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NORML Chapter Newsletter

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. “That’s why dozens of NORML chapters are organizing citizen lobby days to advocate for the end of marijuana prohibition and other reforms ranging from depenalization and expungement, to workplace drug testing and social consumption.” Texas NORML Hosted Advocacy Training for 2019 Legislative Session.

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NORML’s 2020 Democratic Primary Marijuana Straw Poll

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Current Office: Senator from Vermont 2018 NORML Congressional Scorecard Grade: A+ Sponsored Legislation: Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act (2015-2016) Co-Sponsored Legislation: Marijuana Justice Act of 2017 (2017-2020), Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act (2017-2018). States are moving forward on decriminalization and legalization.

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These 4 States Stand a Good Chance at Legalizing Recreational Cannabis in 2023

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states have decriminalized cannabis or enacted full adult-use programs. 8, 2016, with the passing of House Bill 523. If State Question 820 is approved, cannabis consumption and possession will be legalized for adults aged 21 and over. As of February 2023, 41 U.S. Additionally, 23 U.S. Minnesota During a hearing on Monday, Jan.

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Massachusetts: cannabis bill sails through committee

Cannabis Law Report

Lawmakers passed up their opportunities to act before voters approved decriminalization in 2008, medical marijuana in 2012 and adult legalization in 2016, but then delayed and rewrote significant portions of the 2016 ballot law legalizing marijuana. The Legislature has long maintained a hands-off approach to marijuana policy.

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5 Psychedelics Friendly Countries | Cannabis Culture

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Also, some cities like Denver, Oakland and Santa Cruz have different legislations decriminalizing certain hallucinogens. In some of these countries, the governments have decriminalized the use of some selected hallucinogenic substances. In 2001, all drugs were decriminalized in Portugal.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 4/26/19

NORML

Republican leaders in Wisconsin’s state legislature said that Governor Evers’ medical cannabis and decriminalization budget proposals will not be passed through the legislature this session. A bill to remove certain restrictions on social cannabis consumption sites was killed in Denver, Colorado’s city council.

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Italian Interior Minister Takes Extreme Anti-Cannabis Stance, but Analysts See it as Empty Rhetoric

WeedAdvisor

Recreational marijuana remains illegal, but is decriminalized. According to an April article in The New York Times , Italy’s interest in cannabis was renewed following a 2016 law intended to help hemp farmers, but it simultaneously failed to regulate hemp flower. WeedAdvisor’s Interest in Global Cannabis Advocacy. .

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