Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Having been both a public defender and a prosecutor, I have seen first-hand how cannabis law violations can foreclose a lifetime of opportunities ranging from employment to education to housing,” said Rep. Legislatures in over a dozen states have enacted laws explicitly facilitating the expungement of low-level cannabis convictions.

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Freedom Leaf

MAY 14, 2019

In February 2018, I heard about a group that wanted to decriminalize psychoactive mushrooms in Denver, but didn’t know much about it. He’d listened to a podcast I did on the topic of “psychedelic law,” a term I coined in 2010. Out of the 418,546 registered voters in Denver, 40% weighed in on magic-mushroom decriminalization.

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Veriheal

JUNE 24, 2020

Taylor was a young woman with plans for a long, fruitful life… Instead, her life was brutally cut short by a haphazard law enforcement exercise…it is time for the U.S. Cannabis arrests nationally are down 18% since 2010, but there has been an uptick since 2015—even though more states are enacting legalization or decriminalization policies.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2020

In other words, marijuana tax revenue was funding the very institution that has disproportionately targeted communities of color, particularly Black and Brown men, in enforcement of marijuana laws. Since the 1970s, enforcement of marijuana possession laws has been carried out with staggering racial bias.

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Marijuana Legislation Decriminalization Programs 57

Veriheal

MARCH 29, 2023

Researchers gathered the results of this study from a variety of sources, including: State Cannabis Policy Level The Alcohol Policy Information System cannabis law database holds data for recreational cannabis laws, whereas public research provided data for medical cannabis laws until 2017.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Billion to Enforce the Drug War (2010-2019). Despite this investment, nearly 20,000 New Jerseyans died of a drug-related overdose between 2010 and 2019. times greater than it had been in 2010; for Black residents, this rate was 3.6 times greater than it had been in 2010; for Black residents, this rate was 3.6

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Veriheal

AUGUST 27, 2020

The organization began as a result of their arrest in 2010 for possession and dealing in cannabis. The organizations’ focus is on the legalization or/and decriminalization of cannabis in South Africa and has the motto “I am not a criminal”. South Africa has its decriminalization of cannabis thanks to Julian Stobbs and Myrtle Clark.

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NORML

MAY 24, 2019

Clearing prior cannabis-related criminal records and addressing additional devastating impacts of marijuana criminalization in the fields of immigration, family law, housing, and employment. Statewide in 2018, Black and Latinx people comprised of 81.3% of all low-level marijuana arrests, despite making up 34.5%

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

At the state level, the North Dakota House of Representatives defeated a decriminalization bill on the House floor by a narrow 43-47 vote. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation into law this week permitting the production of industrial hemp in accordance with the new federal regulations. AZ resident? Connecticut. CT resident?

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The cannabis gifting culture that developed in the city as a result of cannabis laws rife with ambiguity was recently threatened with new legislation, but a last-minute change to the bill preserved the popular practice. Council passed a bill in 2010 that legalized medical cannabis , and the law went into effect on Jan.

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NORML

APRIL 21, 2020

In 31 states, racial disparities were actually larger in 2018 than they were in 2010.” Authors reported that per capita marijuana possession arrests rose from 2010 to 2018 in states where possession offenses remain criminalized.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 10, 2021

We tabulated responses to questions about driving after marijuana use from the Traffic Safety Culture Index based on demographic factors, recreational and medical marijuana policies, and per-se marijuana laws. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2022

In this article, we continue our journey reviewing the history of cannabis regulation and proceed to explore the current state of development of the legal cannabis market in Europe, canvassing its decriminalization and regulation as a culmination of a global pattern over the last 20 years. Decriminalized (2016). Medicinal Use.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 26, 2021

This pressure began to pay off, and 2010 saw a reform of the Czech criminal code, in which 10 grams or up to five adult plants became an “administrative” rather than criminal offense. But Veverka felt this decriminalization was far too limited. And it was also the year that Veverka launched Legalizace magazine.

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NORML

JUNE 8, 2020

Director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), asking her to recognize the detrimental impact that racially-discriminatory marijuana law enforcement has had on the public health of communities of color. Annually, over 650,000 Americans are arrested for violating marijuana laws. Volkow, M.D.,

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

During the 20 th century, law enforcement and public policy activities have undermined opportunities for scientific exploration. However, the AAFP supports decriminalization of possession of marijuana for personal use. Marijuana is illegal under federal law. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports approximately 2.5%

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Normally, capitalism would serve as an equalizer, but the problem is, city rules set in place by the council in 2010 barred marijuana dispensaries to be located near schools, churches and tobacco shops. The Los Angeles CANNABIS LAW Group represents growers, dispensaries, collectives, patients and those facing marijuana charges.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

viii Other states have decriminalized the first-time possession of small quantities of marijuana or legalized the limited sale and use of low-THC CBD oil, a non-psychoactive product from the cannabis plant often used for medical purposes. Marijuana Law Reform Timeline. 2010, May 28). State Medical Marijuana Laws.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Merry, that is, for supporters of medical cannabis in Alabama, where the Governor signed a program into law. The problem was not in the substance of the initiative itself, but in the fact that the state lost a Congressional seat in 2010, and the state never updated its initiative rules. Regulatory confusion continues.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2013, the Czech Republic legalized medicinal marijuana, and in 2010, it decriminalized the possession of personal amounts of cannabis. This has been a huge step forward for the EU, but there is still a long way to go if the laws are going to permit recreational cannabis in EU countries.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

San Francisco Bank Attorneys Association – California Cannabis Law Update | Monday, December 6th at 12PM PST. In three distinct panel sessions, an international group of cannabis business law experts will focus on the legal and regulatory framework for growing, manufacturing, distributing, and selling cannabis products. and Canada.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 20, 2022

There is a popular idea that habitual offender laws have been used to push scores of nonviolent drug offenders—disproportionately Black people—into unduly long prison sentences all because they dared to smoke weed. It would be easy to think that law enforcement has chosen to deprioritize weed when there are bigger fish to fry.

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NORML

APRIL 1, 2019

Marijuana decriminalization is not enough. New York State first decriminalized personal marijuana possession in 1977—yet more than 800,000 people have been arrested for low-level marijuana possession in the past 20 years alone. In 2010, New York spent more than $650 million enforcing marijuana prohibition.

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CannaMD

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

It was in this historic context that Senator Joe Biden served as head of Senate Judiciary Committee that wrote many of the laws that resulted in increased rates of incarceration and tougher prison sentences for drug offenses. A Softening Stance. But no one should go to jail for it, period.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

WHEREAS, in 2013, simple cannabis possession was the fourth most common cause of deportation for any offense and the most common cause of deportation for drug law violations; and. WHEREAS, a total of 36 States have reformed their laws pertaining to cannabis despite the Schedule I status of cannabis and its Federal criminalization; and.

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Policy Research and Development Access Cannabis 98

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2019

But the draft law will also introduce an obligation for doctors to share patient data concerning people using prescribed marijuana. Cannabis use outside of having a prescription remains illegal, though having a small amount of dried cannabis or live plants for personal use has been decriminalized since 2010. Source: [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 17, 2019

As more countries legalize or decriminalize the cultivation, manufacture, sale, and use of cannabis, companies across a variety of industries are looking for opportunities to capitalize on this emerging market. which aspects of the law are determined federally versus locally. how the segments are defined (e.g.,

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 4, 2021

Legislative initiatives (introduction and support of changes of laws). He is the chairman of Drug Science, a non-profit which he founded in 2010 to provide independent, evidence-based information on drugs. Mr Psychedelic Law & Iter Investments. Psychedelic Law. Matthew Johnson. Johns Hopkins University.

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The Joint Blog

MARCH 4, 2021

As noted by the AP, the bill was a top priority for Democrats, who framed legalization as a necessary step to end the disparate treatment of people of color under current marijuana laws. It’s been a lot of work to get hre, but I would say that we’re on the path to an equitable law allowing responsible adults to use cannabis,” said Sen.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

It’s actually a set of powerful democrats (looking at you Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Cory Booker) who insist that we can’t pass piecemeal federal cannabis reform because it will lessen the pressure on Congress to legalize/decriminalize cannabis in a bigger, broader sweeping bill. Priorities, amiright ?

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 13, 2019

We examine each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvas their current respective stances on marijuana. In 2010, Harris opposed a measure in California that would have legalized marijuana. Over the past two weeks, we covered Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Even in 2014, Harris opposed legalization.

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NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

The 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary is already heating up and we wanted to reach out to our supporters to take an early straw poll of who they think voters who prioritize marijuana law reform should support in that primary. States are moving forward on decriminalization and legalization.

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

JANUARY 27, 2023

Medical cannabis was approved in 2010 and implemented in 2012 and experienced regular month-over-month increases in sales volumes until 2021. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize cannabis for medical use, and since then, more than 35 states have passed similar laws. How Do Different Age Groups Feel About Marijuana?

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

And others are looking for significant distinctions to support cannabis law changes. Current Cannabis Law There are 22 states that legalize cannabis for its therapeutic benefits and 11 states and the District of Columbia fully legalize cannabis for recreational and medicinal use. Federal Law Possession of cannabis in the U.S.

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