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New Jersey: Medical Marijuana Expansion Measure Signed Into Law

NORML

The law also permits specific health care facility employees to operate as patient caregivers. Health care facilities may not be “penalized or denied any benefit under State law solely for permitting or prohibiting the handling, administration, usage, or storage of medical cannabis.”

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House Members Pass Historic Legislation Legitimizing Retail Cannabis Sales

NORML

Why NORML Supports Passage of HR 1595: The Safe Banking Act: Federal law currently defines all marijuana-related endeavors as criminal enterprises, including those commercial activities that are licensed and legally regulated under state laws. Thank you again for your support for NORML and for being on the right side of history.

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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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Oregon: Higher Education Coordinating Commission Reminder “psilocybin facilitator training programs may be required to be licensed by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC)”

Cannabis Law Report

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) has asked that Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS) circulate the attached memo to partners. As a reminder, psilocybin facilitator training programs may be required to be licensed by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC).

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Washington – WSLB – Alert: Re Recent Delivery Judgment – Thurston County Superior Court Judge Indu Thomas

Cannabis Law Report

Fr: Chandra Brady, Education and Enforcement Director. Recently Thurston County Superior Court Judge Indu Thomas affirmed that a Washington State retail cannabis licensee violated state law by offering delivery service for cannabis. To: Cannabis Retail Licensees.

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NYSBA Cannabis Law Section Publishes First Update

Cannabis Law Report

As a practicing attorney, if you have interest in the emerging cannabis market and its legal practice, consider joining this Section to: Further Explore the Practice – Cannabis law affects many other areas of practice, and its legalization impacts local and state law.

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Meredith Fisher-Corn, MD…….”Are You Able to Answer Your Patients’ Medical Marijuana Questions”

TheAnswerPage

As the Editor-in-Chief of the medical education website called TheAnswerPage.com for nearly two decades, I have assessed multiple educational gaps in the healthcare community. Thus, an educational gap developed, creating a less than ideal situation for medical marijuana patients. So, why did this educational gap develop?