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New Mexico: Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization, Other Reform Bills

NORML

State lawmakers have approved a series of bills reducing penalties for marijuana possession offenses and strengthening and expanding legal protections for medical cannabis patients. DECRIMINALIZATION. Senate Bill 323 amends minor marijuana possession penalties. INDUSTRIAL HEMP. LEGALIZATION.

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Hawaii: Governor to Let Marijuana Decriminalization to Become Law

NORML

David Ige publicly stated this week that he does not intend to veto pending legislation to decriminalize low-level marijuana possession offenses. It also provides procedures for the courts to grant an expungement order for those previously convicted of a marijuana possession offense involving no more than three grams.

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Texas: Marijuana Decriminalization Bill to be Considered on House Floor

NORML

On Thursday, April 25, members of the Texas House of Representatives are scheduled to consider a marijuana decriminalization bill. Thursday will be the first time in decades that marijuana decriminalization will be discussed on the House Floor.

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Hawaii: Measure Decriminalizing Minor Marijuana Possession Becomes Law Absent Governor’s Signature

NORML

David Ige failed to take action on legislation decriminalizing low-level marijuana possession offenses, thereby allowing the measure to become law without his signature. Twenty-six states and Washington, DC have either legalized or decriminalized the adult possession and use of marijuana. Democratic Gov.

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Hemp Misclassification Inadvertently Decriminalizes Marijuana in Texas

WeedAdvisor

The 2018 Farm Bill released hemp from its status as a Schedule I controlled substance. 1325, which officially legalized hemp. However, the new definition of “hemp” created a slew of new problems for states like Texas, where marijuana is still very much illegal. THC or less, while anything higher is marijuana.

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Thailand Decriminalizes Cannabis, But Not Really

Canna Law Blog

As of yesterday, June 9, 2022, the home cultivation of low tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) cannabis in Thailand is legal. This constitutes a milestone for cannabis reform in the country and the region at large, but the Thai changes fall short of the “decriminalization” widely touted in the press. continue to be illegal.

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Thailand Reverses Historic Cannabis Decriminilization Decision

Veriheal

Thailand’s newly elected government is looking to reverse its historic decriminalization of cannabis. The announcement comes a short 18 months after it became the first Asian country to decriminalize cannabis back in June 2022. The newest decriminalization bill introduced in January 2024 , meanwhile, seems to have the support to pass.