NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

And Dayton, Ohio completely decriminalized cannabis possession, as the city commission decided to eliminate the existing $150 possession fine. Shannon Roers Jones (R) introduced legislation, House Bill 1155, to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization.

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Evers aims to legalize medical cannabis, decriminalize recreational possession and use, and expunge qualifying arrest records. People shouldn’t be treated as criminals for accessing a desperately-needed medication that can alleviate their suffering,” Gov. Decriminalization, Not Legalization. Evers said.

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NORML

MARCH 7, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. AL resident? NORML opposes the passage of this legislation. GA resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Manor Township, Pennsylvania is considering a proposal that would decriminalize cannabis possession. Legislation is pending, House Bill 2555, to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana possession. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Legislation is pending, House Bill 136, to permit physicians to authorize access to medical cannabis for any patient whom they believe would benefit from its therapeutic use. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of expanded decriminalization.

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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 673 / Senate Bill 1430, to expand medical cannabis access. Allows licensed dispensaries to sell edible cannabis and cannabidiol products. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical access.

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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. Actions to Take.

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

North Dakota’s first medical cannabis dispensary opened its doors last week in Fargo; and registered out-of-state medical cannabis patients will now be able to access their medicine while visiting Hawaii. Legislation is pending, House Bill 96, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. AL resident?

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Veriheal

MAY 15, 2023

North Dakota legislation has also shot down bills decriminalizing marijuana for several years. Most state caregivers assist those unable or unable to access medical marijuana themselves, including children and those receiving hospice care. In 2016, North Dakota voters approved a medical cannabis ballot.

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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. In Texas, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence passed a marijuana decriminalization bill out of committee this week.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The House Financial Services subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions held a hearing Wednesday to address the lack of access to basic banking services by state-legal marijuana businesses. ” At a more local level, the decriminalization policy in Dayton, Ohio went into effect this week. GA resident?

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2020

Licensed dispensaries are expected to be operational in Missouri by this spring. 2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. MD resident? New Hampshire. NH resident? VA resident?

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

While patients won’t be rolling up joints full of pungent flower, they can still access oils, tinctures, lozenges, inhalers, topicals, and pills packed with non-intoxicating CBD or THC-A, the acidic precursor of THC. Eventually, patients will use this certificate to access Virginia’s medical dispensaries.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

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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The Cannigma

AUGUST 24, 2021

Medical: Legal Recreational: Largely decriminalized. Currently, possessing small amounts of cannabis for personal use has been decriminalized. Up to two ounces can be purchased from a licensed dispensary for medical reasons. The cannabis legalized in Jamaica is available from several licensed dispensaries.

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Veriheal

APRIL 17, 2025

.” SAM is a prominent opponent of legalization by individual states, as well as federal efforts to legalize and provide access. However, SAM does find common ground with legalization advocates on decriminalization, suggesting that it offers a more measured approach for governments compared to full legalization.

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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) of New Mexico signed cannabis decriminalization legislation into law. An Arkansas House committee defeated a decriminalization bill this week to send it to study. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of expanded medical access. CA resident? FL resident? IL resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of access to edibles. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of decriminalization.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 24, 2021

Medical: Legal Recreational: Largely decriminalized. Currently, possessing small amounts of cannabis for personal use has been decriminalized. Up to two ounces can be purchased from a licensed dispensary for medical reasons. The cannabis legalized in Jamaica is available from several licensed dispensaries.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

And Steelton Borough, Pennsylvania passed an ordinance to decriminalize up to 30 grams of cannabis possession. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 59, to expand medical cannabis access. Legislation is pending, House Bill 1383, that would decriminalize certain marijuana possession offenses. DE resident? GA resident? HI resident?

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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. Legislation is pending, House Bill 96 / Senate Bill 98, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of banking access.

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

Roers Jones, who sponsored the recently defeated decriminalization bill, is trying to get her language inserted as a part of separate legislation. House Bill 324 seeks to expand and facilitate patients’ access to medical cannabidiol (CBD) products. Allows licensed dispensaries to sell edible cannabis and cannabidiol products.

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The Cannigma

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized (legalization may be pending). Cannabis is legal for medical use in Israel and the country has implemented decriminalization policies for small-scale possession charges. In July, 2021, Israeli lawmakers rejected a bill that would have decriminalized recreational marijuana use.

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The Cannigma

JULY 5, 2022

There is no adult-use market, thought several cities have decriminalized possession. But it is a medical program in name only, because as of June 2022 there were no licensed dispensaries in Georgia. Several cities have decriminalized cannabis possession, but this is not statewide. Possible penalties.

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Veriheal

APRIL 29, 2024

The state decriminalized cannabis in 2021, making full legalization the next logical step, and lawmakers hope to finally make marijuana sales a reality next year. It sets up the retail side with dispensaries and how we would do that.” They’ve gotten access to it since the beginning of time and are going to continue to do that.

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WeedAdvisor

MAY 11, 2019

Whether it is decriminalization, medical permission or full-blown legalization, signature moves like these typically start and end with a decent amount of fanfare. According to Vox , the state decriminalized marijuana in early May, yet they didn’t make a peep. Decriminalization vs. Legalization – a Middle-Ground. .

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NORML

JANUARY 31, 2020

“It’s time in Kentucky for people who will be helped by medical marijuana to have access to it,” Nemes said in a recent interview. Jason Nemes, R-Louisville, or as the emerging trend is becoming with Kentucky’s legislators, thanking them for their support.

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NORML

JULY 3, 2019

Virginia NORML Continues Push to Expand Access Through Education. “This is really a Los Angeles phenomenon … I can’t tell you where there would be an unlicensed dispensary operating in Oakland or San Francisco.” It also expands access and rights for qualified medical patients.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2022

Several other states have already legalized and decriminalized marijuana for recreational and medical use, implying that voters have altered their attitudes about whether tws marijuana is a gateway drug and if people should be imprisoned for possessing it. States that have decriminalized marijuana and/or made it legal for medical use .

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NORML

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

— 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. For more information on this bill and to send a message to your State Representative in support of this legislation, click here.

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Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2021

That doesn’t mean you can’t access a green state’s medical marijuana programs, though. Many places will either permit patients access to dispensaries and/or permit medical cannabis possession within a reasonable amount. ounces of cannabis from a dispensary in Arizona – or a designated caregiver. Washington D.C.

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

“This would be a big deal in terms of changing our policies to follow states like Colorado, Washington, California, that we’ve seen move forward ending prohibition, not only stopping the arrests, as we’ve done significantly in Illinois with our decriminalization laws, but to open up the marketplace.”

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

expands medical cannabis patient protections, Fetterman talks cannabis legalization with President Biden, and Sioux Falls celebrates the opening of its first medical cannabis dispensary. Thanks to the AB-1954, physicians can no longer deny medical cannabis patients who test positive for THC from accessing medication. California Gov.

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The Cannigma

JULY 12, 2022

Roll out of the program has been slow, and as of June 2022, there were still no doctors certified to issue prescriptions, no licensed dispensaries, and no legal farming of cannabis products. They cannot access flower or edibles and can only have 70 daily doses at one time with a maximum of 50 mg per dose.

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The Blunt Truth

APRIL 16, 2020

VIRGINIA DECRIMINALIZATION. Governor Ralph Northam (D) signed a bill decriminalizing cannabis possession earlier this week. Regular readers will doubtless recall that Massachusetts has classified medical marijuana dispensaries as essential businesses, but has mandated that recreational shops close. MASSACHUSETTS.

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NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

1647, the Veterans Equal Access Act, which expands medical cannabis access to eligible military veterans. At a more local level, the Cocoa Beach, Florida city council voted 3-2 in favor of a proposal to decriminalize up to 20 grams of cannabis possession. Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup!

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Veriheal

JUNE 17, 2021

However, there are Idaho activists who are currently working to get an initiative on the 2022 State ballot that would decriminalize residents purchasing legal cannabis out of state and bringing it back to their private property. Will the initiative to decriminalize cannabis make the 2022 ballot for the state of Idaho?

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