Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Illinois officials recently released the Annual Cannabis Report for Fiscal Year 2024. The 144-page report, compiled by the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office (CROO), incorporates data from several state departments. The report also touts, as more evidence, Illinois’ $2,007,401,374 in sales during the past fiscal year.

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Veriheal

MARCH 27, 2025

In January, a bill was introduced regarding Iowas medical cannabis program, allowing vaporized cannabis to be added to the state-approved Tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC) products list. If passed, vaporizable dried raw cannabis would be included with the products available to Iowas medical patients.

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The Cannigma

JUNE 27, 2025

Awareness Days, 2025) But what’s love got to do with cannabis advocacy? Love is the unifying force behind two movements often seen as separate: LGBTQ+ Pride and cannabis advocacy. Milk’s words challenge us to speak up—not only for LGBTQ+ rights, but also for compassionate, equitable healthcare that includes access to plant medicine.

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Canna Care Docs

MARCH 27, 2025

The Decline of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What It Means for Patients In recent years, Massachusetts, once a pioneer in cannabis reform, has seen its medical marijuana program gradually overshadowed by the booming recreational market. The program aimed to provide safe, legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions.

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MaxQ Cannabis

MAY 6, 2025

The new administration’s approach to Cannabis policy presents a complex landscape for the U.S. Cannabis industry, marked by both potential advancements and significant challenges. Cannabis Industry Updates appeared first on MaxQ Technologies.

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Veriheal

APRIL 17, 2025

When it comes to any hot-button issue like cannabis legalization, there are always two sides, often without much middle ground. Nixons War on Drugs The Nixon administration took the racially-charged propaganda behind cannabis prohibition even further by unofficially beginning the War on Drugs in 1971.

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Americans for Safe Access

MAY 1, 2025

For everyone else, here is the recap: In the meeting, we discussed ASA's ZERO tolerance policy on Federal interference in the medical cannabis programs. The CJS amendment means that the states, territories, or the District of Columbia, handle any matters surrounding medical cannabis operators,patients, and caregivers PERIOD.

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Veriheal

MAY 16, 2025

Since COVID-19 rocked the economy, cannabis businesses and supply chains claim to have been playing catch-up to get back to business as usual. However, the question remainsjust how bad has inflation been affecting cannabis prices, cannabis business closures, and jobs in the cannabis sector?

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Americans for Safe Access

MARCH 12, 2025

Watch as we explore the significance of the last 12 years in establishing cannabis' "currently accepted medical use" and learn why this matters!

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Canna Care Docs

JUNE 24, 2025

As more people use cannabis for chronic conditions, it’s important to understand how workplace policies apply. Legal Protection for Off-Duty Use In Massachusetts, medical marijuana patients are protected when using cannabis outside of work. This policy helps maintain a safe work environment.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 12, 2025

After attending the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in Berlin at the end of April, I was reminded, yet again, of how draconian U.S. Much of it was driven by Germanys newly formed government keeping its quasi-legalization policy intact, even if adult-use trials remain uncertain. marijuana laws truly are.

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Veriheal

MARCH 24, 2025

The cannabis lexicon is as diverse as the culture surrounding it, and cannabis language is continually expanding as public acceptance and medical use of the plant increases. This article will go over some commonly used terms found in the cannabis lingo that can be unclear and easily confused for many people. Ocean grown?

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. law separates marijuana and hemp, its time for both the industry and regulators to stop using ‘cannabis’ as a stand-in for marijuana. Otherwise, be specific.)

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Veriheal

JUNE 19, 2025

In theory, medical cannabis has been legal in the United Kingdom since 2018. These patients and their stories raise urgent questions about the UK’s medical cannabis system: Why must so many severely ill individuals break the law to access medicine?

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Veriheal

JULY 23, 2025

With over 200,000 cannabis arrests still occurring each year and thousands behind bars for the very product that makes others billions in revenue, “freedom” is a contradictory concept. Their policy team has helped facilitate approximately 250,000 cannabis pardons. Hector was first tried for this offense in 2002.

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Veriheal

JULY 2, 2025

Jared Shaw, a former Oklahoma State University basketball player, has been arrested for cannabis possession in Indonesia. On May 7, 2025, police raided the 34-year-old’s apartment just outside of Jakarta, seizing 132 pieces of cannabis candy that Shaw said he had planned to share with his teammates. Shaw is from Dallas, Texas.

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The Cannigma

JUNE 28, 2025

On the other hand, April 20th—commonly known as 4/20—marks a different kind of celebration, one deeply tied to cannabis culture and the grassroots fight for legalization and acceptance. The Spirit of Reform: April 20th Now consider April 20th, a day globally recognized by cannabis users, advocates, and wellness communities.

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NORML

APRIL 3, 2020

In recent days, numerous states have taken steps to ensure that state-licensed cannabis facilities are explicitly permitted to maintain operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. ” Below is a summary of the policies currently in place governing retail cannabis access during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Americans for Safe Access

OCTOBER 21, 2020

A national perspective on safe access for students. At ASA, our goal is to ensure that every state has sensible cannabis policies that create safe and legal access for all patients. Facing things like cancer or seizures, these children have experienced vast improvements in their quality of life thanks to medical cannabis.

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NORML

APRIL 22, 2020

“Many of these establishments are small-to-medium size operators, with their employees keeping their doors open without access to the support systems in place for other businesses, thus depriving them of potentially lifesaving protections.” ” You can find the full Senate letter here.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

“Marijuana access is long overdue for Mississippi’s patients,” NORML’s State Policies Manager Jax James said. The overwhelming majority of voters decided in favor of this policy change over a year ago, and for the past 14 months the will of the people has been denied.”.

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NORML

MAY 27, 2021

“This bill is a cynical effort by prohibitionists to severely roll back a policy that has been in place for two decades and that a majority of state residents support.”. The post Colorado: House Lawmakers Approve Legislation Seeking to Roll Back Medical Cannabis Access appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

APRIL 30, 2019

VA healthcare providers, however, are prohibited from providing the paperwork necessary to complete a state-legal medical cannabis recommendation, forcing military veterans to seek the advice of a private, out-of-network physician. Today, you can make a difference and show your true support for veterans and the efficacy of medical cannabis.

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NORML

APRIL 1, 2020

Today, NORML and it’s national network of advocacy chapters released a memo to state lawmakers, regulators, prosecutors, and other interested parties providing guidance for how they can take emergency actions to better promote the health and welfare of cannabis consumers and the general public during the COVID pandemic.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

In the House, Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), a founder and co-Chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, has reintroduced H.R. 1647 , the Veterans Equal Access Act, which expands medical cannabis access to eligible military veterans. Presently, V.A. At the time of introduction, Rep.

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NORML

MAY 27, 2022

Investigators concluded: “[T]here was 100% compliance with the ID policy to keep underage patrons from purchasing marijuana directly from licensed outlets. The post Study: Licensed Cannabis Retailers Not Providing Access to Underage Patrons appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

MARCH 23, 2023

"Members of the DC City government continue to prioritize policies that both advance and protect the freedoms of responsible cannabis consumers. The post District of Columbia: Legislation Expanding Medical Cannabis Access Enacted Into Law appeared first on NORML.

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Americans for Safe Access

AUGUST 6, 2021

A common challenge patients often experience when adult-use laws are adopted in their state is that legislative and regulatory improvements to medical cannabis programs are suspended while states pivot to organize adult-use models.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Americans in 33 states and the District of Columbia have legal access to medical marijuana under a doctor’s authorization. But this same access is often lacking for many military veterans. That is because the current policy of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs explicitly prohibits V.A.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Yet, even in the majority of states where medical cannabis is legal, VA physicians are prohibited by federal law from filling out a state-legal medical marijuana recommendation form. Research published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs found a 75% reduction in Clinician-Administered Posttraumatic Scale scores following cannabis therapy.

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NORML

MARCH 12, 2020

On March 12th, the House Veterans Affairs Committee (HVAC) passed two separate pieces of legislation pertaining to cannabis policy. The second bill, HR 1647 , known as the Veterans Equal Access Act of 2019, would allow V.A. We must reform our federal cannabis policy.” Presently, V.A.

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NORML

AUGUST 13, 2019

Regardless of the policy you’re advocating for (e.g., adult-use, patient access, decriminalization etc.) Priority legislation includes: the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act , the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act , the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act and more!

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NORML

JANUARY 15, 2020

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a legislative hearing, “ Cannabis Policies for the New Decade ,” during which they considered multiple legislative bills aimed at amending federal cannabis laws. It’s past time for Congress to catch up with the American people.”

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Americans for Safe Access

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

million cannabis patients across the country are stuck under conflicting federal and state cannabis policy, with veterans comprising the largest contingent of them. What bills did the 116th congress propose to advance veterans cannabis access, and what legislation might we see again when the 117th congress convenes in January?

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NORML

JANUARY 27, 2020

Delaware cannabis patients and advocates will gather in Dover on Wednesday to rally support for The Delaware Patient Right to Grow Act, House Bill 243. This change would allow registered patients and registered caregivers to grow medical cannabis at home. Securely cultivating cannabis at home alleviates these issues.

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NORML

OCTOBER 24, 2024

"States' real-world experience with marijuana legalization proves that these policies can be implemented in a manner that provides regulated access for adults while simultaneously limiting youth access and misuse." The post Study: Far Fewer High-Schoolers Are Consuming Cannabis appeared first on NORML.

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Americans for Safe Access

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has been at the forefront of fighting for patients’ rights to access medical cannabis across four presidencies since our founding in 2002. We've crafted briefing materials and “100-day campaigns” for three incoming administrations on medical cannabis policy.

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