Advocacy Decriminalization Programs 
NORML
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
House and Senate lawmakers have passed legislation decriminalizing minor marijuana possession offenses. Both the Governor and the Attorney General are on record in favor of decriminalization. The program is expected to be operational and dispensing cannabis products to authorized patients by mid-year.
NORML
MAY 21, 2020
Richmond, VA: Democratic Governor Ralph Northam has signed legislation ( Senate Bill 2 | House Bill 972 ) decriminalizing marijuana possession. ” Governor Northam had previously gone on record in support of decriminalizing marijuana violations and expunging past convictions, as has Attorney General Mark Herring.
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NORML
MARCH 5, 2020
Today, the legislature approved HB 972 to decriminalize marijuana possession. ” Governor Northam has spoken in favor of decriminalizing marijuana violations and expunging past convictions as has Attorney General Mark Herring. Broad changes to marijuana laws swept through the 2020 Virginia General Assembly.
Veriheal
OCTOBER 21, 2020
The cannabis advocacy movement goes back many years and involves many people. Cannabis advocacy as a whole has been such a successful movement because it has had such a wide variety of people and organizations on its side. But their advocacy dates back farther and is more involved than making a few CBD bath bombs.
NORML
JANUARY 28, 2020
” “This is likely the result of two major policy changes: More than twenty decriminalization or penalty downgrade ordinances passed by city councils across the Commonwealth, and approximately a quarter of a million registered medical marijuana patients,” said Goldstein. Most recently, in January, Norristown joined the list.
NORML
JANUARY 19, 2020
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. Legislation is pending, A1897, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. FL resident?
WeedAdvisor
JULY 30, 2019
New York decriminalized marijuana on July 29 th , as explained by Reuters and The Wall Street Journal. Unlike full legalization, decriminalization was a middle-of-the-road compromise that sat better with lawmakers who opposed Cuomo’s legalization efforts. New York Decriminalizes Up to Two Ounces of Marijuana. .
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