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NORML Chapter Newsletter – May 2019

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NORML Announces Plans for 2019 Conference and Lobby Day. “Hemp has extraordinary political momentum behind it,” says Jax Finkel, executive director of Texas NORML, a cannabis law reform group. “What we do think we have a very good chance of moving forward with is decriminalization. It was a good bill.

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The Year in Weed: 2019 Edition

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Welcome to The Week in Weed’s look back at the news of 2019; whether the year has flown by or seemed to last forever, it’s (almost) over now. Without further ado, here’s a look at the stories that grabbed our attention in 2019. Note that McConnell still refers to marijuana as hemp’s “illicit cousin.”

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The Week in Weed: July 26, 2019

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Kamala Harris (D-CA) have introduced a bill calling for the decriminalizing of marijuana. In other federal news, hemp is a big topic of discussion, specifically the eagerly anticipated rules on hemp and CBD from the Food and Drug Administration. Speaking of hemp, the states have been active this week as well.

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The Week in Weed: December 6, 2019

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New Jersey is talking about decriminalizing marijuana. Now, Governor Phil Murphy is pushing for statewide decriminalization , as a stop-gap measure. And in Wisconsin , Governor Tony Evers signed legislation making the state’s pilot hemp program permanent. Also, its rules now align with the 2018 farm bill. So is Brazil.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/11/19

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And Dayton, Ohio completely decriminalized cannabis possession, as the city commission decided to eliminate the existing $150 possession fine. Shannon Roers Jones (R) introduced legislation, House Bill 1155, to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization.

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The Week in Weed: November 8, 2019

The Blunt Truth

In Wisconsin meanwhile, legislators introduced a decriminalization and expungement bill. Lawmakers are also writing new legislation to legalize hemp, after the governor vetoed an earlier bill. What’s going on with hemp this week? What’s going on with hemp this week? ” is available here.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/1/18

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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. CO resident? GA resident?