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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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Weekly Legislative Roundup 6/21/19

NORML

Governor Kate Brown (D) signed legislation into law to to automatically conduct a review of past misdemeanor cannabis convictions, and to “set aside” offenses that are no longer a crime under state law. Update : SB 223 was heard and approved by the Assembly Education Committee on 6/19/19. California.

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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

Cannabis Law Report

In Indianapolis on January 29, a quiet, eager audience of nurses give their rapt attention to Jason Straw as he takes center stage at the 2020 ISNA Policy Conference. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. Whiting, P.F.,

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General Counsel’s Corner: Cannabis Use in Hospitals

Cannabis Law Report

As our firm’s prior information memos on cannabis have shown 1 , the legalization of marijuana for recreational or medical use in states still poses legal issues in higher education due to marijuana’s illegality under federal law. This memo highlights those issues for higher education lawyers who advise medical facilities.

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UMB Welcomes its First Wave of Medical Cannabis Program Graduates

Veriheal

Besides these benefits, the course will also help to establish a well-informed medical cannabis policy. . in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics program encourages enrollees to expand their knowledge on the following areas of the medical cannabis movement: Federal and state laws and policies pertaining to the medical cannabis industry.

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Connecticut Becomes the 20th Jurisdiction to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

The Blunt Truth

However, employers still must be mindful of the state law protections currently available to medical marijuana users including, among other things, not taking adverse action or otherwise discriminating against someone based solely on their status as a qualifying medical marijuana patient or their possession of medical marijuana.

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Cannabis reforms must include medical cannabis: here’s why

The Cannigma

This bill assumes that federal standards for medical cannabis are not needed because patients are protected under state medical cannabis programs, but that logic is flawed. As political pendulums swing, so too can state law, which we continue to see all around the country.

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