NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

We will be taking many more in-depth looks at the 2020 race as it progresses, including potential primary challengers on the Republican side, but first we wanted to provide an overview of all the currently announced Democratic candidates, along with their record and policy statements when it comes to marijuana legalization. The Senators.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 4, 2022

To find out more about the program, potential applicants can visit California’s cannabis website cannabis.ca.gov , the agency said in a press release. Equity owners must meet at least one of the following criteria: Cannabis conviction or arrest: The owner was convicted of or arrested for a cannabis offense before November 8, 2016.

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Veriheal

MARCH 9, 2023

states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have enacted legal medical marijuana programs. states have decriminalized cannabis or enacted full adult-use programs. 8, 2016, with the passing of House Bill 523. As of February 2023, 41 U.S. Additionally, 23 U.S. Minnesota During a hearing on Monday, Jan. 18 of last year, Gov.

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NORML

JUNE 4, 2019

State Legal Medical Programs. Since 2014, there has been a spending restriction that prevents the Department of Justice from spending one penny or paperclip to take action against state-legal medical cannabis programs. This year marks the first time that this language was included in the base text. DC Legalization Implementation.

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NORML

JUNE 8, 2019

Cannabis industry lobbyists have actually confided to me that they think NJ’s increasing possession arrests (more than 32,000 per year as of 2016) help their cause. The decade-old medical cannabis program will also be taken away from the NJ Department of Health, itself managed by Governor Phil Murphy’s appointees.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

The Medical Cannabis Users Association of Australia (MCUA) President Deb Lynch and members of the advocacy group are peturbed following police raids carried out on 2 on fellow members in Queensland yesterday. Cannabis was made legal for medical use in 2016 and thousands are now being prescribed expensive imported products.

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

(To be fair, Democrats didn’t mention weed legalization on their party’s official platform until 2016.). So, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Virginia didn’t launch a medical marijuana program until 2015, nearly two decades after California. This is now a public policy that NORML uses as its standard.

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NORML

MAY 24, 2019

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. percent in 2016. times more likely.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Texas NORML Hosted Advocacy Training for 2019 Legislative Session. “The Texas chapter of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws hosted an advocacy training day on Saturday with Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy and Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition.” ” Read more from Fox 11 !

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Sonia Chang-Diaz, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, said. The Legislature has long maintained a hands-off approach to marijuana policy. There’s universal agreement about the problems: high costs of entry and lack of access to capital create a near-impossible barrier for many talented entrepreneurs.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 3, 2021

“Marijuana decriminalization will truly make a difference in the lives of the people of our state,” said Peter Robins-Brown, policy & advocacy director at Louisiana Progress. Louisiana’s medical cannabis laws date back to 1978 , but it was only for patients with glaucoma and those undergoing chemotherapy for cancer treatment.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2020

What would a Vice President Harris mean for cannabis law and policy? Harris has evolved considerably on cannabis policy, especially in the past few years. Pretty disappointing, especially considering where the party was at in the run-up to the 2016 convention ). Assuming Biden and Harris win this fall, it’s hard to say.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 9, 2021

Ohio attorney general Dave Yost has rejected an advocacy group’s proposal and signatures to legalize recreational cannabis. The summary mentions social equity and job efforts, but “omits any meaningful explanation of any of the purposes of the program.”.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

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. Noem’s positions on cannabis as “bad policy and bad politics.”. He also described Gov.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A recent letter from the advocacy group The Weldon Project was also signed by more than 150 artists, athletes, producers, lawmakers, policy experts, reform advocates and leaders in business, law enforcement and academia. In 1974, President Ford established a program of conditional clemency for Selective Service Act violators.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 21, 2019

When it comes to cannabis, however, it is sometimes difficult to separate law and policy. Although the Trump administration has instated policies that make it more difficult to track drug arrests , publicly available FBI data reveals that 659,700 marijuana-related arrests occurred in 2017, comprising 40.4% of all reported U.S.

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NORML

DECEMBER 10, 2019

On November 5, 2016, Maine’s voters legalized recreational, or adult-use, marijuana. Why did it take so long to roll out its legalization program, and most importantly, how can the next states to legalize prevent similar setbacks? From 2008 to 2016, Russell served as a state representative in Maine’s government. .

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 1, 2021

Her pro-pot policies would take shape in college during the ’90s and early 2000s. With a pro-pot policy, Fried is not afraid to educate and push back when necessary against opposition to the plant, including its governors—a position many expect her to run for in 2022. Florida’s Ongoing Cannabis Reform Efforts.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 14, 2021

In September, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 67 into law, which set the stage for the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) Cannabis Appellations Program. Once the program begins to accept petitions, it will establish the world’s first cannabis appellations. .

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2019

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.

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NORML

JUNE 5, 2020

During these travels, I was frequently meeting other young lawyers (although we also had many non-lawyers representing NORML around the country), many of whom were also active in the anti-Vietnam War efforts, who shared the NORML position regarding marijuana policy. I was never quite sure why Trudeau had made that statement.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 1, 2018

ASA works with a grassroots base of more than 50,000 members using public education and direct advocacy to affect national change. In 2016, Maryland contracted with ASA’s Patient Focused Certification program to train the officials tasked with watching over the state’s emerging medical cannabis program.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 1, 2018

ASA works with a grassroots base of more than 50,000 members using public education and direct advocacy to affect national change. In 2016, Maryland contracted with ASA’s Patient Focused Certification program to train the officials tasked with watching over the state’s emerging medical cannabis program.

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NORML

JANUARY 28, 2019

Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump have voiced support for state governments deciding their own policies. A 2016 study published in the Journal of School Health concluded alcohol use should be a target of school abuse prevention programs. Nearly 80 percent of Kentuckians support medical marijuana.,

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

Enacted in 1986, the Federal Drug-Free Workplace Program made it a condition for employment that all civilian employees at executive branch agencies be prohibited from using federally illegal substances on or off duty. Click here to send a message to your member of Congress and urge them to support this effort.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

She teaches trial advocacy for the Notre Dame Law School and has coached trial team for Chicago-Kent Law School. During her employment Walmart had a drug testing policy which expressly stated that employees were prohibited from “[r]eporting to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol, including medical marijuana.” Walmart Inc. ,

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2019

On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives voted 267-165 to prohibit the United States Department of Justice from using appropriated funds to interfere with state-legal cannabis programs. v McIntosh (9th Cir 2016) 833 F3d 1163, 1178 ( McIntosh ). Unless and until that happens, however, adult use programs remain at risk.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

Somewhere in between these two states, when considering Texas and New York as opposite ends of the United States’ marijuana regulatory-reform spectrum, falls Florida, where medical marijuana has been legal since 2016.

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NORML

APRIL 26, 2019

At the state level, Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed a package of bills into law to expand the state’s medical cannabis access program. Days later, the Chief Deputy announced that the cite and release program will be put on hold, without further details. CO resident? Connecticut. FL resident? TX resident? TX resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 18, 2019

Know the Current Laws and Regulations in Florida courtesy of the Marijuana Policy Project. ” For example, after Amendment 2 passed in 2016, cities across Florida quickly set in motion laws to accommodate this market, my home City of Pensacola being no exception. How To Prepare for the Process of Obtaining a Florida MMTC License.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2019

The informed patients, cannabis industry employees, and clinicians find it equally difficult to keep updated on Florida’s latest medical marijuana program news and changes. . Cannabis is not a “gateway” drug, according to the ASA and the DEA’s own statements cited in the August 2016 U.S. Federal Register. .

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 2, 2021

The pressure is really on lawmakers at every level of government to take action,” said Carly Wolf, NORML’s state policies director. The bills come alongside a separate move to put recreational use before voters as a state constitutional amendment in 2022, following the success of a ballot measure approving medical marijuana in 2016.

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NORML

MARCH 31, 2019

. “Attendees will find out about the network’s Spring Outreach Strategy and learn about the tools and techniques to spread awareness about the urgent need for immediate cannabis policy reform in Delaware.” “I’m not wanting to go down the path of anything like 2016 again.” We don’t have that.”

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 25, 2022

An email sent by the charity stated it had secured the MDMA for the trial and that “this trial will give graduates and participants in our Certificate of Psychedelic- Assisted Therapies (CPAT) Program the chance to actually undergo Psychedelic Assisted therapy in a clinically controlled environment”.

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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. Relevant AAFP Policy. Family physicians have a vested interest in policies that advance and protect the health of their patients and the public. Marijuana Possession for Personal Use. Call to Action.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 4, 2021

As the top executive at Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, he has become known for his activism around a range of issues, especially fair trade, sustainable agriculture, animal rights, and drug policy reform. Amanda Feilding, Countess of Wemyss and March is an English drug policy reformer, lobbyist and research coordinator. Andrew Yang.

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