NORML

AUGUST 12, 2019

I’m proud to work with NORML to create a more just national marijuana policy. My bill, The MORE Act, is the most comprehensive marijuana reform bill ever introduced, and it’s backed by a broad coalition of civil rights, criminal justice, drug policy, and immigration groups.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Tuesday, November 5, control of Virginia’s legislature shifted to democrats, opening the door for decriminalization , expungement, and establishing a clear path to legalizing responsible adult-use in the Commonwealth. Finally, Virginia has a path to implement evidence-based policies that reflect the attitudes of its constituents.”

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NORML

DECEMBER 6, 2019

” In addition to supporting full legalization, Garden State NORML supports decriminalizing marijuana – utilizing civil fines – for all ages. For regional context, Philadelphia decriminalized marijuana in 2014, and 20 additional cities in Pennsylvania followed suit. “Enough is enough. .

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NORML

JULY 10, 2019

Members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security heard expert testimony today challenging the federal government’s failed policy of cannabis prohibition. Malik Burnett (formerly of the Drug Policy Alliance), and Neal Levine, Chief Executive Officer of the Cannabis Trade Federation.

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NORML

JULY 3, 2019

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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NORML

MAY 9, 2019

Those without the means to defend themselves from the state bear the greatest burden and lifelong consequences of this ongoing failed federal policy. ” At the time of introduction, the bill sponsors said: “It’s time to decriminalize marijuana, and this bill is a critical first step,” said Leader Charles E.

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NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

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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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

NORML Announces Plans for 2019 Conference and Lobby Day. “We have decriminalization bills filed every year and this year I was given the opportunity to provide feedback to the administration on a decriminalization bill that they proposed. I loved some of the policy.” ” Read more from NORML.org ! .

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2021

Mapping Psychedelic Drug Policy Reform. Denver, CO became the first city in May 2019, with two Californian cities—Oakland and Santa Cruz—following suit. Psilocybin and psychedelic drugs are still illegal in those jurisdictions under state law, so it is inaccurate to say it is “decriminalized.” This is what they are saying.

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Leafly

AUGUST 7, 2019

Illinois legalized, New York decriminalized, and presidential candidates rejected prohibition. The post Cannabis Legalization Leaders Weigh 2019’s Wins and Losses appeared first on Leafly. Now reform groups are eyeing the South, the Midwest, and Arizona in 2020.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 26, 2022

Fortunately, a study recently published in Social Science & Medicine discovered a solution to the racial disparity rampant in cannabis regulation: decriminalization. While legalization and decriminalization will not undo what was done in the past, these legal processes can create a better future for affected groups. He states, “U.S

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 10, 2019

On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, Denver, Colorado announced a pass result for Initiated Ordinance 301 , becoming the first U.S. jurisdiction to decriminalize psilocybin-containing mushrooms. jurisdiction has actually approved of the decriminalization of psilocybin, and this could have major effects throughout the nation.

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Newly sworn-in Democratic Governor Tony Evers announced Monday that he is taking Wisconsin cannabis policy reform into his own hands by attaching proposals to his spending budget this year. Evers aims to legalize medical cannabis, decriminalize recreational possession and use, and expunge qualifying arrest records.

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

The US House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a legislative hearing entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade.” ” This marks the first time that members of the Energy and Commerce Committee will hear and debate issues specific to marijuana policy reform. NJ resident? NM resident? VA resident?

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NORML

JANUARY 9, 2020

2019 was a record year for marijuana reform, with more NORML chapters holding lobby days than ever before. With the 2020 legislative session already in full swing in many states, NORML chapters across the country are organizing lobby days to advocate for sensible reform policies in their state. Maryland Cannabis Policy Lobby Day.

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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. In Texas, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence passed a marijuana decriminalization bill out of committee this week. Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Senator Ron Wyden introduced legislation in the Senate — The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act — to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference. Legislation is pending to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. A subcommittee of the U.S.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This bill would heavily reduce the cannabis products on the market that are currently available recreationally, returning to more traditional policies of the past. The signing of House Bill 1325 by Governor Abbott in 2019 legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp (cannabis containing less than 0.3% ounces of cannabis.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

At the state level, activists in Florida and Missouri gathered in their state capitals along side state and local NORML chapters to lobby state lawmakers in favor of sensible marijuana policy reform. Manor Township, Pennsylvania is considering a proposal that would decriminalize cannabis possession. John Fetterman, Lt. AZ resident?

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NORML

MARCH 7, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. Send a message to your governor in support of decriminalization.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

” True to his prediction, a record number of cannabis bills have been introduced for consideration during the 2019 session, including a total of 13 that pertain to either medical or decriminalization.

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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. CO resident? GA resident?

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

Legislation is pending, House Bill 96, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. Update : HB 1518 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on 3/11/2019. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Senate Bill 2 is pending to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. VA resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

2318 would allow for expedited expungement of records for those previously convicted of a marijuana crime upon passage of decriminalization or legalization measures in the state of New Jersey, as long as those past violations are no longer considered a crime under state law. 10 is in the amending stage as of 1/31/2019, and A.

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NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

New York state lawmakers approved legislation on Friday to further expand cannabis decriminalization and expunge certain records. Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of juvenile decriminalization. The bill now heads to the Governor. DE resident?

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The Cannigma

JUNE 12, 2022

Recreational: not legal, possession decriminalized Medical: legal. Recreational cannabis is not legal in Ukraine, but possession of up to 5 grams is decriminalized and there is a limited, but expanding, medical program. Possession of up to 5 grams is decriminalized. Do not attempt to fly with cannabis products.

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

And, 2019’s SB 1557 makes it possible for patients to get as much as 10mg of THC in each dose — the same limit as one serving size for edibles in adult-use states. Now, in 2015 — like in many other states throughout the country — we saw some fresh faces in the marijuana policy conversation.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 27, 2019

The legislature decriminalized cannabis, once legalization failed. The governor signed a bill allowing the export of marijuana, but there’s no federal policy allowing interstate transport. We don’t often mention Idaho in this column, as its policies are among the strictest in the nation.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 24, 2021

City leaders in Port Townsend, Washington voted this week to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi, joining a growing list of communities that have relaxed their policies on psychedelic drugs. And in November, voters in Oregon approved a ballot measure that decriminalized psilocybin and legalized the compound for therapeutic use.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 26, 2019

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. Several northeastern states tried to coordinate their marijuana policies.

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NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

House lawmakers introduced The Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2019 (HR 601), to facilitate federally-approved clinical trials involving cannabis. Meanwhile, a decriminalization bill was defeated in the Virginia House this week. Legislation is pending, House Bill 1540, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

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NORML

JANUARY 12, 2020

2019 was a record year for marijuana reform, with more NORML chapters holding lobby days than ever before. With the 2020 legislative session already in full swing in many states, NORML chapters across the country are organizing lobby days to advocate for sensible reform policies in their state. Maryland Cannabis Policy Lobby Day.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Data from the Denver District Attorney’s office shows only 47 cases related to psychedelic mushrooms since May 2019 decriminalization. The panel that includes District Attorney Beth McCann, law enforcement officers and psilocybin advocate Kevin Matthews was formed after 2019, when Denver voters were the first in the U.S.

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NORML

MAY 20, 2019

While this bill certainly applies to the unfortunately large demographic of people who have low-level cannabis charges, AB 192 applies concurrently to other charges that once were illegal in Nevada but have been decriminalized through either prior or current legislation.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The policy is an extension of rules put in place in March 2020 that suspended drug screening during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even when the 2019-20 season resumed via the Disney World bubble , cannabis testing did not resume alongside testing for performance enhancers.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

Legislation is pending, House Bill 550, to expand the state’s marijuana decriminalization law. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of expanded decriminalization. 4522 was approved by the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy on 3/9/20. 4524 was approved by the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy on 3/9/20.

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