Veriheal

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In addition to numerous expansions to the state’s medical marijuana (MMJ) program, the state’s decriminalization of cannabis went into effect in August, beginning the reversal of decades of harm done by the war on drugs. Edwards signed Glover’s decriminalization bill (HB 652) into law on June 14 of this year. Starting Aug.

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NORML

JANUARY 31, 2020

Advocacy groups including Kentucky’s chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (KY NORML), Kentuckians for Medical Marijuana (KY4MM) and Kentucky Cannabis Freedom Coalition (KCFC) organized advocacy day activities in Frankfort.

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NORML

JANUARY 12, 2020

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. Here’s what’s currently on the books so far: Virginia 2020 Cannabis Lobby Day. KY4MM & KY NORML 2020 Lobby Days.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

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. Here’s what’s currently on the books so far: Virginia 2020 Cannabis Lobby Day. KY4MM & KY NORML 2020 Lobby Days.

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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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CannaMD

JUNE 2, 2020

A long-standing problem for medical marijuana patients across the nation is that while many states have loosened up restrictions on cannabis use, company policies on marijuana have remained mostly unchanged. However, medical marijuana is here to stay, and so – as advocacy groups argue: employers will have to come around sooner or later.

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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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The Joint Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

3, 2020 Americans will elect a new president- or re-elect the present President of the United States. Cory Gardner (R) of Colorado and Elizabeth Warren (D) of Massachusetts, that would allow states to write their own marijuana policies, remove marijuana from the list in the CSA, and decriminalize it federally.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The 2020 election saw Oregon put ALL drug legalization on its 2020 ballet. Measure 110 passed with flying colors making Oregon the first state in America to decriminalize the minor personal possession of ALL drugs. Not Everyone Was High on the Idea of Decriminalizing All Drugs. Their results have been far from positive.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 19, 2021

For many, including those who have been in the cannabis business for decades, prohibition still runs strong, even in areas that have legalized or decriminalized cannabis. In addition to its public policy and advocacy efforts towards legalization, Hawthorne has committed $2.5 Around 80% of cannabis business owners are white.

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NORML

JUNE 8, 2020

” To those of us who have long advocated for social justice-based cannabis policy reforms, we know these unfortunate truths far too well. .” ” To those of us who have long advocated for social justice-based cannabis policy reforms, we know these unfortunate truths far too well. Sincerely, Erik Altieri.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 18, 2021

Police in Pennsylvania made 20,200 arrests for marijuana possession in 2020, a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent designation of cannabis businesses as essential services in many jurisdictions. The only real solution is enacting immediate decriminalization and eventual legalization of cannabis in Pennsylvania.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 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. Update : HB 1089 is scheduled for a public hearing in the House Business Affairs & Labor Committee at 1:30 on 2/19/2020 in Room LSB-A.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2020

What would a Vice President Harris mean for cannabis law and policy? Harris has evolved considerably on cannabis policy, especially in the past few years. Aside from lots of talking, Harris’ one big move has been to put together a petition to decriminalize marijuana nationwide (but not to revise the CSA). But it’s all talk.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 19, 2021

However, in Oregon, some psychedelics have been legalized in 2020 for mental health treatment. Also, some cities like Denver, Oakland and Santa Cruz have different legislations decriminalizing certain hallucinogens. In some of these countries, the governments have decriminalized the use of some selected hallucinogenic substances.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 23, 2021

The report went on to say that there are some indications that Amazon “is interested in trying to convince other companies and Congress to support legalization,” with a “number of advocacy and industry groups, including Drug Policy Alliance, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and Canopy Growth Inc.,

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

This week, advocates in Missouri began collecting signatures to qualify a marijuana legalization initiative for the November 2020 ballot. 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.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

A rational statewide drug policy requires that the coercive force of the criminal justice system be used constructively to influence far more people, numbering in the millions, than could ever be arrested, adjudicated, and sentenced.”. — billion (2020 dollars) over the past decade to enforce the drug war, amounting to an average of $1.2

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Even though some states have decriminalized or legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use, under federal law, Marijuana remains an illegal Schedule I Controlled Substance, with a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use. Marijuana use is the leading cause for a positive military drug test, accounting for 78.7

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

Now, in 2015 — like in many other states throughout the country — we saw some fresh faces in the marijuana policy conversation. And instead of having the government arbitrarily select [qualifying] conditions, it would probably be a better public policy approach to let doctors decide. They managed to hold on to that.

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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. Activists in Nebraska working to qualify a 2020 medical cannabis ballot initiative are almost 10,000 signatures deep. Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

While there’s increasing interest around the country in pursuing far-reaching drug policy reform for substances other than marijuana, those efforts have so far largely been carried out by advocacy groups—not by lawmakers. Source & Full Story.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 9, 2022

Effort will support four fellows to focus on cannabis policy and social justice reforms. Lewis Social Justice Fellows to focus on research related to cannabis policy and social justice reforms and propose solutions to Congress. Port Washington, N.Y., Lewis fellows dedicated to cannabis issues.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 6, 2022

When New Jersey voters approved a 2020 referendum to make recreational marijuana legal, the residents of Princeton emerged as some of legalization’s biggest champions. Princeton is the latest town where cannabis critics are mobilizing to limit the sale of a substance voters overwhelmingly voted in 2020 to legalize.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 20, 2022

More people are arrested for marijuana than any other drug—and nearly 90 percent of those arrests are for possession alone, according to a 2020 report by the ACLU. Myth #3: Decriminalizing marijuana will fix all of these problems. One reason is that “decriminalization” is not a uniform policy.

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NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

And lawmakers in Maryland are planning to establish a working group to explore marijuana legalization implementation, if and when voters approve a ballot initiative in 2020. And at a more local level, Dayton, Ohio is considering a proposal to completely decriminalize marijuana and remove the $150 possession fine. Pennsylvania.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 11, 2022

Arizona’s Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, Arizona, or the third-largest prosecutorial agency in the country, recently revealed that 10,600 plus petitions had been filed since a new law decriminalized possession of up to an ounce of cannabis went into effect last summer.

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NORML

MARCH 3, 2020

New York State is set to legalize and regulate cannabis for adult-use, and improve our existing medical marijuana and hemp programs by April 1st with the 2020-2021 NYS Budget. The CRTA (Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act) was first introduced by Governor Andrew Cuomo with the 2019-2020 budget proposal.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Robert Veverka, publisher and editor-in-chief of Legalizace magazine, heads an advocacy organization of the same name. In 2018, he was elected to the board of the Prague 2 municipal district, and he serves as an advisor on the Prague City Council’s Commission for Drug Policy. He’s a visible and indeed respectable figure in many ways.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

cannabis reform advocacy group, The Weldon Project followed up on a March letter signed by over 150 influencers, politicians, and experts urging President Biden to deliver on his promise to pardon all non-violent cannabis offenders. Last week (Sept 14.), New ‘Seeds of Change’ report rates states on cannabis equity, finds most lacking.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Sonia Chang-Diaz, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, said. The Legislature has long maintained a hands-off approach to marijuana policy. There’s universal agreement about the problems: high costs of entry and lack of access to capital create a near-impossible barrier for many talented entrepreneurs.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Black and brown men have been disproportionately arrested for marijuana possession, a pattern that continues today , with Black and Hispanic New Yorkers receiving more than 90% of all marijuana summonses in 2020, while white New Yorkers comprised just 3%. My general belief is that there’s going to be room for everyone at the table,” he said.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 25, 2021

She is the Founder of The Veterinary Cannabis Society , the first non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization building awareness of cannabis as medicine for pets, and in 2020, Hazzah published the first of its kind review article on Cannabis in Veterinary Medicine in a peer-reviewed journal. Amber is a veteran of the United States Coast Guard.

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NORML

MAY 10, 2019

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries announced their intentions to introduce legislation known as the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), thus ending the nearly century-long federal policy of criminalization and prohibition.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Activists in Oregon have filed a 2020 ballot initiative with the Secretary of State that, if approved, would allow social cannabis consumption sites and protect consumers from employment discrimination. Similarly, activists in Arizona are attempting to qualify a 2020 legalization ballot initiative. DE resident? GA resident?

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NORML

APRIL 1, 2019

Cannabis legalization was not included in the 2019 – 2020 New York State Budget. Beyond the possibility that New York may see unified control disappear in upcoming elections, if New York to wait until 2020 or longer, the probability of federal legalization drastically increases. Marijuana decriminalization is not enough.

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