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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). Current Office: Senator from New Jersey 2018 NORML Congressional Scorecard Grade: A+ Sponsored Legislation: Marijuana Justice Act of 2017 (2017-2020) Co-Sponsored Legislation: STATES Act (2017-2018).

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

We tabulated responses to questions about driving after marijuana use from the Traffic Safety Culture Index based on demographic factors, recreational and medical marijuana policies, and per-se marijuana laws. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws.

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The New Mitch McConnell Is A Democrat & He Doesn’t Want A Cannabis America – Yes You Guessed It – It’s A Gateway Drug

Cannabis Law Report

Manchin still believes pot is a gateway drug, which has earned him a D-minus with the national cannabis advocacy group NORML. “I Most told me they started out with recreational marijuana,” he said in a 2017 article for STAT. Legalizing recreational marijuana is something I have not been able to accept or support.”.

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Attorney General Nominee Commits To Leave State-Legal Marijuana Programs Alone

NORML

His statements came response to questions from Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) — each of whom represent states where marijuana is legally regulated for either medical or recreational purposes. The results of a 2017 nationwide Gallup poll similarly found majority support among all three groups.

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‘Free the Homies’: Some People Are Still Doing Time Over a Victimless Crime

Veriheal

Recreational, or adult-use, cannabis is legal in 18 states across America, and medical cannabis is legal in 37. ” The LPP’s mission is: “Through intervention, advocacy, and awareness campaigns the Last Prisoner Project works to redress the past and continuing harms of these unjust laws and policies.”

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Nevada Celebrates Four Years of Adult-Use Cannabis Sales

SpeedWeed

From July 2017 to June 2018, the state saw $529,851,245 in taxable medical and adult-use cannabis sales, a figure that has steadily increased to $719,216,651 during the current fiscal year, which includes sales data from July 2020 to March 2021, according to the Nevada Department of Taxation. They’re flexible and ready to pivot.”.

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Legislation to Expedite Cannabis Cultivation Introduced in New York

SpeedWeed

From July 2017 to June 2018, the state saw $529,851,245 in taxable medical and adult-use cannabis sales, a figure that has steadily increased to $719,216,651 during the current fiscal year, which includes sales data from July 2020 to March 2021, according to the Nevada Department of Taxation. They’re flexible and ready to pivot.”.