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Attorney General Nominee Commits To Leave State-Legal Marijuana Programs Alone

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His statements came response to questions from Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) — each of whom represent states where marijuana is legally regulated for either medical or recreational purposes. To date, these statewide regulatory programs are operating largely as voters and politicians intended.

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

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” Another of our high-profile opponents was Dr. Forrest Tennant, an alleged expert on pain management and substance abuse, who ran the UCLA methadone program. The New England Journal of Medicine once described his work as “psychopharmacological McCarthyism that compels him to use half-truths, innuendo and unverifiable assertions.”

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

NORML

” Another of our high-profile opponents was Dr. Forrest Tennant, an alleged expert on pain management and substance abuse, who ran the UCLA methadone program. The New England Journal of Medicine once described his work as “psychopharmacological McCarthyism that compels him to use half-truths, innuendo and unverifiable assertions.”

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Rest in Peace Mark Kleiman, Giant of Cannabis Policy

Canna Law Blog

Our Seattle lawyers have distinct memories of watching Kleiman serve as Washington’s appointed “Pot Czar” as it built out the first state cannabis program in 2014. Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know ” (Co-authored book). How Legal Should They Be? ” (Dartmouth University lecture). “

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Weldon Project Pens Letter Calling for Release Of Cannabis Prisoners |

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A recent letter from the advocacy group The Weldon Project was also signed by more than 150 artists, athletes, producers, lawmakers, policy experts, reform advocates and leaders in business, law enforcement and academia. In 1974, President Ford established a program of conditional clemency for Selective Service Act violators.

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A Look Back at California Cannabis in 2022

Canna Law Blog

Essentially, the cultivation tax was wiped off the books starting July 1, 2022. This all changed when State Senator Scott Wiener (famous for his psychedelics advocacy) managed to pass SB-1186 , otherwise known as the Medicinal Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act. In 2022, that all changed when the state adopted tax reforms.

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NORML’s 2020 Democratic Primary Marijuana Straw Poll

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Harris wrote in her book The Truths We Hold. SB 6206: Authorizes “the growing of industrial hemp as a legal agricultural activity” in accordance with federal legislation permitting such activity as part of a state-authorized program. ” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. That’s a mistake.

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