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New York: New Report Released Showing Ongoing Extreme Racial Disparities in Marijuana Enforcement at City and County Levels

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At the same time, the bill would redirect tax revenue from a legal industry towards various programs that redress harms from the War on Drugs, while also increasing and improving public education and treatment programs geared towards responsible use, reducing overdoses, and saving lives.

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Transplant Denied To Med Marijuana Patient With Liver Cancer

Otherside Farms

Norman Smith: “Since I am the only successful patient in the clinical trial, to take away something that’s been part of a successful regimen does not make any sense” In September 2010, Smith became eligible for a liver transplant, but after testing positive for marijuana in February he was removed from the transplant list.

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NORML’s 2020 Democratic Primary Marijuana Straw Poll

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When elected to Congress in the 1990s, he co-sponsored legislation that would have allowed for access to medical marijuana. NORML endorsed his campaign for New Jersey’s Senate seat in 2010. In his bid for President, he has called for ending the federal prohibition of cannabis and creating a legal, regulated market. The Governors.

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Report: A War on Us: How Much New Jersey Spends Enforcing the War on Drugs

Cannabis Law Report

Billion to Enforce the Drug War (2010-2019). People who have access to harm reduction programs are five times more likely to connect with drug treatment than those who do not and three times more likely to stop problematic drug use. times greater than it had been in 2010; for Black residents, this rate was 3.6

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South Dakota voters legalized cannabis, but state politicians aren’t having it

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While IM 26 was supposed to take effect this upcoming July, “the feasibility of getting this program up and running well will take additional time,” she said in a press statement – adding the plan would take a year to implement. 70% of [South Dakota] voters checked yes in November for July 1, 2021, patient access. Bruce Kennedy.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22

NORML

Legislation is pending, House Bill 2149, to amend the definition of “cannabis” under the 2010 voter-approved medical marijuana law. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 305, to permit qualified patients the ability to access medical cannabis preparations while in health care facilities. California. CA resident? Connecticut.

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Lighting Up Florida’s Medical Marijuana PEOPLE: The Front Lines

Cannabis Law Report

For those of you in the dark about Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program, I will be lighting up the dim corners of Florida: The Nation’s Fastest-Growing Medical Marijuana Market , according to The Miami New Times on May 2, 2019. Lighting Up Florida’s Medical Marijuana PEOPLE: The Front Lines. Cameron Vance, Ph.D.