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NORML
JANUARY 24, 2023
Lawmakers in many states have started pre-filing marijuana law reform legislation and some sessions have already begun holding hearings. The post State Policy Weekly Update 1/24/2023 appeared first on NORML.
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NORML
JANUARY 17, 2023
Lawmakers in many states have started to pre-file marijuana law reform legislation and some sessions have already begun holding hearings. The post State Policy Weekly Update 1/17/2023 appeared first on NORML.
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NORML
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
The post State Policy Weekly Update 2/7/2023 appeared first on NORML. Highlights include: DE, GA, HI, IA, MD, MN, MO, NB, NH, NY, NC, ND, OH, SD, TN, WA, and WV.
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NORML
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
The post State Policy Weekly Update 2/22/2023 appeared first on NORML. Highlights include: CA, CO, GA, HI, IL, MD, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NM, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, UT, VT, and WA.
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NORML
MAY 3, 2023
The post State Policy Weekly Update 5/3/2023 appeared first on NORML. Highlights in: AK, CA, CO, LA, ME, MN, MO, NV, NY, TX, and VT.
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Veriheal
APRIL 6, 2024
Thailand’s newly elected government is looking to reverse its historic decriminalization of cannabis. The announcement comes a short 18 months after it became the first Asian country to decriminalize cannabis back in June 2022. In fact, The Thai Chamber of Commerce estimated cannabis sector would be worth 1.2
NORML
DECEMBER 28, 2022
We are also keeping an eye on the following states for 2023 advancement. The post Looking Ahead to 2023: NORML’s State-Level Legislative Goals and Expectations appeared first on NORML.
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Cannabis Life Network
JUNE 8, 2022
In an effort to reduce the stigma surrounding substance use, BC is decriminalizing personal possession. From January 31st, 2023 to 2026, you’ll […]. The post Federal Exemption Granted – BC Drug Decriminalization appeared first on Cannabis News, Lifestyle - Headlines, Videos & Cooking.
NORML
MARCH 1, 2023
The post State Policy Weekly Update 3/1/2023 appeared first on NORML. Highlights in: GA, IL, ME, MD, MN, MT, NY, ND, SC,SD, TN, TX and WA.
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PrestoDoctor
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Recreational Use and Possession Limits As of 2023, cannabis is not legal for recreational use in Texas. The state has some of the strictest laws regarding marijuana possession, with any amount considered illegal. However, the use of medical marijuana is permitted under certain circumstances.
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Cannabis Law Report
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Senate Bill 519 would have decriminalized the personal possession of certain psychedelic substances, legalized life-saving public health interventions, and studied future approaches to increasing use of psychedelics. However, the Assembly Appropriations Committee stripped the primary intention from the bill.
Cannabis Law Report
JANUARY 10, 2023
Marijuana Moment reports Lawmakers Are Already Pursuing Psychedelics Legislation In Nearly A Dozen States For 2023 Lawmakers in nearly a dozen states are already pursuing psychedelics reform legislation for the 2023 session, with proposals ranging from legalizing psilocybin for therapeutic use to decriminalizing natural plants and fungi across the (..)
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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)
APRIL 12, 2023
Are you ready for 420, 2023? Its use in reference to cannabis has been around for decades now and was (probably) originally used by a group of high school students in California who would meet up at 4:20 in the afternoon to smoke cannabis. Let’s dispel some of the myths. This one is also easily disproved.
The Blunt Truth
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The big news this week is that, for the first time ever, a cannabis bill, the SAFER Banking Act, got a markup in the Senate. And finally, a cautionary tale about sheep and marijuana. Spoiler alert: the two don’t mix.
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Cannabis Life Network
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
How soon will we see cannabis legalization in the Czech Republic? With cannabis already decriminalized and medical cannabis available since 2013, recreational legalization is one step closer. Prague wants cannabis legal by 2023 and intends to coordinate with the Germans. Sooner than you think.
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The Blunt Truth
JANUARY 26, 2024
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. And finally, we have to agree with Ohio Governor DeWine that the marijuana situation there is goofy. GERMANY Germany has been considering legalizing cannabis for adult-use for a while now, as we most recently reported last month.
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The Cannigma
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Medical: legal Recreational: decriminalized. Cannabis is medically legal in the Czech Republic and has been since 2013. The country has progressive views on cannabis and first decriminalized small possession amounts back in the 1990s. Full recreational legalization is on the horizon in 2023. Possible penalties.
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Veriheal
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
states that have legalized cannabis in some form, but advocates have continued to work hard on cannabis legalization and decriminalization proposals. . National Libertarian Party members went down in history last July when they submitted two cannabis-related ballot initiatives. Barriers to Wyoming Cannabis Legislation.
The Blunt Truth
MAY 19, 2022
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This development involves cannabis and workers’ compensation. And finally, Thailand is giving away marijuana – a LOT of marijuana. And finally, Thailand is giving away marijuana – a LOT of marijuana.
The Blunt Truth
DECEMBER 2, 2022
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see New York issuing its first cannabis licenses. Ireland considers a bill to decriminalize marijuana use. Cannabis for personal use may be coming to the Republic of Ireland. CONNECTICUT.
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The Cannigma
JULY 5, 2022
Cannabis regulation in Georgia is complicated, but the plant is still illegal. There is no adult-use market, thought several cities have decriminalized possession. Georgia has a limited medical program but doesn’t consider itself a “medical marijuana” state as growing, possessing, or smoking any form of the plant is still illegal.
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Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 1, 2021
O n July 27, a Brooklyn, New York county court agreed to dismiss and seal over 3,500 marijuana cases. With full marijuana legalization now in effect in New York, this sweeping action shows other courts throughout the state the power they have to undo prohibition. A lot of those cases were still open and not being disposed of.
Cannabis Law Report
APRIL 13, 2022
The 2023 Budget. Last week, the New York Legislature passed the State’s 2022-2023 Budget. Among these is a tax provision that the Legislature hopes will benefit a relatively new industry that Albany [vi] has sought to foster over the last few years: cannabis. New York on Cannabis.
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Canna Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
On September 14, 2023, Special Counsel David Weiss of the Department of Justice filed an indictment against Robert Hunter Biden in the District of Delaware. Today I want to talk about what Hunter Biden’s indictment could mean for cannabis users. The indictment pleads three counts, which I analyze below.
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Veriheal
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
With the dust settled and the votes all counted, it’s time to take a look at how cannabis fared in the 2022 midterm elections. The states that had cannabis measures on the ballot included Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota. There are 13 states that outlaw marijuana entirely.
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The Cannigma
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Both medical and adult-use cannabis are illegal in Wyoming. Cannabis in Wyoming. Wyoming does not have a legal medical or adult-use cannabis program. Most of the neighboring states of Wyoming, including Colorado, Utah, South Dakota, and Montana, have legalized cannabis in some form. Wyoming Medical Marijuana Program.
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The Cannigma
JULY 12, 2022
Alabama law does not allow the consumption, possession, or cultivation of marijuana for recreational purposes, but has approved the establishment of a medical marijuana program in February 2021. Possible penalties for cannabis. How do people in Alabama view marijuana? Alabama medical cannabis program.
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Veriheal
JUNE 6, 2023
17 at the 2023 USA Track and Field (USATF) indoor championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after she had won the long jump title with a record of 6.99 Davis-Woodhall tested positive for THC , a psychoactive chemical found in cannabis, marijuana, and hashish. The sample was collected on Feb. 17 have been annulled.
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Veriheal
JUNE 1, 2023
Scott Wiener (D), and he explained that it is not a decriminalization effort; rather, it is simply legalization. Thus, Weiner pulled it out from consideration until 2023. She explained that the bill needs to be discussed because it is about the decriminalization of harmful substances, despite the medical value it may have.
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Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 10, 2022
What To Know: – The efforts to legalize cannabis have gained traction in some states and run into serious roadblocks in others. – Nineteen states allow adults to possess and use cannabis for non-medical uses (adult use). – Thirty-seven states allow for medical cannabis use through state run programs.
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Veriheal
MARCH 29, 2023
Several studies have been investigating the possibility of psychosis resulting from cannabis use. However, a 2023 study debunks many myths about the potential dangers of legalizing cannabis. In this article, we use science to provide clarity and direction on the truth behind marijuana legalization in an evidence-based landscape.
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Veriheal
MARCH 30, 2023
billion by 2023.” That one thing is cannabis. Cannabis Legalization in America Cannabis legalization is sweeping the nation. Twenty-one states have passed adult-use recreational cannabis laws, and over 30 states have implemented positive cannabis reform laws resulting in successful medical cannabis programs.
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Cannabis Law Report
JANUARY 12, 2022
Marijuana was once again one of the hottest legislative topics across the nation in 2021, and while some states’ new legislation provided greater protections to employers with drug-free and/or zero-tolerance policies, others took a more employee-friendly approach. Medical Marijuana . Ashley Bobo. Puerto Rico.
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The Cannigma
JANUARY 12, 2022
Finland has a mixed attitude to cannabis. It is now illegal to use or possess cannabis in Finland recreationally, and those charged end up on a police database, which can hinder their ability to find work. They have until the end of the current parliament, in 2023, to do so. What are the marijuana laws in Finland?
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SpeedWeed
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Phil Murphy signed into law a package of bills that create the rules and regulations regarding the state’s legal cannabis industry. The new laws follow last November’s statewide vote to legalize cannabis for all adults. A1897 , which reforms criminal and civil penalties for cannabis. New Jersey marijuana laws.
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Cannabis Life Network
JUNE 1, 2022
For three years after January 31, 2023, though, possessing up to 2.5gs of a few other drugs will no longer be an offence in the Canadian province. An exemption has been granted in British Columbia that will decriminalize certain drugs including opiates, […].
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. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed legislation into law to restore patients’ right to smoke medical cannabis.
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Cannabis Law Report
MAY 31, 2022
Though, Oregon is actively in the process of establishing a model for psilocybin that would be like the state’s current medical cannabis system. Stay tuned… Oregon plans to accept applications for Facilitators, Laboratories, Manufacturers and Service Centers starting January 2023. Non-Commercial Operations. Schedule I.
Cannabis Law Report
MAY 29, 2022
7] And cities around the country are beginning to decriminalize some psychedelics, with advocates for decriminalization citing the potential medical benefits. In May 2019, Denver became the first city to decriminalize psilocybin, followed by Oakland, CA, Washington, D.C., and Seattle, among other municipalities. Challenges.
Veriheal
JULY 17, 2023
The Senate Intelligence Committee has passed a bill that allows intelligence agencies like the CIA and NSA to accept applicants who have marijuana-use history. The FY24 Intelligence Authorization Act was approved after it secured a unified vote of 17-0 on June 14, 2023. Marijuana has been legalized for recreational use in 23 U.S.
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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. Governor Jim Justice (R) of West Virginia signed legislation into law that allows financial institutions to provide banking services related to the state’s medical marijuana program. Actions to Take.
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NORML
APRIL 5, 2019
This Act amends the Controlled Substances Act to reduce the number of instances in which federal law enforcement agencies could carry out legal actions against state-licensed cannabis businesses or other related enterprises. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) of New Mexico signed cannabis decriminalization legislation into law.
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Veriheal
MARCH 4, 2022
Not only was Oregon one of the first states to legalize cannabis for medical and recreational use, but it was also the first to boldly contest the war on drugs. Measure 110 officially decriminalized the minor personal possession of all drugs in the state of Oregon. What Is Measure 110? 15% to Oregon State Police.
Nature's Way Medicine
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
This week’s cannabis news consists of updates for Mississippi, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. President Biden’s administration does not seem to want to relax their stance on cannabis but U.S. cannabis jobs are at an all time high. US Cannabis Jobs at 321,000. North Dakota.
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