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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). .” – 02/22/19. Bernie Sanders. March 2019.

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Researchers To Investigate Arkansas’ Medical Cannabis Program

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The NIDA-funded investigation will delve into the health-related repercussions of Arkansas’ medical cannabis program , which was initially approved by voters back in 2016. Vital patient records. Arkansas Department of Health medical marijuana patient enrollment data. To fund the study, a $1.3 Emergency room records.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 4/26/19

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Among the changes are: allowing physicians assistants to recommend medical cannabis to their patients, adding several new qualifying conditions, and authorizing cancer patients to possess greater quantities of cannabis than typically allowed. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of social consumption lounges.

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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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Virginia, Marijuana, and How Medical Legalization May Unfold in the South

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Virginia has been one of the most reluctant states to consider marijuana law reform, though it recently began allowing some forms of cannabis oil for approved patients. To be fair, Democrats didn’t mention weed legalization on their party’s official platform until 2016.). JM Pedini | Photo by Adam Ewing.

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Lighting Up Florida’s Medical Marijuana People: The Medics Series, Part 2

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All of our state MMTC FL licensed clinics and dispensaries incorporate the lofty goals of both patient and product availability ( access ) and affordability ( cost ). . Although happening statewide, the City of Pensacola Agenda Center recorded the monumental Northwest Florida decision in its public September 15, 2016 City Council minutes.

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Former State Rep. Diane Russell on Maine’s Cannabis Legalization Woes

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On November 5, 2016, Maine’s voters legalized recreational, or adult-use, marijuana. From 2008 to 2016, Russell served as a state representative in Maine’s government. By the end of 2016, and after a lot of heated political infighting, Maine’s voters approved the bill by a hair, at just 50.3