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Colorado NORML and Denver NORML Host Citizen Lobby Day to Push for Consumer Protections

NORML

” Never in modern history has there existed greater public support for ending the nation’s nearly century-long experiment with marijuana prohibition. Marijuana policy should be evidence based. Make appointments, become an acquaintance with them.” Dispel the myths with the NORML Fact Sheets.

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A Founder Looks at 50: Keith Stroup on the Shafer Commission

NORML

This is the second in a series of blogs on the history of NORML and the legalization movement. As one reviews the modern history of marijuana policy in this country, beginning with the adoption of federal marijuana prohibition in 1937 (i.e., The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse.

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A Founder Looks at 50: Keith Stroup on the Schafer Commission

NORML

This is the second in a series of blogs on the history of NORML and the legalization movement. As one reviews the modern history of marijuana policy in this country, beginning with the adoption of federal marijuana prohibition in 1937 (i.e., The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse.

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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Michael Bloomberg

Canna Law Blog

Last fall, we ran a 13-part series taking a hard look at each of the 2020 presidential candidates’ history and views related to marijuana. Past legislative history : How many marijuana-related bills did this candidate introduce, sponsor or sign? If a candidate does not actively advocate for marijuana, we doubt their conviction.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

Veriheal

New York’s rec market is slowly but surely rolling out, a peer-reviewed study linked state cannabis prohibition to high race-based arrests, and an analysis of thousands of Army records revealed that recruits with a history of cannabis use are just as likely as their peers to excel. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews. Despite the U.S.

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Background of Study. Purpose of the Study.

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Growing Pains Pt. 2 Adult-Use Marijauna in Illinois: A Case Study for Market and Policy Patterns

Cannabis Law Report

Especially when you compare Governor Pritzker’s position to Governor John Hickenlooper’s in 2012 when Colorado legalized. Now it’s a matter of taking those learnings so regulators can shape better policy and implementation strategies that anticipate and accurately address these issues from the get-go.

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