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Australia: Victorian MP Fiona Patten Looks To Introduce Her Decriminalization Bill Next Week

Cannabis Law Report

Under the proposed plan, anyone holding a small possession or having used illicit drugs will be referred to a drug education or treatment program. Compliance would also involve a mandatory notice letter from Victoria Police. “That’s not an assertion, it’s a fact proved by domestic and international experience.”

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The Baltic Times: Cannabis policy reform in Lithuania: history, current status, and future challenges

Cannabis Law Report

On Tuesday, the Seimas greenlighted the draft bill that aims to decriminalize personal possession of small amounts of cannabis. The move is another small step in the direction of making cannabis policy more lenient toward consumers who may be otherwise law-abiding citizens. The law defines hemp as the plant with less than 0.2%

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/11/19

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At the state level, Governor Jay Inslee of Washington launched a new program and began granting pardons to those with past criminal misdemeanor marijuana-related convictions on their record. And Dayton, Ohio completely decriminalized cannabis possession, as the city commission decided to eliminate the existing $150 possession fine.

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It is Time to Acknowledge Reality and End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

NORML

Currently, ten states and the District of Columbia have legalized the adult use of marijuana and thirty-three states and DC have medical marijuana programs. This is not just good policy, but good politics. As long as marijuana remains a Schedule I substance, federal policy remains ignorant of this fact.

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Summer 2022: A Brief Cannabis Legalization Update

Cannabis Law Report

– Thirty-seven states allow for medical cannabis use through state run programs. Thirty-eight states have either decriminalized cannabis or enacted laws authorizing its use for medical or recreational adult use. [1] 1] The most recent state to pass legislation is Rhode Island, which authorized an adult use program.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 6/14/19

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Another hearing is scheduled for Thursday, where the Veterans Affairs Committee will discuss various bills that are pending regarding medical cannabis programs and veterans access. At a more local level, the Cincinnati, Ohio city council approved a measure to decriminalize up to 100 grams of cannabis possession. California. Update : S.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/8/19

NORML

Legislation is pending, House Bill 96, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. 333, to amend the state’s existing industrial hemp law to be in compliance with the new federal hemp regulations. AL resident? Legislation is pending, H.