NORML

MARCH 7, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. AL resident? NORML opposes the passage of this legislation.

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NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

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. A medical cannabis access bill was signed into law in the U.S. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

immigration law, any non-U.S. Serious immigration consequences can result even in states where employees may be protected from employer sanctions based on marijuana use. Currently, 37 states (and the District of Columbia) have decriminalized marijuana or enacted laws authorizing its use for medical or recreational purposes.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Phil Murphy signed into law a package of bills that create the rules and regulations regarding the state’s legal cannabis industry. The new laws follow last November’s statewide vote to legalize cannabis for all adults. For a full guide to cannabis laws in New Jersey, see Leafly’s guide to marijuana in New Jersey.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

On January 13 , Virginia NORML, along with eight more regional NORML chapters will lobby state lawmakers in Richmond in support of decriminalizing minor marijuana possession. on January 20 , Join NORML Women of Washington for our 4th Annual Lobby Day, at the State Capitol in Olympia at 9am. Meetings will begin at 9am.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Update : SB 2 was approved by the Senate Judiciary Criminal Law Subcommittee on 1/23/20. CO resident? VA resident? WA resident?

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NORML

MAY 3, 2019

Governor Jay Inslee (D) of Washington signed legislation into law allowing medical cannabis to be accessed by patients on school grounds, and separate legislation allowing the production of industrial hemp in accordance with new federal hemp regulations. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. AL resident?

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

MARCH 7, 2019

The marijuana harvested from the plants grown at these covert cultivation sites was processed and then sold on the black market to buyers in both California and Nevada. The Los Angeles CANNABIS LAW Group represents growers, dispensaries, collectives, patients and those facing marijuana charges. Call us at 714-937-2050.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. This created issues for law enforcement and testing facilities in determining the difference between legal hemp and illegal marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 6, 2022

On June 28th, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas released a statement pertaining to the federal ban on the cultivation and use of marijuana within states where he noted that it “may no longer be necessary or proper.” United States. s government to decriminalize medical marijuana under local ordinance. 08/05/2021.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

Legislation is pending, House Bill 550, to expand the state’s marijuana decriminalization law. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of expanded decriminalization. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 420, permit qualifying patients to cultivate personal use quantities of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

Every day NORML Chapters from around the country invest countless hours in advocating for meaningful marijuana law reforms on the local, state and federal level! “If it’s state law, it [should be] state law everywhere,” she says, criticizing all the exemptions.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed legislation into law to restore patients’ right to smoke medical cannabis. Governor Ralph Northam (D) of Virginia signed legislation into law that will allow medical cannabis oil to be administered to patients on school property. CT resident? GA resident? HI resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The vast majority of the people, including myself, wanted to decriminalize the use of marijuana. The state allows indoor cultivation of up to six plants for personal use per household, which municipalities cannot ban. “Everyone keeps coming in here with statistics saying that 70% of the people have passed in favor of Prop.

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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. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation into law this week permitting the production of industrial hemp in accordance with the new federal regulations. AZ resident? Connecticut.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 16, 2019

The research, which was published in the journal Ecological Economics earlier this month, is thought to be the first of its kind to analyze the effects of legalization policies on illegal outdoor grows in national forests throughout the United States. Meanwhile, an increase in law enforcement presence only made a slight difference (a 2.5

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

For the past 50 years, federal law has prohibited the use, cultivation, and distribution of cannabis. Recreational cannabis is legal in 18 states and the District of Columbia. And another 13 states have decriminalized cannabis. 23 December 2021. by Joshua A. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 27, 2021

[co-author: Denver Donchez – Law Clerk]. For the past 50 years, federal law has prohibited the use, cultivation, and distribution of cannabis. Recreational cannabis is legal in 18 states and the District of Columbia. And another 13 states have decriminalized cannabis.

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NORML

MARCH 29, 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. In Texas, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence passed a marijuana decriminalization bill out of committee this week. CT resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

Even the federal government is beginning to change course: Early this year, President Obama predicted that if enough states decriminalize marijuana, Congress might remove it from the list of Schedule I drugs, and he has informed officials in Washington and Colorado that the Justice Department will not prosecute anyone who complies with state laws.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

The cannabis plant (“marijuana”) remains a Schedule I drug under federal law, despite the increasing number of states legalizing cannabis. It has long been held that no human can lay claim to nature’s handywork, such as natural phenomena, laws of nature, abstract ideas, and other basic building blocks on which all inventions rest. [3]

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 5, 2020

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) will not grant such protection for marks that cover goods and/or services that are a violation of federal law, regardless of whether the activities associated with the goods or services is legal under state law. See 37 C.F.R.

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NORML

APRIL 20, 2019

At the state level, Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed legislation into law to facilitate regulations governing the licensed production and distribution of oils and other products containing limited amounts of plant-derived THC. Governor Laura Kelly (D) of Kansas signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. AL resident?

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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

This Act amends the Controlled Substances Act to reduce the number of instances in which federal law enforcement agencies could carry out legal actions against state-licensed cannabis businesses or other related enterprises. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) of New Mexico signed cannabis decriminalization legislation into law.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 18, 2019

However, the patchwork of state laws regarding the legal status of cannabis, as well as inconsistencies between state and federal law on this topic, have rendered certain types of IP rights, particularly trademark rights, elusive for many cannabis entrepreneurs. IP and the Controlled Substances Act.

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NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

Governor Janet Mills (D) of Maine signed legislation into law setting rules and regulations for the adult use cannabis market. Governor Chris Sununu (R) of New Hampshire signed legislation into law allowing physicians assistants to recommend medical cannabis to their patients. California. DE resident? North Carolina. North Carolina.

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Legislation Access Decriminalization Patients 108

Medicinal Marijuana Association

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Cultivating marijuana is now legal in several states in the United States as well as Canada for licensed professionals. Other rules govern cultivation, storage, pest control, packaging and inventory. Even after decriminalization of state laws, it’s still in the law that possession of four ounces or more is a felony.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

The National Institute on Drug Abuse published a grant notice to encourage research on the effects of changing US cannabis laws and policies on public health. The Department is opposing the bill on grounds that it will create significant problems by bringing the state into conflict with federal laws designed to prevent money laundering.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 12, 2021

But I imagine, it’s all connected that it also has an effect on like a product development and even cultivation and R&D perspective, if there’s less of a market, if there’s more money to be made on the recreational side, that these products are also not being developed as much, which is probably the biggest shame.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The bill aims to provide reparations to communities most often targeted by law enforcement, by giving grants to local organizations that provide wealth building services for targeted communities. The legislation is currently sponsored by nearly 30 state legislators and has staunch support from the cannabis industry.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

We believe that a tolerant response from the Department of Justice will precipitate meaningful dialogue around commerce between producer states like ours and any number of legal or legalizing adult-use or medical states that would themselves benefit from access to a stable, sustainable, and world class supply chain. What would DOJ do?

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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, House Bill 708 / Senate Bill 686, to legalize the use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of small amounts of marijuana for adults. AZ resident?

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NORML

APRIL 26, 2019

At the state level, Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed a package of bills into law to expand the state’s medical cannabis access program. Legislation is pending, House Bill 96 / Senate Bill 98, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. AL resident? AL resident? AL resident?

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NewsMunchies

DECEMBER 22, 2021

federal law as a Schedule 1 drug puts us far behind our international partners and scientific competitors, including the U.K., Most Americans have access to either medical or adult-use cannabis under state laws. Since 2012, 18 states and Washington, D.C., Marijuana’s categorization under U.S. South Korea and Israel.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Everyday NORML Chapters from around the country invest countless hours in advocating for meaningful marijuana law reforms on the local, state and federal level! NORML Chapters Organized and Energized for State Legislative Sessions in 2019. Washington NORML Continues to Make Home Cultivation a Top Legislative Priority.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. Although cannabis remains federally illegal, as a medical or recreational user of cannabis, you still have rights when it comes to your personal healthcare, law enforcement encounters, your employment, your housing, transportation, and your individual privacy. LAW ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The House Education & Labor Committee approved a bill to repeal the Higher Education Act Aid Elimination Penalty, a federal law that has stripped college financial aid from hundreds of thousands of students with convictions for cannabis or other drugs. Dentons partner Eric Berlin teaches at Northwestern, speaks at Aon conference.

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