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of social consumption sites. CO resident?

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/25/20

NORML

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.

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Which states allow out-of-state patients to buy medical marijuana?

Veriheal

Which States Accept Out-of-State MMJ Cards? As different levels of cannabis legalization grow across the country, it’s important to know what you’re looking for in terms of out-of-state cannabis consumption. grams of cannabis flower and 5 grams of cannabis concentrate. grams of concentrate. Washington, D.C.

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Buds Behind Bars: An Analysis of People v. Raybon

Cannabis Law Report

Put in the simplest terms, Raybon says Proposition 64 decriminalized possession of cannabis (within the parameters of the law) in correctional institutions and Perry says it did not. v] Subject to certain exceptions, this section states that it is legal for an adult over age 21 to possess up to 28.5 The definition is key.