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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/18/20

NORML

At the state level, a new decriminalization law took effect this week in Hawaii involving the possession of up to three grams of marijuana, as well as a procedure for expungement of past convictions for the same amount. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access. CO resident? IN resident?

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Can A State Recriminalize Medical Marijuana?

MMJ Recs

If you’ve been wondering “Can my state make MMJ illegal again?”, A Brief History of Marijuana. Back when the United States first came into being, cannabis was widely grown for hemp. By 1937, the Marijuana Tax Act had been passed, essentially making marijuana illegal throughout the United States.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/25/20

NORML

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. Legislation is pending, House Bill 331, to allow registered medical cannabis patients to access their medicine while at school.

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How Dramatic Legal Changes are Changing People’s Lives

Cannabis Law Report

Not only is there federal law but there are also state laws, and sometimes they seem to conflict and contradict each other. One thing that does seem to be clear though is that when one state alters and amends a particular law, the other states sit up and take notice. Oregon got the ball rolling.

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Protecting Cannabis Trademarks in Anticipation of Federal Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

Instead, companies are limited to state-wide trademarks. These limited marks have created a fractured market, with little clarity for businesses in a cannabis industry that continues to grow despite the lack of federal decriminalization. History provides some guidance as to how these national marks will come into being.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 6/21/19

NORML

This week, history was made. House of Representatives just voted to restrict the Department of Justice from interfering with the states that have legalized adult-use marijuana. New York state lawmakers approved legislation on Friday to further expand cannabis decriminalization and expunge certain records. CA resident?

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Senate Panel Votes to Let People Who’ve Used Marijuana Work at Intelligence Agencies Like CIA and NSA

Veriheal

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. states, including Washington, D.C. ” She further explained that marijuana use in a legal state should not be the only disqualifying basis.