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New Mexico: Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization, Other Reform Bills

NORML

DECRIMINALIZATION. It expands the pool of patients eligible for cannabis therapy to include those diagnosed with post-traumatic stress, severe chronic pain, Crohn’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease, sleep apnea, and neuropathy, among other newly specified conditions. The measures now await action from Democratic Gov.

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The Week in Weed: March 13, 2020

The Blunt Truth

The other increases research into the efficacy of marijuana in treating chronic pain and PTSD. Virginia passed legislation decriminalizing cannabis, and the governor is expected to sign the bill. Nevertheless, advocates are confident they will be able to get the initiative on the November 2020 ballot. ON THE LIGHTER SIDE.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/7/20

NORML

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 lawmakers in support of expanded decriminalization.

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The Psilocybin Movement is Like the Cannabis Movement (Except When It’s Not)

Canna Law Blog

Decriminalization occurred last year in Denver, Oakland and Santa Cruz, and that was just a start: nearly 100 other cities are looking at decriminalizing psychedelics. Federally, legislation has been proposed to allow research into psychedelic drugs, alongside calls for decriminalization.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/8/19

NORML

Activists in Mississippi have already collected thousands of signatures in hopes of qualifying a medical cannabis ballot initiative for the 2020 ballot. At a more local level, efforts are underway in Ann Arbor, Michigan to put a cannabis social use question before voters on the 2020 ballot. CT resident? IA resident? IN resident?

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Decriminalized Possession of Hard Drugs Takes Effect in Oregon

Veriheal

When you think of progressive states, you might think of Colorado or California, but it was Oregon that was first to decriminalize possession of small amounts of cannabis back in 1973, setting the bar for all the other states that have decriminalized since. Oregon Takes On the War on Drugs. Many Wonder if This a Good Thing?

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Is weed legal in Poland?

The Cannigma

A 2020 Kantar poll found that 55% of respondents don’t believe a small amount of cannabis should be worthy of jail time but only 21% believed cannabis should be fully legal. Qualifying conditions include chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, spasticity, chemo-induced nausea, and treatment-resistant epilepsy.