NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

Senate Bill 19-013 would permit physicians to recommend cannabis therapy for any condition for which an opiate would otherwise be prescribed. The measure permits children with serious conditions for which medical marijuana has been recommended to have their medicine administered to them while on school property. NY resident?

Legislation 195

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 195

NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Also this week Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced legislation, The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act, to expand and facilitate medical cannabis access to military veterans suffering from chronic pain, PTSD, and other serious medical conditions. You can submit your own feedback here.

Legislation 160

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 160

NORML

MAY 10, 2019

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries announced their intentions to introduce legislation known as the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), thus ending the nearly century-long federal policy of criminalization and prohibition.

Legislation 145

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 145

NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 34, which would exempt compassionate care programs from paying state cannabis taxes when they are providing free medical cannabis to financially disadvantaged people living with serious health conditions. Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders. CA resident?

Legislation 187

Legislation Hemp Decriminalization Agriculture 187

NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

Senate Bill 19-013 would permit physicians to recommend cannabis therapy for any condition for which an opiate would otherwise be prescribed. Legislation is pending, House Bill 213, to establish an industrial hemp program to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. AR resident? GA resident? GA resident? IN resident?

Legislation 170

Legislation Compliance Compliance Hemp 170

NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

She also signed bills to allow medical cannabis to be administered to patients while at school, and a broader medical expansion bill that adds several new qualifying conditions and patient protections. Governor Jared Polis (D) of Colorado signed legislation into law to add autism as a medical cannabis qualifying condition. CA resident?

Legislation 187

Legislation Banking Hemp Compliance 187

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

The parties entered into a multi-year deal under which TerrAscend will be the sole cultivator and manufacturer of Cookies branded products in New Jersey, subject to certain conditions and regulatory approval. TerrAscend operates a 140,000 square foot cultivation and processing facility in The Garden State. “We About Cookies. About TerrAscend.

Cultivation 105

Cultivation Seed-To-Sale Conditions Business 105

NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Ohio’s State Medical Board denied petitions to add depression, insomnia and opioid use disorder to the state’s list of medical cannabis qualifying conditions. Legislation is pending, House Bill 459, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. Update : S.

Legislation 146

Legislation Banking Access Hemp 146

NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Regulators in Iowa added two new medical cannabis qualifying conditions to the current list, ulcerative colitis (effective immediately), and severe pediatric autism with self-injurious or aggressive behaviors (effective 4/2/19). AZ resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical expansion. Connecticut. CT resident?

Legislation 177

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 177

NORML

MAY 24, 2019

Governor Jared Polis (D) of Colorado signed legislation into law that allows physicians to recommend medical cannabis for any condition for which an opiate would otherwise be prescribed. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 236, to allow qualifying patients with certain debilitating conditions to use and safely access medical cannabis.

Legislation 166

Legislation Hemp Access Patients 166

NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

Enacted in 1986, the Federal Drug-Free Workplace Program made it a condition for employment that all civilian employees at executive branch agencies be prohibited from using federally illegal substances on or off duty. A recent American Legion poll found that one in five veterans use marijuana to alleviate a medical condition.

Chronic Pain 175

Chronic Pain Legislation Treatment State Laws 175

NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

Senator Anna Wishart (D) has re-introduced legislation, LB 110, to allow qualifying patients with certain debilitating conditions to use and safely access medical cannabis. Senate Bill 19-013 would permit physicians to recommend cannabis therapy for any condition for which an opiate would otherwise be prescribed. AR resident?

Legislation 161

Legislation Decriminalization Access Therapy 161

NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

Similarly, New Mexico’s Department of Health added Alzheimer’s disease, autism spectrum disorder, Friedreich’s Ataxia, Lewy Body Disease, and Spinal muscular atrophy to the state’s list of medical cannabis qualifying conditions. CA resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of compassionate care programs.

Legislation 119

Legislation Hemp Agriculture Compliance 119

NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Senate Bill 34 would exempt compassionate care programs from paying state cannabis taxes when they are providing free medical cannabis to financially disadvantaged people living with serious health conditions. Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders. CA resident? DE resident? HI resident? HI resident?

Legislation 135

Legislation Hemp Patients Compliance 135

NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Senate Bill 34 would exempt compassionate care programs from paying state cannabis taxes when they are providing free medical cannabis to financially disadvantaged people living with serious health conditions. Update : SB 34 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee on 3/20 at 9:30am in room 112. CA resident?

Legislation 144

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 144

NORML

APRIL 12, 2019

Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 516, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 45, to amend certain marijuana penalties for juvenile offenders.

Legislation 148

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 148

NORML

APRIL 26, 2019

Among the changes are: allowing physicians assistants to recommend medical cannabis to their patients, adding several new qualifying conditions, and authorizing cancer patients to possess greater quantities of cannabis than typically allowed. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access. AL resident? LA resident?

Legislation 145

Legislation Compliance Compliance Hemp 145

NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 34, which would exempt compassionate care programs from paying state cannabis taxes when they are providing free medical cannabis to financially disadvantaged people living with serious health conditions. Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders. CA resident?

Legislation 108

Legislation Access Decriminalization Patients 108

Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Many social media companies, like Facebook and Instagram (which is owned by Facebook), do not even have a public term and condition or policy that states that CBD advertisements are prohibited anywhere on their website. Whoever violates a social media company’s policies (apparently even the undisclosed ones) risks being banned.

Media 101

Media CBD Hemp Policy 101

NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Senate Bill 34 would exempt compassionate care programs from paying state cannabis taxes when they are providing free medical cannabis to financially disadvantaged people living with serious health conditions. Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders. CA resident? HI resident? HI resident? KS resident?

Legislation 165

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 165

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

She teaches trial advocacy for the Notre Dame Law School and has coached trial team for Chicago-Kent Law School. During her employment Walmart had a drug testing policy which expressly stated that employees were prohibited from “[r]eporting to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol, including medical marijuana.” Walmart Inc. ,

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Marijuana Policy Advocacy State Laws 45

Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 1, 2018

ASA works with a grassroots base of more than 50,000 members using public education and direct advocacy to affect national change. The physician advocate outlines practice risks and benefits, educational requirements, compliance issues, and more for those interested in studying this alternative treatment. Based in Washington, D.C.

Treatment 40

Treatment Education Advocacy Access 40

Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 1, 2018

ASA works with a grassroots base of more than 50,000 members using public education and direct advocacy to affect national change. The physician advocate outlines practice risks and benefits, educational requirements, compliance issues, and more for those interested in studying this alternative treatment. Based in Washington, D.C.

Treatment 40

Treatment Education Advocacy Access 40

NORML

MAY 17, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 34, which would exempt compassionate care programs from paying state cannabis taxes when they are providing free medical cannabis to financially disadvantaged people living with serious health conditions. Update : SB 34 was heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on 5/16/19. CA resident? MO resident?

Legislation 135

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 135

NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Senator Ron Wyden introduced legislation in the Senate — The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act — to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference. A subcommittee of the U.S. A Georgia bill to reduce marijuana possession penalties was defeated in a senate committee this week.

Legislation 173

Legislation Decriminalization Patients Access 173

NORML

MAY 3, 2019

Senate Bill 19-013 would permit physicians to recommend cannabis therapy for any condition for which an opiate would otherwise be prescribed. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 19-220, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. CO resident? VT resident?

Legislation 162

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 162

NORML

JANUARY 25, 2019

Opioid dependency was added to New Jersey’s list of conditions for medical cannabis eligibility. Legislation is pending, House Bill 131 / Senate Bill 1335, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. HI resident? ND resident? NE resident? New Hampshire.

Legislation 150

Legislation Patients Oil Hemp 150

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2019

I am a medical patient in Florida’s Medical Marijuana Use Registry due my qualifying condition: a 2010 diagnosis of aggressive Multiple Sclerosis. If Florida plans to increase its medical marijuana program through new legislative policies and marijuana dispensary standardized procedures, how exactly do we attempt to accomplish this?

Marijuana 65

Marijuana Agriculture Research and Development Education 65

NORML

MAY 31, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 236, to allow qualifying patients with certain debilitating conditions to use and safely access medical cannabis. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 225, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. AL resident? North Carolina.

Legislation 110

Legislation Access Banking Hemp 110

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 12, 2019

I use medical cannabis to treat ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis among many other autoimmune conditions, mental health and the effects of chronic inflammation. Patient advocacy is alive and well in Canada. Bad policy hurts Canadians; in Canada we don’t tax medicine and we don’t hurt those living with chronic illness.

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Access Patients Marijuana Medicine 45

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2019

Patients carefully consider a choice of cannabis physician based on their personal past health, their qualifying condition, and their current health needs: essentially, patients decide which physician can serve that patient’s needs by adding cannabis as a therapeutic medication. . yearly patient qualification. In our current U.S.

Marijuana 45

Marijuana Patients Research and Development Programs 45

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 2, 2022

Many of the environmental harms from cannabis production can be traced to law enforcement policy and the marijuana plant’s historic status as a prohibited crop, according to Anthony Silvaggio, an environmental sociologist at Humboldt State University. Every additional use is important to consider and has incremental negative impacts.

Legalization 52

Legalization Cultivation Cannabis Environment 52

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Knowing Your Rights , provided by the national medical cannabis advocacy organization Americans for Safe Access, admonishes current cannabis consumers: Medical cannabis patients and their providers are vulnerable to federal and state raids, arrest, prosecution, and incarceration. PERSONAL RIGHTS. LAW ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS.

Cannabis 45

Cannabis Access Patients Legalization 45

Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

During the 20 th century, law enforcement and public policy activities have undermined opportunities for scientific exploration. Relevant AAFP Policy. Family physicians have a vested interest in policies that advance and protect the health of their patients and the public. Marijuana Possession for Personal Use. Call to Action.

Cannabinoids 40

Cannabinoids Marijuana Research and Development Access 40