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State of the States: 2020 Ballot Initiative Efforts

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Activists have been working for months registering new voters, collecting signatures, and educating the public, in hopes of giving voters in their state the opportunity to make their voices heard and cast their vote for marijuana. 65: Article 16, Section 290, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, is created to read as follows: “Section 290.

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Nebraska Advocacy Group Working on Two Petitions for Medical Cannabis

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The advocacy group called Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana held a brief campaign update on August 4 on Facebook asking for volunteers to contribute their time, money or talents to the cause. . the Nebraska State Constitution Article III-2 states. View original article.

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A Founder Looks at 50: Attorney Gerry Goldstein and the Early Years of NORML

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While privately most of these volunteer supporters were also marijuana smokers, they had to be especially careful to conceal their use in order to avoid being targeted by local law enforcement who might find their pro-legalization advocacy threatening.

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Study Finds No Evidence Legal Medical Cannabis Increases Youth Marijuana Use • High Times

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To complete the study, researchers affiliated with John Hopkins University, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission reviewed data collected from a total of 46 states over a 25-year period. View original article. Activists React To New Study.

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A Founder Looks at 50: The Important Role of Medical Experts in Support of Legalization

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Dr. Grinspoon, who has also authored nine other books on drugs and drug policy, as well as more than 180 articles in scientific journals, then turned his attention to the medical uses of marijuana, which he detailed in his 1993 volume Marihuana, The Forbidden Medicine. Danny Grinspoon. Congress as well as many state legislative committees.

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Ohio Attorney General Rejects Recreational Cannabis Proposal

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Ohio attorney general Dave Yost has rejected an advocacy group’s proposal and signatures to legalize recreational cannabis. This is just the first batch of signatures that the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has collected this year, according to Cleveland.com. View original article. Ohio Still Has Hope .

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

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The collection of data for the final study was through focused interviews with a snowball sample of eight participants who have experienced trying to enter the cannabis industry in Western City, California. Robinson’s (1983) theory of racial capitalism served as the theoretical foundation for this study. References. Baradaran, M.

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