June, 2020

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Marijuana Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice

NORML

As protests continue to take place across our nation, more Americans are beginning to publicly demand action from their local, state, and federal leaders to end the policies and practices that promote, enable, and drive systemic racial injustice.

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The Rise of Cannabis Litigation Against Foreign Entities ? Where Will You Litigate?

Canna Law Blog

The local interest in having localized controversies resolved at home. All other practical problems that make trial of a case easy, expeditious, and inexpensive. Public interest factors: The administrative difficulties flowing from court congestion. The avoidance of unnecessary problems in conflicts of law.

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Marijuana Drug Tests: Employers Change Position

CannaMD

To help move things along, many state and local governments are now enacting legislation disallowing pre-employment marijuana testing for certain types of employees. Other examples of local governments barring employers from excluding potential employees who fail marijuana drug tests include Maine , Nevada , and Washington, D.C.

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NORML Partners with Green Flower to Launch First-of-its-Kind Online Training Program for Cannabis Advocates

NORML

This 100% online course will teach you the essential tools and nuanced techniques NORML has deployed over the last 50 years to shape cannabis policy at the local, state, national, and international levels.

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New Jersey: Assembly Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation

NORML

If authorized by the Legislature, a municipality may pass a local ordinance to charge a local tax on cannabis products. The State commission created to oversee the State’s medical cannabis program would also oversee the new, personal use cannabis market. Cannabis products would be subject to the State sales tax.

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Pennsylvania: Supreme Court Rules That Medical Cannabis Use Is Permissible While on Probation

NORML

The ruling determined that the local (Lebanon County) ban was in conflict with the state’s medical marijuana access law, which states that Pennsylvanians registered with the program shall not be punished for their use cannabis.

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Illinois offering $31 million in cannabis tax revenue to repair drug war damage

Leafly

Your marijuana tax dollars at work: Local groups can now apply for grants to improve neighborhoods hardest hit by prohibition. The post Illinois offering $31 million in cannabis tax revenue to repair drug war damage appeared first on Leafly.

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