Cannabis Law Report

MAY 9, 2022

Voters in Austin, Texas overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative to decriminalize low-level cannabis possession and ban no-knock warrants, the Austin American-Statesman reports. Police will be allowed to seize cannabis under the policy. Neither is a major change from the current police department policy.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 15, 2022

While the national leadership of the activist group Decriminalize Nature has supported dozens of local chapters to push for the reform of laws governing psychedelics, some of those chapters are now breaking away due to disagreements over guiding principles and conflicts with board members. When Decriminalize Nature was founded in ear??ly

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NORML

JANUARY 9, 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. 2020 #MarijuanaJustice Lobby Days.

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WeedAdvisor

JULY 10, 2019

The law, which takes effect in January, 2020, is a step forward for law enforcement and the system as a whole. Hawaii’s move to decriminalize marijuana was actually not easy. But at the end of the day, strict decriminalization is better than outright prohibition. The decriminalization law is known as HB1383.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

San Francisco lawmakers have unanimously approved a measure calling for the decriminalization of psychedelics like psilocybin and ayahuasca. San Francisco Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Psychedelics Decriminalization Resolution. Resolution That Decriminalizes Psychedelic Drugs Passed By San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For our coverage of Oregon’s Measure 109, see: Oregon 2020 Election: Vote Yes! On the other side of the country our nation’s capital has its own ballot initiative on psychedelics, Initiative 81, formally known as the Entheogenic Plant and Fungus Policy Act of 2020. on Measure 109. appeared first on Harris Bricken.

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The Blunt Truth

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Importantly for Arizona employers, the new law does not restrict the rights of companies to maintain a drug-free workplace or establish workplace policies restricting the use of marijuana by employees or prospective employees. also approved measures aimed at decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelic plants.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 26, 2022

Seattle’s City Council approved a resolution Monday to decriminalize a wide range of activities around psychedelic drugs, including the cultivation and sharing of psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, ibogaine and non-peyote-derived mescaline. Voters in neighboring Oregon passed an initiative in 2020.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 11, 2020

New Jersey considers decriminalization. The organization sent a letter this week to the SBA asking them to reconsider their policy barring companies that have any dealings with cannabis firms from receiving money under the PPP. There’s plenty of state news also. Iowa votes to reform its medical marijuana program. new jersey.

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The Blunt Truth

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

It was a busy week for the states, as Virginia moved towards decriminalization. The state House and Senate passed versions of a bill to decriminalize, which the governor is expected to sign. Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

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The Blunt Truth

APRIL 16, 2020

VIRGINIA DECRIMINALIZATION. Governor Ralph Northam (D) signed a bill decriminalizing cannabis possession earlier this week. This week, the state’s Office of Marijuana Policy postponed sales indefinitely due to the pandemic. And there is endless news about the (lack of) relief for marijuana businesses. MASSACHUSETTS.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2021

. – Today, ahead of the 50th anniversary—on June 17—of when President Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs,” Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Cori Bush (D-MO) unveiled the Drug Policy Reform Act (DPRA), alongside the Drug Policy Alliance, which has been a strategic partner on the development of the legislation.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

ByLine Times reports on the internal war in the UK Labour party about how to manage the “drugs issue” and cannabis specifically after Mayor of London’s announcement he wishes to decriminalize possession. 25% fewer PNDs were issued in 2020/21 than in 2019/20 and 60% fewer than five years ago. months, compared to 3.9

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Leafwell

DECEMBER 26, 2020

New Jersey was one of the states that voted to legalize cannabis on Election Day in 2020, and lawmakers were forced to comply. Legislators were unable to agree on legalization or a simple decriminalization bill. When voters chose the sensible decision of cannabis policy reform, lawmakers were faced with. Source.

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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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The Blunt Truth

JULY 18, 2022

In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 Nevertheless, the federal law and enforcement policy remained the same. For example, among the various reasons that states are increasingly leaning towards the legalization of marijuana usage is the financial prosperity it brings to state economies.

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NORML

MAY 22, 2020

In his veto message, the Governor wrote: “The language in the bill makes substantial policy changes to the medical marijuana program that were not fully scrutinized through normal legislative procedures before the bill was received by my office in the middle of the night Saturday.

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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. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver hasn’t committed to making the policy permanent but remarked that society’s views on marijuana have changed.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 1, 2020

Marijuana and drug policy reform advocates came into 2020 believing it would be a big—and perhaps unprecedented—year for legalization and decriminalization measures on state ballots … Read More.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

8, will see voters render a verdict on a broad scope of drug policy reform issues via their midterm ballots. Medical cannabis in South Dakota was legalized on July 1, 2021 via a ballot initiative that took place on November 3, 2020. As of June, psilocybin possession has been decriminalized in 15 cities and other local U.S.

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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 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

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

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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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 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. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. KY resident? Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2022

In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 Nevertheless, the federal law and enforcement policy remained the same. For example, among the various reasons that states are increasingly leaning towards the legalization of marijuana usage is the financial prosperity it brings to state economies.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 18, 2022

In 2020 alone, legal sales of marijuana in the US bought in a record $17.5 Nevertheless, the federal law and enforcement policy remained the same. For example, among the various reasons that states are increasingly leaning towards the legalization of marijuana usage is the financial prosperity it brings to state economies.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The law decriminalized recreational marijuana when used in compliance with Nevada law. 1 The statute decriminalizing recreational marijuana use specifically indicated that it did not preclude an employer from maintaining, enacting, and enforcing a workplace policy prohibiting the conduct made legal by the statute.

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Leafly

AUGUST 7, 2019

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

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 19, 2021

Cannabiz Africa reports… The Cannabis Trade Association Africa (CTAA) is seeking an urgent meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently set up a Cannabis Desk in the presidency to co-ordinate policy. Cannabis reform in South Africa requires policy to be co-ordinated between the following key government departments: Agriculture.

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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. CITIES WITH NEW MARIJUANA TESTING POLICIES.

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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 29, 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. NH resident? VA resident?

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 27, 2019

The law takes effect on January 1, 2020. The legislature decriminalized cannabis, once legalization failed. Sales are expected to begin in 2020. The governor signed a bill allowing the export of marijuana, but there’s no federal policy allowing interstate transport. Our first big story is legalization in Illinois.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2022

The opinion by Justice Kris Pickering also rules that while recreational marijuana use was decriminalized by the Legislature and governor, it remains illegal. Recreational pot was decriminalized by a voter initiative effective Jan. Ceballos was tested after he slipped and fell in the employee break room and he was terminated.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2022

Eric Sterling, a member of the Policing Advisory Commission of Montgomery County, Maryland, and a longtime drug policy reform advocate, filed a complaint May 5 with the Office of Inspector General for the US Department of Justice. There are currently 12 states which have decriminalized but not fully legalized marijuana.

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