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The Rise of Anti-Legalization Efforts

Veriheal

This policy ensured significant penalties and incarceration for possession, cultivation, and trafficking for anyone found guilty in the U.S. Harpers magazine also released an article in 2016 , with clips from an interview with a top Nixon advisor who made a similar admission.

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Jared Shaw Could Face the Death Penalty for Edibles in Indonesia

Veriheal

The arrest came after a tip from Jakarta’s airport customs warning that Shaw had received a suspicious package from Thailand, where cannabis has been decriminalized since 2024. A video of Shaw’s arrest circulating online shows the player resisting arrest and shouting “Help… Help!” as police attempt to handcuff him.

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Ask The Green Nurse is Celebrating Liberation: What 4/20 & the 4th of July Have in Common?

The Cannigma

Far from being just a countercultural joke, it has emerged as a powerful symbol of bodily autonomy, freedom of consciousness, and resistance to outdated and often unjust drug policies. News Center Maine, 2022; Secret Nature, 2022; Waxman, 2016). Cromwell, 2021; Liebman, 2016). 2016, April 20). 2016, April 20).

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New Mexico: New Marijuana Decriminalization Law Goes Into Effect Next Week

NORML

Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation into law decriminalizing the possession of personal use amounts of cannabis. “This is a win for consumers and activists continuing to fight and reform the state’s marijuana laws,” says NORML State Policies Coordinator Carly Wolf. In April, Democratic Gov.

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Low-Level Marijuana Possession Offenses Now Decriminalized in New Mexico

NORML

Late last week, the Governor announced the formation of a new task-force to make policy recommendations with regard to 2020 legislation to legalize the adult use of cannabis. “The criminalization of patients and consumers is a failed public policy, and there is finally a more sensible alternative in place.

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Cannabis Decriminalization Reduces Racial Disparity, According to New Data

Veriheal

Fortunately, a study recently published in Social Science & Medicine discovered a solution to the racial disparity rampant in cannabis regulation: decriminalization. While legalization and decriminalization will not undo what was done in the past, these legal processes can create a better future for affected groups. He states, “U.S

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

NORML

To be fair, Democrats didn’t mention weed legalization on their party’s official platform until 2016.). Now, in 2015 — like in many other states throughout the country — we saw some fresh faces in the marijuana policy conversation. This is now a public policy that NORML uses as its standard.