Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 17, 2022

A 2019 state law permits those convicted of marijuana-specific activities which have since been decriminalized or legalized to submit a written request to the court to have those records sealed. However, fewer than one-third of these programs provide automatic relief. Local officials in Clark County (population: 2.2

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Decriminalization Programs Collective Cannabis 97

The Blunt Truth

MAY 6, 2021

Attorney General Garland reiterates his disinterest in prosecuting marijuana users abiding by state law. The Texas legislature moves on cannabis decriminalization. In state news, the Texas House passed several bills dealing with cannabis. One would decriminalize marijuana possession. cannabis research bills.

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Decriminalization State Laws Collective CBD 111

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 20, 2020

The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Reports: SPRINGFIELD — Smelling and seeing cannabis justified probable cause for a police officer in central Illinois to search a man’s car, despite cannabis’ decriminalization and legalization for medical purposes at the time, a unanimous Illinois Supreme Court majority ruled Thursday.

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Decriminalization Cannabis Law Collective 64

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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Legislation Patients Decriminalization Access 240

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Rogoway Law. On July 1, 2021, when the State of Virginia’s and the State of Connecticut’s cannabis legalization took effect , 18 states across the nation had legalized adult-use cannabis. Educational programs in the fields of cannabis, including for health benefits, state laws, etc.

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Events Law Legalization Decriminalization 52

NORML

FEBRUARY 29, 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. The measure prohibits the release of past records for any marijuana offense that is no longer defined as a crime under state law.

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Legislation Decriminalization Edibles Patients 145

Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We discussed how licensed facilities won’t be up and running for a few more years, and how, in the meantime, people will have to make do with general decriminalization under Measure 109 and maybe, in certain cases, reliance on Right to Try access. Unlike with many precursor state laws, no institutional review board review is required.

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Therapy Clinical Trials Decriminalization Patients 79

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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Legislation Decriminalization Patients THC 233

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 23, 2021

Today, adult use of cannabis, which is classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), is legal in 18 states, and the medical use of cannabis is legal in 37 states, though cannabis use remains illegal under federal law. Restorative Justice and Opportunity Programs.

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Research and Development DEA Programs State Laws 105

NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

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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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 190

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. Reciprocity and expansion of the medical marijuana program are also priorities for 2020. Lobby Day HB 1089 Employee Lawful Off-duty Activity.

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Legislation Decriminalization Patients Policy 130

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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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 165

NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Rather, defendants will be ordered to complete a diversion program or partake in community service. Under state law , marijuana possession offenses involving over 42.5 Freeman said the policy change was necessary because he believes that the state law is overly punitive and produces racial disparities in incarceration rates.

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Marijuana Policy State Laws Programs 123

SpeedWeed

MARCH 11, 2021

Last week, Washington became the second US state to decriminalize drug possession. But unlike Oregon, where decriminalization was approved by a majority of voters on a ballot initiative, Washington’s sudden decriminalization came by way of its highest court. .

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Decriminalization Legislation Law Media 52

NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) re-introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which protects those engaged in state-lawful medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. Click here to email your member of Congress and urge them to join the Cannabis Caucus.

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Legislation Clinical Trials Research and Development Access 121

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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Legislation Decriminalization Access Therapy 163

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The 54-year-old is enrolled in the state’s medical marijuana program to ease post-traumatic stress and anxiety. New Mexico first approved the drug’s medical use in 2007, while Picuris Pueblo decriminalized medical pot for members in 2015. I was just open with the officer, straightforward. 29 encounter.

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Legalization Decriminalization Recreational State Laws 52

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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Law Legalization Marijuana Packaging 52

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? WI resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Safety Cultivation 158

Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2021

It may be tempting to drive across neighboring state lines with more cannabis-friendly laws. However, the number of states that will authorize qualified patients from out-of-state medical marijuana programs is still relatively small. . Which States Accept Out-of-State MMJ Cards? (Not California.

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Patients Marijuana Concentrates Recreational 117

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The more wide-ranging bill (H 174/S 72), which a spokesperson said is a priority for House Speaker Ron Mariano, addresses aspects of state laws that cannabis regulators and industry entrepreneurs have been increasingly vocal about taking issue with. Committee advancing marijuana cafe, host agreement bill .

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Seed-To-Sale Consumption Compliance Compliance 52

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! “But we’ve had significant problems with the (existing) medical cannabis program that we still have not been able to fix.”

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Decriminalization Patients Legislation Law 120

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2022

Thirty-nine states allow the use of medical marijuana, while 18 states and the District of Columbia permit both medical and recreational marijuana. 1 Despite what would appear to be increasingly lawful access to cannabis, it is still classified by U.S. Federal Laws Restricting Controlled Substances on Campus.

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Research and Development Education Programs Policy 52

The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

And speaking of CBD, Seyfarth has a program coming up on that topic. Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen approved a medical marijuana initiative to appear on the November ballot late last week. Assembly Bill 1525 allows cannabis banking under California state law. Florida has legalized medical marijuana edibles.

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DEA CBD Banking Edibles 98

NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. Legislation is pending, House Bill 550, to expand the state’s marijuana decriminalization law. IA resident?

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Legislation Access Patients THC 187

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. CA resident? CT resident? GA resident? HI resident?

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Legislation Hemp Patients Compliance 135

Veriheal

JANUARY 19, 2023

Board of Pharmacy Operated Outside of Its Authority The latest rolling by Judge Joe Hardy, however, establishes that the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy did not hold the authority to regulate cannabis under state law and ordered the agency to remove cannabis’s listing from the state’s CSA.

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Research and Development Medicine Cannabis Advocacy 98

Canna Law Blog

JULY 1, 2020

The Effort to Decriminalize Psilocybin in California is Underway. Amend or affect state law, to the extent that a person does not manufacture, deliver, or possess psilocybin products in accordance with the provisions of sections 3 to 129 of the Act and rules adopted under sections 3 to 129 of the Act.

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Research and Development Therapy Education Conditions 58

NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Additionally, Representatives Charlie Crist (D-FL) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced The Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act to explicitly bar federal agencies from discriminating against workers solely because of their status as a cannabis consumer, or due to testing positive for marijuana use on a workplace drug test.

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Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 144

The Blunt Truth

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The committee memorandum has a great graphic of state marijuana laws – only three states allow no marijuana consumption in any form. And speaking of state laws, several jurisdictions are moving forward with some form of legalization. Cuomo’s bill introduced last month.

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Banking Decriminalization Consumption State Laws 40

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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Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 179

Puff Puff Post

OCTOBER 24, 2019

. — Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states where medical marijuana is legal , students disciplined for using it are taking their schools to court. Thirty-three states and Washington, D.C.,

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Policy Chronic Pain State Laws Recreational 40

Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2022

He also rejected requests to lift a federal ban on harm reduction policies like syringe exchange programs. Yet in an exit interview published by Rolling Stone in 2000, Clinton appeared to endorse cannabis reform, saying that he thinks that “most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be.”.

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Otherside Farms

MAY 5, 2020

As a refresher, in the United States, marijuana is illegal at the federal level. Still, it is legally approved for recreational use in many states and Washington, D.C., and decriminalized in many others. This trend of decriminalization means the market is prime for those looking to start weed businesses. Crowdfunding.

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Business Banking Seed-To-Sale Compliance 52

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Even though 47 states have legalized cannabis for some forms of medical use , New York significantly falls behind its neighbors in terms of marijuana legislation. This guide will uncover key facts about recreational and medical marijuana use and the history of its laws in the state of New York. .

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Marijuana Consumption Dispensary Vaping 59

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. Late last week, the North Dakota State Senate overwhelmingly passed a measure to expand the state’s medical marijuana program.

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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 166

NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

New York state lawmakers approved legislation on Friday to further expand cannabis decriminalization and expunge certain records. Governor John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana signed legislation into law to deschedule hemp and hemp-derived CBD from the state’s list of controlled substances. CA resident? CA resident?

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Legislation Hemp Decriminalization Agriculture 185