NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

Legislation is pending, House Bill 1389 / Senate Bill 1860, to permit the use, possession, and retail sale of marijuana for adults. House Bill 1359 would create a 5 year medical marijuana pilot program, allowing patients to access their medicine from licensed dispensaries. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of banking access.

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Project CBD

APRIL 11, 2023

And freedom of expression takes a hit when it comes to cannabis advocacy in the Czech Republic. In April, New Jersey regulators declined to renew Curaleaf’s lucrative adult-use cannabis license, citing the layoffs following the closure of one of its cultivation facilities, as well as the company’s clash with unions and lack of transparency.

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NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

At the state level, patients in Ohio and Oklahoma now have access to medical cannabis, as sales began in both states this week. A medical cannabis access bill was signed into law in the U.S. Legislation is pending, House Bill 5595, to permit the use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of marijuana for adults 21 and over.

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MMJ Recs

MARCH 6, 2024

Discover how legalization and regulation have influenced access and usage, and learn about the latest research and medical applications. Conversely, some states opted for more conservative medical-only programs, tightly regulating patient access and product availability.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) is a leader in community-based alternatives to incarceration and policy advocacy to reduce reliance on incarceration. Mass CultivatED. Mass CultivatED is the nation’s first jails to jobs cannabis program. The Center for Community Alternatives/. Clean Slate NY (501c3). Massachusetts.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Operating cannabis-based businesses in The Golden State is no easy feat for retailers. Based on federal law, anyone who cultivates, sells, consumes, possesses, distributes, or transports the plant will face criminal prosecution in federal court. California’s Cannabis Industry Generates $5.6 Billion Annually.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

Veteran Access : HR 1647, the Veterans Equal Access Act, would allow V.A. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. Your Highness, Carly.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 3, 2021

After years of tireless advocacy and extraordinarily hard work, that time is coming to an end in New York state,” Cuomo said. It would increase the number of allotted caregivers per patient, allow home cultivation of medical cannabis for patients and permit people with a substantial list of medical conditions to access medical cannabis.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Several mayors across the state of New Jersey are calling for automatic expungement provisions to be included in the state’s marijuana regulation bill, and are threatening to ban retail sales in their jurisdictions if state lawmakers pass legislation without it. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2020

This week, officials with the Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board issued their first-ever permits to retailers who wish to allow customers to consume cannabis on the premises. Legislation is pending, House Bill 331, to allow registered medical cannabis patients to access their medicine while at school. MD resident? New Hampshire.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 28, 2021

Massachusetts cannabis consumers will have access to popular Cookies strains such as Apples and Bananas, Cereal Milk and Gary Payton, as well as regional premium cannabis brands. “I Cookies’ seed-to-sale business allows for complete quality control at every step—from cultivation and production to customers’ end retail experience.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

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. Medical cannabis was legalized 14 years prior in 2004.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2019

At the state level this week, activists gathered in Denver in conjunction with Colorado and Denver NORML chapters to lobby their state lawmakers in favor of workplace drug testing reforms, social consumption, parental protections and expanding access to the state’s medical cannabis program. HI resident? IA resident? MO resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access in school. Legislation is pending, House Bill 708 / Senate Bill 686, to legalize the use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of small amounts of marijuana for adults. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical access. FL resident?

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NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

The measure would impose a civil penalty of $200 for the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana, as well as for the cultivation of up to two marijuana plants. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 2134, to permit qualifying patients to cultivate personal use quantities of cannabis for therapeutic purposes. ND resident? ND resident?

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SpeedWeed

JULY 14, 2021

The group, Fair Access Missouri, is seeking to legalize cannabis for adults of legal age and create an “open-use market.” . Fair Access Missouri is in the process of filing the petition with the Missouri Secretary of State’s office this week. Today’s filings are the next step in that fight,” Fair Access Missouri said in a statement.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

Licensing Agreement with TerrAscend will provide New Jersey with access to Cookies branded products. The parties entered into a multi-year deal under which TerrAscend will be the sole cultivator and manufacturer of Cookies branded products in New Jersey, subject to certain conditions and regulatory approval. BOONTON, N.J.–(BUSINESS

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 18, 2021

Other criteria include people who were incarcerated for the sale, possession or cultivation of cannabis or had a parent, spouse or child who was imprisoned for such an offense. Advocacy Groups Celebrate. Adults will be allowed to securely cultivate cannabis at home starting July 1, 2023. MPP noted that S.B.

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NORML

MAY 10, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 236, to allow qualifying patients with certain debilitating conditions to use and safely access medical cannabis. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access. AL resident? Burton Hearing Room.

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NORML

APRIL 26, 2019

At the state level, Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed a package of bills into law to expand the state’s medical cannabis access program. Nassau County, New York voted to prohibit retail cannabis sales in the county once it becomes legal in New York state. AL resident? AL resident? California. CA resident?

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

Under state law, CDTFA collected both a cultivation tax and an excise tax. These taxes were not collected from cultivators and retailers as one would expect, but instead from middle-men distributors, making collection and reporting a huge mess. Essentially, the cultivation tax was wiped off the books starting July 1, 2022.

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NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Governor Gary Herbert (R) of Utah signed legislation into law that strengthens protections for medical cannabis patients and further improves upon the state’s new medical cannabis access program. Separately, House Bill 7371 would establish a regulatory framework for the licensed retail sale of adult-use marijuana. CT resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Legislation is pending, House Bill 243, to permit qualifying patients to cultivate personal use quantities of cannabis for therapeutic purposes. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of home cultivation rights. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 170, to expand access to medical cannabis in Delaware. DE resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Local Cannabis Organizations Unite to Educate, Support and Provide Access to Cannabis-Related Services and Opportunities for BIPOC Communities. BIPOCANN is a small business that works to shape a more accessible and profitable cannabis industry for BIPOC entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals in the legal markets of the Americas.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

New Jersey lawmakers have come to an agreement with Governor Murphy regarding retail marijuana tax rates, settling on charging sales tax by weight as opposed to a specific percentage. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 305, to permit qualified patients the ability to access medical cannabis preparations while in health care facilities.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Thanks to your advocacy, the Governor excised those restrictions from the bill. . The legislation does not provide a certain path to protect the retail sale of CBN products that are demonstrably non-intoxicating. serving; 1.0/package), package), virtually criminalizing the full spectrum hemp industry.

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 6, 2021

The bill would also make it legal to cultivate and transport psilocybin mushrooms or spores, but anyone caught manufacturing LSD or other chemically-derived hallucinogens could still be subject to prosecution. This exciting new bill is the latest step in a larger effort to bring psychedelics reform to the Golden State.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

By that point, industry insiders say, many small farmers could be all but wiped off the legal cannabis cultivation map. Late spring and early summer are when the first rounds of harvest—referred to as “light deps” for the cultivation technique employed (which involves light deprivation)—typically begin. million pounds of cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Consumption Lounge Will Complement Newest Retail Location in Central California and Feature Cookies’ Line of Top-Shelf Cannabis Products. Access to the consumption lounge requires an online reservation. COALINGA, Calif.–(BUSINESS consumption lounge in Coalinga, a city in Fresno County. Cookies will host a grand opening at 10 a.m.

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NORML

MAY 31, 2019

This week, the US Food and Drug Administration is taking in-person public testimony with regard to the “manufacturing, product quality, marketing, labeling, and sale” of CBD-infused retail products. Click here to email your governor in support of medical cannabis access. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Separately, House Bill 7371 would establish a regulatory framework for the licensed retail sale of adult use marijuana. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 59, to expand medical cannabis access. House Bill 324 seeks to establish a regulatory framework to permit the retail sale of medical CBD products to registered patients.

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

House Bill 324 seeks to expand and facilitate patients’ access to medical cannabidiol (CBD) products. The pending legislation seeks to establish a regulatory framework to permit the retail sale of medical CBD products to registered patients. GA resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of industrial hemp production.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 17, 2021

After the approval of Initiative 65 in November, the Mississippi State Department of Health began drafting regulations for the medical marijuana program as required by the measure, while entrepreneurs interested in participating in what they believed to be a newly legal industry began investing in cultivation and retail infrastructure.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

— Bipartisan bill HB 481 would legalize the personal adult-use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of marijuana. — HB 335 would expand access to medical cannabis by allowing the Department of Health and Human Services to authorize additional dispensaries licenses in certain geographic areas of New Hampshire.

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

HB1445/SB1235, unfortunately, didn’t provide a framework for cultivating or distributing medicines, so patients had to get their cannabis from another state (a no-no under the US Department of Justice’s now-rescinded guidelines ). SB 1027 authorized the Board of Pharmacy to issue permits for marijuana cultivation and processing.

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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

Governor Janet Mills (D) of Maine signed legislation into law to allow the production and retail sale of hemp-derived CBD products. Legislation is pending, AB 286, to temporarily reduce tax rates imposed on the retail sale and commercial cultivation of cannabis. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access.

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NORML

MAY 17, 2019

Governor Kevin Stitt (R) of Oklahoma signed legislation into law to permit the retail sale of hemp and hemp-derived CBD products. Legislation is pending, AB 286, to temporarily reduce tax rates imposed on the retail sale and commercial cultivation of cannabis. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access.

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