NORML

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

While most of the recent media conversation around cannabis and the Super Bowl surrounded the ability for a medical marijuana company’s attempt to air an advertisement, one of the issues raised by various NORML members over the last few weeks has been more focused on the actual well-being of the players themselves.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 14, 2021

Cannabiz has a report saying… the Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association (AMCA) company secretary Teresa Nicoletti has announced the organisation’s second year will see the creation of a compassionate access scheme for patients. However, the discussions faltered after federal legislation was enacted.

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NORML

OCTOBER 2, 2019

However, this time, they’ve taken their advocacy to our nation’s capital for NORML’s National Conference to lobby for reform on the federal level and expanded access to medicinal cannabis, such as The MORE Act and the Veterans Affairs Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2019.

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NORML

APRIL 3, 2020

Medical cannabis is essential and while we commend our state officials for declaring that centers will remain open during the state of emergency, we need to ensure our patients have uninterrupted access to their life saving medicine, especially during these uncertain times.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

Buffington will split her time between Santa Fe Farms in her new role and as a policy consultant for the Hemp Feed Coalition (HFC) as the HFC’s first ever application for hemp-fed laying hens gains federal approval from the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM).

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 2, 2023

SYCHEDELIC MEDICINE COALITION BUILDS OUT ADVOCACY FOOTPRINT: A coalition of advocates pushing for looser regulations governing the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs is moving to build out its lobbying footprint in Washington.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 7, 2022

January 6, 2022 (WASHINGTON D.C.) – Plant Medicine Coalition, a nonprofit membership and advocacy organization that lobbies the federal government regarding psychedelic policy, has changed its name to Psychedelic Medicine Coalition (PMC). He has represented and advised leading plant medicines companies for 15 years.

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NORML

APRIL 29, 2019

On April 30, the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing for multiple pieces of legislation, including the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act, the Veterans Equal Access Act and the Veterans Cannabis Use for Safe Healing Act.

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NORML

JANUARY 7, 2020

Over the course of twelve months, the proud fighters of the Las Vegas chapter have taken cannabis advocacy, education and community to otherworldly levels through a variety of far-reaching ways. Tina showed the true power of Nevada NORML’s advocacy on a national level. Organized a virtual lobbying mission on Veterans’ Day.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

Canada’s Cannabis License Holders are broadly distributed across Canada, representing the sector’s untold advocacy strength” said George Smitherman, President and CEO of the Cannabis Council of Canada (C3). Election advocacy training sessions open to all Health Canada License Holders.

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The Cannigma

JULY 17, 2022

What started as providing information quickly grew into a network of organization, advocacy, research, and education. . Realm of Caring serves to fill this gap; to prove cannabis can serve as a legitimate medicine through our Observational Research Registry with Johns Hopkins University.”. All of this research and advocacy adds up.

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Americans for Safe Access

JUNE 6, 2018

The air was filled with excitement that the ECDD was finally beginning the process of looking at new information regarding cannabis as medicine. A process that has been long overdue considering the original scheduling of cannabis was created based on a report produced by the Health Committee of the League of Nations back in 1935.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

ABC Australia reports A newly formed group with a vision to offer medicinal cannabis education, advocacy and peer support to nurses has launched this week.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 8, 2021

Advocacy group TheraPsil is teaming up with lawyers to pressure the government to grant access and develop regulations. More than ever, Canadians want to use psychedelics as medicine to relieve severe mental distress, but after a promising stretch of granted exemptions, regulator Health Canada appears to be stalling the process.

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NORML

MARCH 7, 2019

Also introduced was The Marijuana Data Collection Act of 2019 , which would study the effects of state legalized medicinal and non-medicinal marijuana programs from a variety of perspectives, including state revenues, public health, substance abuse and opioids, criminal justice, and employment.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The Humboldt County Growers Alliance, a trade association that represents 275 licensed cannabis businesses in Humboldt County, recently joined the Origins Council as a regional partner for state and federal cannabis advocacy.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 29, 2022

The Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association (AMCA) has announced a number of resignations following its board meeting in June. Cymra Life Sciences CEO Joel Hardy, University of Sydney associate professor Nial Wheate, advocacy consultant Leon Beswick and Rita Martin from the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association have all stood down.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

That very situation presented itself in Indonesia earlier this year, as cannabis was first declared a medicinal plant, then quickly revised to remain an illegal substance. This decree listed cannabis, along with 65 other plants, as “medicinal.” Indonesia’s Initial Declaration. The Decree Will Be Revised .

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In addition to his support of advocacy for regenerative organic agriculture, David directs Dr. Bronner’s resources to support animal advocacy, wage equality, and drug policy reform. Los’s mission in life is to impact the planet as an advocate for natural medicine. Julia Mirer. Kelly Bender. Patrick Moher.

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NORML

JANUARY 27, 2020

Delaware has approximately 9000 medical cannabis patients who depend on cannabis as a medicine, but insurance does not cover the cost of cannabis. Allowing patients to grow their own cannabis at home could dramatically increase access. Most patients respond best to specific strains of cannabis.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Patients and their caregivers could also apply for a permit to cultivate and process their own cannabis for their own personal medicinal use, with undetermined restrictions to be left to regulations put forth by the OCM. The explicit language barring patients from “smoking” would be removed.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Plant medicine use has long shaped and informed American Indian cultural, clan and familial identity. Today plant medicines like peyote, datura and others continue to play an important role within many tribal communities as they struggle to overcome the legacy of European conquest and colonization.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 12, 2022

The workgroup will include a member of the Psychedelic Medicine Alliance of Washington as well as other community, health care, and regulatory representatives. Washington legislators fund $200,000 USD for a Psilocybin Wellness Workgroup to research and write a report that will inform a pathway for future legislation. ?

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

All-star basketball player Kevin Durant recently scored a historic victory for cannabis advocacy. In recent years, other major US sports leagues, including the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), and Major League Baseball (MLB), have taken significant steps for cannabis advocacy and normalization.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Missouri, Ohio and West Virginia are among states bordering Kentucky that have approved legislation pertaining to medicinal marijuana. Perry Clark’s “Shauna’s Law”; (SB83) which provides workplace protections for public employees who fail a drug test related to use of a legal industrial product, such as CBD.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 5, 2021

ONE year on from the formal recognition of the potential for cannabis as a medicine almost 200 global advocacy and civil society groups are backing for calls for greater transparency over emerging new cannabis guidelines. This decision legitimated the normalisation of cannabis medicines in healthcare systems. CBE write.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 8, 2025

GTI issued a statement claiming to have always supported patient access to medicine. We have a history of championing patients, including leading advocacy efforts to ensure patients could access their products during the pandemic, and most recently, preserve curbside pickup services for patients, the statement read.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

It is my determination that this legislation will allow those veterans who can benefit from the medicinal use of cannabis to have a safe and regulated way to access their treatment. Research published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs found a 75% reduction in Clinician-Administered Posttraumatic Scale scores following cannabis therapy.

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NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

This means that some patients must travel long distances and pay exorbitant prices to obtain their medicine. 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. NH resident? NY resident? NM resident? IN resident?

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LifeCannMD

APRIL 28, 2025

“If you knew what I know about this medicine and the people who need it,” he once said, “you’d do the same thing.” He’s been less visible in public since then, but his advocacy for RSO and medical cannabis continues. Instead, he wanted everyone to have access to it. The truth is complicated.

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NORML

AUGUST 13, 2019

Priority legislation includes: the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act , the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act , the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act and more! Third, use NORML’s Action Center to contact your members of Congress in support of marijuana law reform efforts.

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The Cannigma

MAY 16, 2025

There are still medical cannabis patients going to jail and losing their homes, custody of their children, and their jobs, regardless of the market from which they purchased their medicine. are about FDA-approved drugs vs Herbal Medicine, THC vs. no-THC, Harm Reduction vs. Prison. Make it make sense. Where Do We Go from Here?

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 23, 2020

Each of the advisory board members brings a unique perspective that will be crucial in helping inform and guide the CPG industry’s advocacy approach on this rapidly evolving issue.”. Michael Taylor, former deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “I

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NORML

MARCH 19, 2019

Having witnessed the early days of medical cannabis caregiving in California as a patient living with Crohn’s Disease, Bacca feels it is imperative to protect patients’ rights to botanical medicine. The JA expands qualifying physicians under the OMMP to naturopaths, physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

“The federal government should never stand between our veterans and their medicine. The current federal prohibitions on cannabis are unnecessary, harmful, and counterproductive,” said Congresswoman Lee. ” You can read NORML’s Fact Sheet on Marijuana and Veterans Issues HERE.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 30, 2024

GTI issued a statement claiming to have always supported patient access to medicine. “We We have a history of championing patients, including leading advocacy efforts to ensure patients could access their products during the pandemic, and most recently, preserve curbside pickup services for patients,” the statement read.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 10, 2023

Prior to specializing in integrative health and medical cannabis, Katie worked in primary care, oncology, women’s health, and adolescent medicine, helping people of all ages manage diverse health challenges and chronic conditions. For Consumer Cannabis Council information about membership, click here.

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