NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Legislation is pending, HCR 2045, that seeks to arbitrarily cap the potency of cannabis flowers at two percent THC.

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MassRoots

AUGUST 3, 2020

New laws expanding the medical marijuana program in Louisiana went into effect on August 1. The state’s medical marijuana program has been criticized for being too limited and too restrictive since the program was established in 2016, but the three laws that went into effect on Saturday aim to improve the situation.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Missouri state regulators began issuing the first of nearly 200 licenses to medical cannabis providers.

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Roers Jones, who sponsored the recently defeated decriminalization bill, is trying to get her language inserted as a part of separate legislation. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. GA resident?

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MMJ Recs

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

This guide aims to navigate the intricate web of cannabis legislation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, exploring key aspects such as medical marijuana laws, cannabis regulations, qualifying conditions, patient eligibility, and the overall impact on the local cannabis industry.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

NY Legislative Gazette. The legislation creates a new “Conditional Adult-use Cannabis Cultivator” license, establishing a pathway for existing New York hemp farmers to apply for a conditional license to grow cannabis in the 2022 growing season for the forthcoming adult-use cannabis market. Michelle Hinchey’s bill S.8084-a.

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NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation. Connecticut. CT resident?

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MMJ Recs

MARCH 14, 2024

Qualifying Conditions for Medical Marijuana in West Virginia West Virginia’s medical marijuana program encompasses an extensive list of qualifying conditions, providing access to patients with various chronic or debilitating diseases.

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Mark Gordon (R) of Wyoming signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. AL resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2021

The 14 people who will oversee Alabama’s new medical marijuana program will gather for the first time Thursday. The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, created by legislation that passed in May, will meet at 1 p.m. The panel faces several deadlines to set up the rules to launch what will be a fully intrastate program.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation into law this week permitting the production of industrial hemp in accordance with the new federal regulations. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation.

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NORML

MAY 17, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Jay Inslee (D) of Washington signed legislation into law to allow individuals with prior low-level cannabis convictions to apply to the sentencing court to have their record vacated. The two measures became law absent Mayor DeBlasio’s signature.

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NORML

MAY 3, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! 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.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed legislation into law to restore patients’ right to smoke medical cannabis. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. California. CA resident? CT resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 16, 2020

Here’s the introduction to their piece………… Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has started its long-awaited cannabis cultivation amnesty program, a major move to pivot cultivators of illicit cannabis into the legal industry. Click the links below to view: Cannabis Cultivation (Amnesty) Bill, 2018.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 3, 2021

On Wednesday, June 30, Governor Tom Wolf (D) of Pennsylvania signed medical cannabis legislation amendments into effect. Under the terms of the legislation, House Bill 1024 will extend cannabis curbside services and indefinitely eradicate the patient cap for actively serving caregivers.

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MMJ Recs

APRIL 19, 2024

From its prohibition to the gradual legalization and implementation of medical cannabis programs, the landscape of marijuana use for medical purposes has shifted dramatically. However, in recent years, public attitudes towards marijuana have shifted, leading to changes in legislation and public policy.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 30, 2022

Legislation unanimously passed by members of the US Senate empowers the US Attorney General to facilitate clinical research trials involving cannabis. Under this proposal, the AG is also provided with the ability to authorize increases in the total number of federally approved marijuana cultivators. NORML write. BILLS-117s253es.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

A complex and comprehensive plan laid out in over 200 pages of legislative text, the CRTA would implement one of the most tightly regulated, highly taxed and heavily controlled legal cannabis markets in the world. development and hiring programs. development and hiring programs.

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Americans for Safe Access

JUNE 2, 2020

On March 23, DEA published a proposed rulemaking —“Controls to Enhance the Cultivation of Marihuana for Research in the United States”—in the Federal Register (85 FR 16292), involving who can grow cannabis in bulk for research purposes.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 9, 2020

On March 31, 2020, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed HB 2870 , which “creates a new social equity program that provides business opportunities to people from disproportionately-harmed communities so they can benefit economically from the cannabis industry and become a cannabis retailer.”

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NORML

JUNE 25, 2019

Pritzker has signed legislation legalizing the adult use of marijuana and regulating its commercial production and retail sale. Illinois is now the eleventh state to legalize adult-use marijuana, and it is the second state to legalize marijuana use via legislative action rather than by voter initiative.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 28, 2022

After signing legislation to protect limited home cultivation for patients and legislation to protect patients rights , Governor Noem has chosen to veto legislation that allows the automatic removal of convictions from a person’s background check for marijuana-related offenses. March 28 NORML write. Source: [link].

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Veriheal

APRIL 14, 2022

France has officially permitted medical cannabis production and cultivation. Prior to the decree’s publication, France had already been busy importing cannabis products for its medical cannabis pilot program. The ANSM Has Been Fronting a Medical Cannabis Pilot Program . According to Statista, 1.5

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation (TOCC), Texas’ leading medical cannabis provider, today released the state’s first 0:1 THC-only medical cannabis tincture. The tincture will be available to qualifying patients throughout Texas under the state’s Compassionate Use Program (CUP).

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 6, 2021

The law still must be confirmed in the Environment Commission, and pass other parliamentary checks before going for a vote, but independent Deputy Zoila Rosa Volio, who first proposed the law last year, said it has the endorsement of the majority of political parties and is considered a priority on the legislative agenda.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 3, 2021

Cuomo’s administration projects that legalization could generate 30,000 to 60,000 jobs across New York and that tax collection from the program could reach $350 million annually, the release states. I look forward to signing this legislation into law.” The legislation proposes to establish a new cannabis tax structure.

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Veriheal

JULY 6, 2021

Wait, Tennessee has a medical cannabis program? The Evolution of Tennessee’s Medical Cannabis Program. This law required that state university-affiliated clinics or hospitals to supervise the study of cannabis oil and authorized Tennessee Tech to cultivate cannabis. This is news to me. I’m a native of Tennessee.

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WeedAdvisor

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Marijuana Moment explains: “Mario Delgado Carrillo, the coordinator of the ruling MORENA party’s bench in the Chamber of Deputies, filed the legislation, arguing that regulating cannabis would promote public health and that having the program overseen by the government would prevent large marijuana companies from monopolizing the industry.”.

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MMJ Recs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This means that the regulations governing the use, cultivation, and distribution of medical marijuana differ considerably from one state to another. Some states have broadly permissive MMJ laws, while others have more restrictive programs. The program is gradually expanding, with limited dispensary licenses.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

These events offer a voice to the large number of registered medical marijuana patients who are deeply dissatisfied with the current program. 13th protest again focuses on the struggles within Pennsylvania’s very restrictive medical marijuana program. Employers and law enforcement are also playing catch up to the new laws.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

To participate in Oklahoma’s medical cannabis program, all that patients need to do is meet with a doctor and receive a medical marijuana recommendation. Oklahoma Medical Cannabis Program Prospers. As of January 6th, there were 386,561 patients enrolled in the program. Oklahoma Medical Cannabis Program’s Problems.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 6, 2021

This legislation is the culmination of over a year of work by my office and external stakeholders,” Mendelson said about the newly proposed legislation. “It In addition, the proposal recognizes how important education is to a well-rounded cannabis program. Equity, Justice, Education. View original article.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Cannabis regulation efforts are usually sold to voters or legislators with the express promise that a state will be able to milk the new industry for all it’s got through cannabis taxes. In other words, from the inception, these programs were designed in large part to raise revenue for the state. Don’t believe me?

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 4, 2022

Lebanon ‘s parliament has passed a law allowing for the cultivation of hemp, the Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Hajj Hassan, said on Monday, though implementation mechanisms had yet to be specified. Cannabis cultivation has increased since 2011 due to a deteriorating security situation in the Bekaa valley.

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Veriheal

JUNE 27, 2023

The pilot program for the New York cannabis farmers market is coming closer to being a reality. This has led cultivators to store the fruits of their labor—in this case, weed. To help growers move some of the abundances of cannabis they are sitting on the OCM came up with the idea of permitting a cannabis farmers market pilot program.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2019

On May 13th New Jersey’s Department of Health (“DOH”) amended it Medicinal Marijuana Program Rules, N.J.A.C. Phil Murphy’s Executive Order #6 tasking the DOH with reviewing all Medicinal Marijuana Program (“Program”) aspects to expand access and eliminate bureaucratic barriers. 24:6I-1, Et.

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