NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

House of Representatives just voted to restrict the Department of Justice from interfering with the states that have legalized adult-use marijuana. Governor John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana signed legislation into law to deschedule hemp and hemp-derived CBD from the state’s list of controlled substances.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

This simple bill would align veterans VA treatment with their very popular state laws, usually approved by the voters. Our veterans deserve the option to legally access a botanical product that is objectively safer than the litany of pharmaceutical drugs it could replace. Send a message now to your lawmakers.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

Medical marijuana is currently legal in 31 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam, and 46 states have some form of medical marijuana law ; however, it remains illegal under federal law. ” Changes in the legal status of marijuana at the state level have not negatively impacted workplace safety.

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Veriheal

JUNE 7, 2023

On April 21, 2023, Delaware became the 22nd state to legalize marijuana—despite the governor’s opposition. John Carney (D) passed two bills to legalize cannabis into law without his signature. They have been advocating for legalization because of the economic potential of the industry to bring in huge tax revenue.

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NORML

JUNE 10, 2019

For the first time, the House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Appropriations has included language seeking to protect the employment of federal employees who consume cannabis in legal jurisdictions. Crist stated: “Voters across the country are saying yes to legalization. In a release , Rep.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 18, 2021

Connecticu t’s legalization efforts looked all but certain to fail at the beginning of the week, but now it’s headed to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. During the state’s normal legislative calendar, lawmakers passed a similar bill, but Republicans pushed back and it never made it to a vote.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 2, 2022

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Then we see that Georgia voters favor legalization. The advocacy group South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws has gathered enough signatures to put an adult-use measure on the November 2022 ballot. south dakota.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Under existing state law, marijuana possession (of two pounds or less) carries a mandatory minimum sentence of four months in jail and/or a $1,000 fine. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 182, to re-legalize the inhalation of herbal cannabis formulations for medical purposes. AZ resident? Connecticut. CT resident? CT resident?

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

The bill would prohibit employers terminating an employee for the employee’s lawful off-duty activities that are lawful under state law even if those activities are not lawful under federal law, such as consuming cannabis. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of legalization. CO resident?

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NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Guam became the first US territory to send a bill legalizing the adult-use of marijuana to the governor’s desk in 2019. Governor Jim Justice (R) of West Virginia signed legislation into law that allows financial institutions to provide banking services related to the state’s medical marijuana program. CO resident?

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NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) re-introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which protects those engaged in state-lawful medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. State Senators Daylin Leach (D) and Sharif Street (D), as well as Rep. PA resident?

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NORML

MAY 3, 2019

The district attorney for Philadelphia, PA testified during a cannabis legalization hearing that he will not pursue cannabis DUI cases unless “people show active—I repeat active—psychoactive amounts of cannabis in their system.” CO resident? ME resident? Click here to email your lawmakers in support of expungement.

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NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

At the state level, patients in Ohio and Oklahoma now have access to medical cannabis, as sales began in both states this week. Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) of New York and Governor Gina Raimondo (D) of Rhode Island both included plans for cannabis legalization as a part of their budget proposals in their respective states.

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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), along with Representatives David Joyce (R-OH) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), have reintroduced The STATES Act of 2019. Governor Gary Herbert (R) of Utah signed legislation into law to allow those with certain misdemeanor cannabis convictions to have their records automatically expunged.

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The Cannigma

MAY 16, 2025

Every gummy, every CBD tincture, every vape pen, every cannabis recommendation is political and will be until cannabis and all its cannabinoids are federally legal. Many Americans think legalization is a done deal and has essentially already happened, but this is a dangerous mentality. Make it make sense.

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MJ Business Attorneys

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The same day the SEC brought charges against Greenview the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) released an “Investor Alert” warning investors in marijuana-related companies of investment fraud and market manipulation. Protecting Marijuana Business Investors: Past, Current and Future.

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Veriheal

JULY 22, 2020

Whether veterans live in a state with a legal cannabis market or not has nothing to do with how medicine is obtained. Despite 33 states having legal, medical cannabis programs in the United States, the majority of veterans who utilize cannabis obtain it from the illicit and unregulated market. . The Federal Fog.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

Don’t forget to sign up for our email list, and we will keep you posted as these bills and more move through your home state legislature and U.S. doctors to fill out the state-legal medical marijuana recommendations. Your Highness, Carly. Actions to Take. Presently, V.A. Legislation is pending, S. Update : H. MA resident?

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NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 80, to legalize the use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of cannabis for adults. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 1557, to expand the state’s low-THC medical cannabis oil program. KY resident? TN resident? VA resident?

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NORML

MAY 24, 2019

An activist group in North Dakota filed paperwork to begin petitioning for another adult use marijuana legalization ballot initiative in 2020. This measure prohibits employers from arbitrarily discriminating against prospective employees who legally consume cannabis off-the-job in accordance with state law. NV resident?

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NORML

MAY 17, 2019

Governor Kevin Stitt (R) of Oklahoma signed legislation into law to permit the retail sale of hemp and hemp-derived CBD products. Governor Kim Reynolds (R) of Iowa signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. A New Hampshire House-passed legalization bill was held in a Senate committee for further study. DE resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

At the state level, the North Dakota House of Representatives defeated a decriminalization bill on the House floor by a narrow 43-47 vote. On the same day, LegalizeND announced that they will try again with a 2020 legalization ballot initiative. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of legalization. MD resident?

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The Joint Blog

JUNE 15, 2021

From CBD to edibles to medical marijuana, legal cannabis has become the fastest-growing industry in the U.S. If you have your heart set on starting your very own cannabis, then you probably will be wondering where to legally get marijuana seeds from? Know your State Laws. States that have a complete marijuana ban.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Operating cannabis-based businesses in The Golden State is no easy feat for retailers. With the plant’s legal status confined by the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA ) boundaries, cannabis stores are still operating illegally. CA SB 1326 (21R) was introduced by state Sen. What’s more, Gov.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 31, 2021

Missouri may have legalized medical marijuana in 2018, but this voter-approved law isn’t stopping probation officers from sending people back to jail for using this legal medicine. Ray Breer is one of many Missourians that has recently had their probation revoked for using state-legal medical cannabis.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 19, 2023

Despite cannabis remaining a Schedule I classification according to the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), meaning that it has no medicinal value, over 30 states in the United States have legalized it for its medicinal use. ” This ruling has received great feedback from advocates throughout the state.

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The Joint Blog

JULY 21, 2019

Utah officials on Friday granted eight medical marijuana cultivation licenses to businesses that are both from Utah and those from outside the state reports the Associated Press. As noted by the AP, that’s two short of the 10 growers allowed under state law, but regulators are “hoping to ensure a supply-and-demand balance.”

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NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Additionally, Representatives Charlie Crist (D-FL) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced The Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act to explicitly bar federal agencies from discriminating against workers solely because of their status as a cannabis consumer, or due to testing positive for marijuana use on a workplace drug test.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 5, 2022

Advocacy groups consider the move harassment of business owners. Cannabis products are legal in Kansas only with very small amounts of hemp-derived THC. Law enforcement officers are carrying out raids in Topeka on shops selling cannabis products. Kansas law allows products with very small amounts of it.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

We need the 61% of Delawareans who support legalization to stand with us to end cannabis prohibition in the 1st State. Delaware doesn’t have voter initiative like the other states, so citizen lobbying is the ONLY way to legalize cannabis in Delaware. Florida NORML Lobby Days. NORML Women of WA 4th Annual Lobby Day.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 6, 2022

A seemingly offbeat idea to finally approve federal marijuana legalization is getting cannabis-reform advocates talking: What about adding high-THC cannabis to low-THC hemp in the next Farm Bill? It’s an idea few in the cannabis advocacy community have considered. Read full article.

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NORML

APRIL 26, 2019

Republican leaders in Wisconsin’s state legislature said that Governor Evers’ medical cannabis and decriminalization budget proposals will not be passed through the legislature this session. Nassau County, New York voted to prohibit retail cannabis sales in the county once it becomes legal in New York state.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Activists in Oregon have filed a 2020 ballot initiative with the Secretary of State that, if approved, would allow social cannabis consumption sites and protect consumers from employment discrimination. Similarly, activists in Arizona are attempting to qualify a 2020 legalization ballot initiative. CO resident? Connecticut.

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NORML

MAY 31, 2019

Governor Steve Sisolak (D) of Nevada signed legislation into law this week to allow individuals to get their records vacated for offenses that are no longer a crime in the state. Members of the New Hampshire Senate voted to delay consideration of a House-passed legalization bill until later this year. IL resident? NV resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

drug enforcement priorities on Native American lands, as more states roll out legal marketplaces for recreational pot. drug enforcement priorities on Native American reservations, as more states roll out legal marketplaces for recreational pot sales. SANTA FE, N.M. I was just open with the officer, straightforward.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2020

House Bill 1089 would prohibit employers terminating an employee for the employee’s lawful off-duty activities that are lawful under state law even if those activities are not lawful under federal law, such as consuming marijuana. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 17, 2022

A 2019 state law permits those convicted of marijuana-specific activities which have since been decriminalized or legalized to submit a written request to the court to have those records sealed. Study explores automatically sealing records on cannabis crimes that are now legal. million) have awarded $1.2

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