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NORML’s 2020 Democratic Primary Marijuana Straw Poll

NORML

Current Office: Senator from Minnesota 2018 NORML Congressional Scorecard Grade: B Co-Sponsored Legislation: STATES Act (2017-2018). Summary: Senator Sanders has a long history of supporting reforming our nation’s drug policy. ” – Announcing the introduction of the Marijuana Justice Act of 2017, 08/01/2017.

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Bipartisan Legislation To End Marijuana Prohibition Filed

NORML

Introduced was The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2019, to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances list and allow states the freedom to regulate marijuana as they choose, without federal interference. The results of a 2017 nationwide Gallup poll similarly found majority support among all three groups.

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The Marijuana Justice Act Introduced In Both Chambers Of Congress

NORML

Today, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) along with Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), introduced The Marijuana Justice Act of 2019, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and incentivize states to end the racially disparate criminalization of marijuana consumers.

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

Cannabis Law Report

From the systemic history of racism in the United States, African Americans exclusion from economic opportunities leads to maximizing profits for the White elite (Hirschman, 2019). Theme 3 involved access to capital. Before the civil war, there were more cannabis farms than cotton farms (Green, 2005). Recommendations.

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Is weed legal in Greece?

The Cannigma

In July, 2017, a joint ministerial decision between the Ministers of Health and Justice legalized medical marijuana in Greece, and changed the classification of cannabis from a Table A drug to a Table B drug. In 2017 , Deputy Minister for Agriculture Yiannis Tsironis called for the legalization of cannabis cultivation for personal use.

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UK’s MS Society Launches #ApprovedButDenied Campaign

Veriheal

The United Kingdom’s Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society has taken a stand against restricted access to medical cannabis in the country. Medical cannabis has been legal in the nation for almost three years—so why are MS patients struggling to access the treatment? Yet many people with MS are still unable to access it.”

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Will Georgia Legalize Cannabis? GA Medical Cannabis Program Explained

Veriheal

The History of the Georgia Medical Cannabis Program Georgia’s medical cannabis program started sales this past spring. In 2017, the state legislature expanded the law to include six more medical conditions, later adding intractable pain and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as qualifying conditions in 2018.