NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

NORML Announces Plans for 2019 Conference and Lobby Day. “To a large degree, that has been a war on cannabis, but it’s also been a war on people, it’s been disproportionately a war on certain communities,” Read more from WTTW News ! Below is a brief rundown of some of their most recent accomplishments.

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NORML

JUNE 13, 2019

Millions of Americans are legally replacing pharmaceuticals with cannabis and the question of affordability has become critical. Confused consumers are often paying $1000 per month at dispensaries , sometimes a lot more. It could also have a profound influence on medical cannabis products nationwide. Voila; Section 705 of Pa.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Lehigh Valley NORML, and medical cannabis patients from across Pennsylvania, will hold the second in a series of monthly protests at the Department of Health (PaDOH) headquarters on Forster St. “Patients First: Fixing Medical Marijuana in PA” will commence on Wednesday November 13, 2019 from 08:30 AM-5:00 PM.

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MassRoots

JANUARY 17, 2019

The two-and-one-half year wait is finally over for medical cannabis patients living on the Big Island of Hawaii, more accurately known as Hawai‘i Island. Big Island Grown opened in Hilo , and is the first medical marijuana dispensary operating on the largest island in the United States. When the doors opened at 11 a.m., HISTORY MADE!!!

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

In Congress this week 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. Actions to Take. CO resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2022

LA Cannabis News reports. A 52-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his part in chasing down and fatally shooting a marijuana dispensary worker with a cash-filled backpack in Santa Ana. Man gets life in prison for killing of marijuana dispensary worker.

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Leafly

JULY 20, 2023

Michigan has a thriving cannabis industry that has gained significant momentum since medical dispensaries were first legalized in the state in 2018. As the appetite for legal cannabis grew, recreational dispensaries opened a year later in 2019.

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NORML

JULY 8, 2019

While Nevadans will unfortunately have to wait another two years for the fate of public consumption lounges to be decided upon, monumental legislation passed in the 2019 legislative session regardless. “We were able to visit folks in Tahoe, Reno and Fallon as well as smoke shops, dispensaries and Budtender Fight Club.”

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NORML

DECEMBER 19, 2019

NORML South Africa was established in 2008 and has been active in the growing cannabis culture scene. Over the past year, NORML has hosted activism events in conjunction with other cannabis organisations and still supports the Dagga Party of South Africa, a registered pro-cannabis political party. Cannabis Law.

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Cannabis Life Network

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Vancouver‘s unlicensed medical dispensaries returned to court this week, appealing a December 2018 B.C. That was followed in early 2019, when the B.C. The post Maelstrom of Morality – Medical Dispensaries return to B.C. Court of Appeal dealt a subsequent blow […].

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NORML

OCTOBER 2, 2019

However, this time, they’ve taken their advocacy to our nation’s capital for NORML’s National Conference to lobby for reform on the federal level and expanded access to medicinal cannabis, such as The MORE Act and the Veterans Affairs Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2019.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

It passed the House on 2/27/2019 by a vote of 209-147. 175 was referred to the Health and Human Services Committee and HB 461 was referred to the Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs Committee on 1/03/2019. It was referred to the Environment and Agriculture Committee on 1/03/2019. — Bipartisan bill HB.

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NORML

APRIL 12, 2019

The study determined: “States that legalize recreational cannabis see an immediate bump in home values following legalization, even without retail dispensaries opening up. By contrast, the study did not identify a similar significant increase in home prices in cities where only medical cannabis was legally regulated.

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NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Guam became the first US territory to send a bill legalizing the adult-use of marijuana to the governor’s desk in 2019. Governor Gary Herbert (R) of Utah signed legislation into law that strengthens protections for medical cannabis patients and further improves upon the state’s new medical cannabis access program.

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NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

HR 420 (yes, you read that right): The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act would deschedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, thus permitting state governments to regulate these activities as they see fit. Also, the rollout of the new leadership team of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus was announced. Your Highness, Carly.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) released its January 2025 medical cannabis sales totals. Illinois kicked off the year with the lowest monthly total since July 2019. Retail sales of medical cannabis for January dipped to $21,459,882.77, which included $10,277,965.97 in dry flower sales and $11,181,916.80

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A marijuana dispensary is suing the city of South Lake Tahoe, California, after the city council revoked its cannabis and businesses licenses for failing to open on time — a delay the business blames on the COVID-19 pandemic. But she noted that all the other cannabis businesses who were awarded licenses opened on time.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its September medical cannabis sales totals. September totals dropped to $21,699,338.80, the lowest-monthly totals since July 2019. In September, Illinois dispensaries sold $10,516,825.48 To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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NORML

JUNE 25, 2019

The Prairie State is the first state to legislatively regulate cannabis sales. ” Beginning January 1, 2020, Illinois residents who are 21 or older may legally possess up to 30 grams of cannabis, while those visiting from out-of-state may legally possess half that amount. .”

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NORML

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Legislation is pending, House Bill 2049, that would expand the pool of individuals eligible for medical cannabis. The measure would permit physicians to recommend cannabis therapy to those diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder as well as opioid use disorder. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 7, 2024

A consistent modus operandi for Illinois News Joint has been to incorporate cannabis and academia to help speed up the path to normalizing the plant. In May, we hosted the Academic Cannabis Conference in Carbondale. Oakton College , located in Des Plaines, has been on the forefront of a similar mission to combine cannabis and academia.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) released its December medical cannabis sales totals and final yearly totals. For 2024, retail sales by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries finished at $285,059,601.92. Retail sales of medical cannabis for December reached $23,486,395.69, including $11,100,270.52

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NORML

JANUARY 29, 2020

Although we’re only one month into the Roaring 20’s, Nevada NORML has already hit the cannabis advocacy ground running at full sprint. convention and hosting a festive Happy Holidays party at Nuwu’s historic cannabis consumption lounge, taking it to an even higher level in 2020 was absolutely vital.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its October medical cannabis sales totals. October totals reached $22,209,648.89, the second-lowest monthly totals since July 2019. Retail sales of medical cannabis for September included $10,720,347.63 To find cannabis-friendly events in Illinois, visit here.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 1, 2019

It would remove restrictions on federal research into cannabis and expand studies on the potential benefits and harms from cannabis use. The state’s attorney general has approved a pilot program allowing digital payments to medical cannabis dispensaries.

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

Activists in Nebraska, along with two pro-legalization Senators, qualified a 2020 medical cannabis ballot initiative petition to begin collecting signatures from registered voters in the state. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 440, to prohibit the availability of cannabis-infused food and drink products for qualified patients.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Province’s fine follows an inspection in May 2019 and two raids, in November 2019 and July 2020. The Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club Society and its founder Ted Smith have been fined a total of $6.5 Canada’s oldest compassion club has openly sold cannabis products since 1996. 24 letter from B.C.’s

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 4, 2019

Florida will start producing commercial hemp, and it’s now legal to possess low THC cannabis oil in Kansas. As for New Mexico, out-of-state patients do not qualify for a medical cannabis card, but since a new panel will begin advising the governor on recreational marijuana legislation, that may not matter. Why, yes there are!

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 29, 2019

A researcher filed suit against the DEA, claiming the cannabis she was required to use in her work was “sub-par.” He also favors legalizing cannabis. Check out the Cannabis Voter Project website. It has info on elected officials and the status of cannabis in each state.

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The Cannigma

JANUARY 13, 2021

If your friendly neighborhood budtender still doesn’t know all there is to know about cannabis, then it’s easy to understand why the average consumer can feel a bit overwhelmed by the sprawling world of legal cannabis. The frontline workers of cannabis.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Also this week Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced legislation, The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act, to expand and facilitate medical cannabis access to military veterans suffering from chronic pain, PTSD, and other serious medical conditions. CO resident? FL resident?

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 10, 2025

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its February 2025 medical cannabis sales totals. Retail sales of medical cannabis for February slumped to $19,748,199.87, which was the lowest total since June 2019. This followed January 2025 totals of $21,459,882.77, which was the lowest total since July 2019.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The Farmer’s Wife celebrated the grand opening of its third dispensary in Missouri’s developing medical cannabis market Aug. Brodsky spent the last decade working in the cannabis industry in California and Colorado before returning home to Missouri shortly after the state legalized medical cannabis in 2018.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

New York’s rec market is slowly but surely rolling out, a peer-reviewed study linked state cannabis prohibition to high race-based arrests, and an analysis of thousands of Army records revealed that recruits with a history of cannabis use are just as likely as their peers to excel. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews.

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MassRoots

JANUARY 14, 2019

For the first time in nearly a century, cannabis seeds have been legally planted in Arkansas. ” “The cultivation process is now underway and we expect to have medicine available to dispensaries in April 2019,” the company said in a statement.

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Veriheal

JULY 26, 2023

Georgia medical cannabis patients will soon have greater access to treatment as cannabis oil will be sold in many more pharmacies. The Georgia State Board of Pharmacy recently made the decision to endorse more cannabis oil sale outlets. Its conversion into low-THC cannabis oil also allowed for treating many diseases.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 8, 2019

We’ll start our news coverage in Louisiana , where medical marijuana has cleared the final hurdle and is shipping out to dispensaries. And the state Supreme Court ruled that the governor and legislature had the right to change the voter-approved medical cannabis law. Those appeals were recently dismissed. In Florida, state Rep.

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