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NORML Op-Ed: Ending Cannabis Bigotry Is Long Overdue

NORML

After a century of failed policies and canna-bigotry, Americans are ready to move in a different direction — one that legalizes, regulates, and educates. The post NORML Op-Ed: Ending Cannabis Bigotry Is Long Overdue appeared first on NORML.

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House Members Pass Historic Legislation Legitimizing Retail Cannabis Sales

NORML

Today’s vote is a significant victory for the cannabis reform movement and here’s why: for the first time ever, a supermajority of the House voted affirmatively to recognize that the legalization and regulation of marijuana is a superior public policy to prohibition and criminalization.

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The Changing Landscape of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What Patients Should Know

Canna Care Docs

MPAA) the states leading voice for patient rights and cannabis policy reform. Without intentional education, the value of the medical program may be overlooked, especially by new or casual cannabis users. Outdated Regulations and Policy Stagnation: The medical program cannot thrive under outdated rules.

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It is Time to Acknowledge Reality and End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

NORML

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. Worse still, these policies are applied in racially disparate ways, overwhelmingly those arrested are people of color or members of other marginalized communities.

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Nevada: A Monumental Year for Cannabis Reform

NORML

The Battle Born State made national history with the passing and the subsequent signing by Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak of Assembly Bill 132, which would prohibit employers within the state from rejecting an applicant based solely on a positive result for cannabis in a drug test. . ” said Nevada NORML Director Madisen Saglibene.

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Illinois Legislature Passes the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act

NORML

With Governor Pritzker’s Signature, Illinois will become the first state in history to legislatively legalize and regulate cannabis sales. ” “Today’s outcome is the result of years of volunteers educating the public and lobbying lawmakers in Illinois.

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Forthcoming Title: The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact By Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin

Cannabis Law Report

“Legendary chemist, nuanced psychonaut of molecular structure-activity relations, deep thinker on issues of societal policy, engaging storyteller, inspirational teacher, and all-around good human being — Sasha Shulgin takes us on an alchemical educational journey as if we were sitting there as students in the class from which this text arose.

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