The Blunt Truth

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

GERMANY The German legislature is set to decriminalize cannabis today; the law is set to take effect on April 1. There are still thousands of applicants, who will now have to wait until the next licensing window opens up, and there is no date scheduled for that. And the illegal market continues to flourish.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Like medical marijuana usage, with decriminalizing and more research showing psychedelics as a viable therapeutic alternative in treating depression, substance use disorders, and other mental illnesses, employers should expect to see more workplace issues like those involved in the lawsuit against Amazon. We’ll see ya at the polls in 2024.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

Employers are not prohibited from establishing or enforcing drug testing policies, including drug-free workplace policies, or requiring a worker to disclose that they are a medical marijuana card holder. New Mexico. Since June 29, 2021, adult recreational use of marijuana has been legal in New Mexico.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This massive shift in policy is a response to concerns about the growing drug problem in parts of the country. The proposed bill would have decriminalized the personal possession of natural psychedelics. Unfortunately, this bill would decriminalize possession prior to these guidelines going into place, and I cannot sign it.”

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 26, 2021

But a provision of the measure widely criticized by criminal justice reform advocates delays the legalization of marijuana possession until legal retail sales of adult-use cannabis begin on July 1, 2024. Jennifer McClellan, said that the legalization of marijuana possession should go into effect long before 2024.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

While sales will not begin until 2024, Virginia lawmakers decided to move forward immediately with decriminalizing cannabis this year, hoping that the marijuana law would reduce crime. “A During that same seven-week period in 2020, police made 257 cannabis-related arrests.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 20, 2021

By decriminalizing and now legalizing simple possession we’ve taken the most important and urgent steps to stop the harm caused by cannabis prohibition,” said Attorney General Herring. He called for decriminalization of small amounts of cannabis, and to address past convictions, and a move towards legal and regulated adult use. .

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

State legislators in 2021 enacted over 50 laws liberalizing marijuana policies in more than 25 states, according to a report issued today by the National Organization of the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). These policies are popular among voters, regardless of political party.”. DECRIMINALIZATION. DECRIMINALIZATION.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 29, 2021

RICHMOND, VA — Virginia’s House speaker on Friday said she supports moving up the date for legalizing adult recreational use of marijuana in Virginia to this summer, a key change pushed by advocates who have sharply criticized legislation approved by lawmakers last month that would delay legalization until 2024. A nonsensical delay.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

These new measures will take time, and it is estimated that recreational products will not be sold until 2024 or even 2025. ounces or less of marijuana. Starting Jan. 1, 2023, possession of marijuana will become a civil offense. Missouri (Amendment 3, Recreational Legalization): PASSED.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 30, 2021

Later this week, the House will debate a decriminalization bill that would reduce the penalty for possession of up to one ounce of pot to a Class C misdemeanor, which carries a fine, but no risk of prison time. Now the focus shifts to the Senate, which has historically been a steep uphill battle.”. View original article.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 11, 2022

Experts predict adult-use cannabis to come online by 2024, but regulators have not yet determined tourism policies. Respondents also reported positive sentiments regarding cannabis tourism , an evolving issue in Germany , which only recently legalized adult-use cannabis after several years of expanding its medical market.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Still before Governor Newsom for his signature is SB 1496 , which would implement a series of changes to the state’s cannabis tax policy, including authorizing regulators to extend the deadline for tax payments by cannabis businesses located in areas affected by an emergency proclamation by the Governor.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Part of the state’s decriminalization bill signed by Democratic Gov. Both the House and Senate bills wouldn’t allow recreational sales in Virginia until 2024. Virginia passed a decriminalization bill last year reducing the penalty for possessing an ounce or less to a $25 fine. What’s happened so far?

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 2, 2021

Ralph Northam expected later this week, Virginia will become the 16th state to legalize cannabis for adult use—although legalization won’t actually take effect until 2024. The pressure is really on lawmakers at every level of government to take action,” said Carly Wolf, NORML’s state policies director. With the signature of Gov.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 30, 2019

Although the amendments represent an unprecedented level of support for pro-cannabis policies in the House, a similar level of support in the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a bulletin clarifying its cannabis and CBD policy for pilots. billion in 2024, nearly triple the US$14.9

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2025

cannabis community awaits the resumption of the DEA’s administrative law hearing on rescheduling marijuana later this month, this blog will take a glimpse at the ever-dynamic global landscape of cannabis policy. Notably, Europe saw significant movement in cannabis policy. As the U.S.

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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. The newest decriminalization bill introduced in January 2024 , meanwhile, seems to have the support to pass.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 7, 2024

Even after Governor Schwarzenegger authorized a statewide decriminalization program in 2010, thousands continued to face serious misdemeanor charges related to cannabis. Proposition 64, passed a few years later, lacked any discussion addressing the damage caused by past policies.

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Veriheal

JULY 19, 2022

On June 9, an announcement published in the Royal Gazette confirmed that Thailand had become the first Southeast Asian country to decriminalize cannabis. This policy change legally allows Thailand’s cannabis industry to form. The ruling meant that cannabis was erased from the category 5 narcotics list.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

The National Institute on Drug Abuse published a grant notice to encourage research on the effects of changing US cannabis laws and policies on public health. billion by 2024. This scandal reflects the ongoing debate in Kenya over the possible passage of legislation to decriminalize cannabis use.

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As policies become more data-driven and progressive, cultivation and production technologies have continued to improve drastically over the past several years. Virginia also legalized cannabis in 2021, but residents can expect to wait until 2024 before they can purchase cannabis products.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A coalition of fourteen Democratic lawmakers signed a letter sent to President Biden and Vice President Harris in November 2024 urging the current leaders to expedite expanding pardons for those charged with cannabis-related offenses, as well as putting into effect updated guidelines deprioritizing federal cannabis convictions and prosecutions.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 12, 2024

Initially tough on marijuana-related crimes as a prosecutor in California, Kamala Harris has since become a strong advocate for decriminalizing marijuana at the federal leve l, pushing for significant changes in how it is classified and handled legally. Walz’s represents more than just a policy alignment on cannabis.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Specifically, in May of 2024, DOJ appointed DEA to carry its water on moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Remember: in the 2020 campaign, Biden promised to decriminalize the use of cannabis and automatically expunge all prior cannabis use convictions.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 22, 2024

This means we should re-open our short series on the 2024 Presidential candidates and marijuana. 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). I thought we were done with this stuff. My eight-year-old niece could do that.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

We kicked off 2024 with our analysis of incumbent President Joe Biden (Grade C), and followed up with Republican challenger Ron DeSantis (Grade C+), who recently dropped out of the race and endorsed Donald Trump. ’s views on drug policy reform are reportedly shaped on his own prior struggles with addiction. How does RFK Jr.

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