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Advocacy Organizations Respond to Formation of Legislative Committee to Review Implementation of Marijuana Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

March 30, 2022. NEWARK – After nearly ten years of advocacy, New Jersey voters overwhelmingly approved marijuana legalization in 2020 to advance racial and social justice. Equitable access to the industry with meaningful opportunities for people of color to generate wealth must be prioritized. The Statement.

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Louisiana Is Blazing Trails With New Cannabis Laws

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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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Plant Medicine Coalition renames to Psychedelic Medicine Coalition

Cannabis Law Report

January 6, 2022 (WASHINGTON D.C.) – Plant Medicine Coalition, a nonprofit membership and advocacy organization that lobbies the federal government regarding psychedelic policy, has changed its name to Psychedelic Medicine Coalition (PMC). s Initiative 81, effectively decriminalizing entheogens in the District.

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Vermont’s Cannabis Board Rejects Proposed 15% THC Cap on Cannabis

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The state’s leading physician advocacy group, the Vermont Medical Society , initially issued the rejected recommendations to the Cannabis Control Board. However, qualifying patients were forced to wait until 2013 to access the state’s licensed dispensaries for their medicine. Vermont Lawmakers Keen to Decriminalize Drug Possession.

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These states could legalize cannabis next in 2021

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ounces of marijuana, with retail sales starting in 2022. Legalization advocates in Connecticut say they plan to put adult-use legalization on the 2022 ballot if the Legislature fails to pass it this year. In the most likely scenario, Hawaii will wait until the term-limited Ige leaves office in 2022. Connecticut marijuana laws.