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Rep. Nadler: You and I are going to legalize marijuana

NORML

Removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, which decriminalizes it at the federal level and thereby enables states to set their own policies. In 1977, I cast my first vote as a freshman member of the State Assembly to decriminalize marijuana in my home state of New York.

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NORML Chapter Newsletter – June 2019

NORML

NORML Announces Plans for 2019 Conference and Lobby Day. “The public’s response to Attorney General Herring’s statement not only supporting decriminalizing but legalizing and regulating adult use of marijuana has been overwhelmingly positive.” ” Read more from News Leader ! But there are bad actors.”

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/18/20

NORML

At the state level, a new decriminalization law took effect this week in Hawaii involving the possession of up to three grams of marijuana, as well as a procedure for expungement of past convictions for the same amount. In 2019, a similar bill, House Bill 364, passed the state legislature but was then vetoed by Governor Sununu.

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New York: New Law Reducing Marijuana Possession Penalties Takes Effect Today

NORML

It also amends penalties for offenses involving the possession of more than one ounce but less than two ounces of cannabis from a criminal misdemeanor (formerly punishable by up to three months in jail) to a non-criminal violation punishable by a $200 fine – regardless of an offender’s prior criminal history. Finally, A.

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Will Texas Legalize Recreational Marijuana?

Veriheal

The signing of House Bill 1325 by Governor Abbott in 2019 legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp (cannabis containing less than 0.3% There is a history of conservatism in Texas when it comes to drug policies, and this shift may not fly with enough Texas politicians.

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

Veriheal

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. Despite the U.S.

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The Year in Weed: 2019 Edition

The Blunt Truth

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. History was made in June, when the state of Illinois legalized cannabis as of January 1, 2020.

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