NORML

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

2019 was a record year for marijuana reform, with more NORML chapters holding lobby days than ever before. With the 2020 legislative session already in full swing in many states, NORML chapters across the country are organizing lobby days to advocate for sensible reform policies in their state. Florida NORML Lobby Days.

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Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2021

This blog was originally written by Anthony Dutcher but has been updated with new information as states continue to change their regulations nationwide. Looking to find your medical cannabis in a state that hasn’t yet legalized it? That doesn’t mean you can’t access a green state’s medical marijuana programs, though.

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CannaMD

MAY 6, 2020

However, given rapidly evolving – and often complicated – laws surrounding medical marijuana, many patients feel overwhelmed. Is it okay to use legally purchased medical marijuana in states where it’s not legal? Can you use your medical marijuana card in different states? State vs. federal law. CALIFORNIA.

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The Joint Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Starting New Year’s Day in Illinois those who are 21 and older will be able to legally allowed to buy up to 30 grams of marijuana up to 5 grams of marijuana oil or hash, and up to 500 grams of THC-infused products such as edibles at licensed commercial dealers throughout the state.

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NORML

JANUARY 2, 2019

Everyday NORML Chapters from around the country invest countless hours in advocating for meaningful marijuana law reforms on the local, state and federal level! Thus every pound of cannabis which is donated free of charge to legal patients is liable for nearly $1000 in state taxes.”. Read more from NORML.org !

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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! NORML Announces Plans for 2019 Conference and Lobby Day. Ali Nagib, Deputy Director, Illinois NORML. ” Read more from NORML.org ! .

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NORML

JULY 3, 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! NORML Announces Plans for 2019 Conference and Lobby Day. Rochester NORML Publishes Report to Highlight Arrest Rates for Marijuana Offenses.

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 9, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Let’s start with a look at the new marijuana market in Illinois. First day sales topped $3 million and 77,000 transactions at more than 40 dispensaries. Will that change in 2020?

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

On January 1st, 2020, Illinois became the 11th state to legalize adult-use marijuana. For months leading up to the New Year, HLG attorney, Larry Mishkin , was racing to file applications and licenses for cannabusinesses that wanted to ensure they would be compliant with the State’s laws rolling into 2020. .

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2019

IDPH Making Effort – we are somewhat pleasantly SHOCKED and SURPRISED that the Illinois Dept. of Public Health in particular, and State of Illinois government, in general, seems to be making a REAL and CONCERTED effort to implement cannabis policy. We have addressed the outrageous terms of that lease elsewhere.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Illinois General Assembly passed SB 1557 , revising the language of the Recreational Cannabis Law to reduce but not completely eliminate employer liabilities. However, the Act raised questions about new potential liabilities for Illinois employers. Young & Craig Simonsen on November 26, 2019.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 21, 2019

The Illinois General Assembly has been working on a marijuana legalization bill this session. The Senate Bill would protect employer rights to ban marijuana and discipline employees for use. Across the country, states are moving to legalize medical and recreational marijuana.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The big news on Capitol Hill this week was the Senate’s lack of action on the banking bill. On the state level, New Jersey legislators passed a bill to put legalization on the 2020 ballot.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 1, 2022

This Map Shows Where You Can Obtain Legal Marijuana in the U.S. Marijuana legalization is spreading across the country. You can throw a stone and hit a news report about yet another state legalizing marijuana these days. Right Now . This map depicts the location.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 20, 2021

New Jersey lawmakers approved initial rules on August 19 that will set up the foundation for the state’s retail cannabis market. The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission met to discuss and incorporate rules that will regulate the state’s adult-use cannabis trade. Towns cannot ban delivery sales, per the new rules.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 7, 2021

Legalizing marijuana for adults has been a wise investment. Since 2014, when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use marijuana sales.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Everyday NORML Chapters from around the country invest countless hours in advocating for meaningful marijuana law reforms on the local, state and federal level! Mid-Missouri NORML Hosted Medical Marijuana Panel Discussion. Virginia NORML Hosted 2019 Cannabis Conference and Lobby Day. ” Read more from WTKR News 3 !

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Buffalo Grove has yet to allow retail sales of recreational marijuana in the village, but it now has a tax in place if it becomes a reality next year. Deputy Village Manager Christopher Stilling said Buffalo Grove could, by a conservative estimate, collect $300,000 to $400,000 a year through the tax. Source: [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

As we entered 2020, twelve states had legalized adult-use, recreational marijuana. Forbes recently reported that eighteen states could join that number, totalling 30 by the end of this year. A number of states have enacted policies to cover workers comp insurance for employees of marijuana businesses.

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NORML

MAY 1, 2019

Everyday NORML Chapters from around the country invest countless hours in advocating for meaningful marijuana law reforms on the local, state and federal level! NORML Announces Plans for 2019 Conference and Lobby Day. Virginia NORML Hosts Marijuana Decriminalization Panel Discussion. ” Read more from NORML.org ! .

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Welcome to The Week in Weed’s look back at the news of 2019; whether the year has flown by or seemed to last forever, it’s (almost) over now. In tribute to Dave Barry and his always hilarious Year in Review , we’ll organize these stories by month. In March, no news was big news.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 16, 2020

On Saturday, Boston’s WGBH broadcast images of customers lining up outside New England Treatment Access (NETA) in Brookline, one of the few licensed cannabis stores operating in Massachusetts. In California, delivery services and stores report 4/20 and Black Friday-style sales volume has arrived early this year, thanks to COVID-19.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

New regulations would allow farmers to get an independent license. With hemp being made legal in the 2018 Farm Bill, there are now 29 states operating with approved hemp plans. Thanks to decades-old cannabis prohibition, hemp has been confused with its notorious cousin marijuana for quite some time. THC or less.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Last week, the Illinois legislature passed a landmark bill authorizing recreational marijuana. The bill, formally known as the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the “Act”), will make it legal under state law for adults 21 and older to purchase and possess limited amounts of cannabis, beginning on January 1, 2020.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Labor Day weekend legal cannabis sales should hit $240 million across the US, according to the analysts at Akerna. For one, weed’s great for chilling, and the long Labor Day weekend is one of the biggest holidays of the year. Ten years ago, carts debuted filled with distillate —the butane extract of dried, cured buds.

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NORML

DECEMBER 10, 2019

On November 5, 2016, Maine’s voters legalized recreational, or adult-use, marijuana. But now we’re nearing the end of 2019, and Maine still hasn’t started its adult-use sales. During her terms, she introduced two marijuana legalization bills, first in 2011 and again in 2013.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 29, 2019

CST on January 1, 2020, any person 21 years of age or older will be able to purchase marijuana in a licensed Illinois adult use dispensary. The problem is that the Illinois statute requires the SEA to own 51% or more of the company and to have control of the day-to-day operations of the entity.

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

MARCH 25, 2020

The Department of Agriculture granted approval to the first cultivation center to begin actually growing cannabis on July 10, 2015, and the facility planted its first seeds three days later, nearly two years into the four-year pilot program. At that point, Illinois had roughly 3,300 patients. By contrast, there are 18.4

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

JUNE 7, 2021

What started as a required crop for colonists in early Virginia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut – thanks to Brits’ reliance on hemp for its maritime fleet – became a product both loved and hated by Americans. Cannabinoid use didn’t start in the U.S., Cannabinoid use didn’t start in the U.S., Cannabis in Many Forms.

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The Joint Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Key State Possession Limits Let’s review the top states in the US to understand a but more what limits and penalties could exist: California In California , personal drug possession is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $ 1 , 000. For marijuana , possession of up to 28.

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The Cannigma

MAY 9, 2021

If you live in Colorado, the emissions produced growing the weed an average Coloradan cannabis user consumes in a year is equivalent to 60% of the total household carbon imprint, according to a recent report. An even bigger problem as colder states legalize cannabis . pharmaceutical industry energy expenditure.

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The Joint Blog

JANUARY 2, 2020

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker granted over 11,000 pardons for marijuana convictions on Tuesday. The expungement process is part of a new marijuana legalization law which takes full effect on Wednesday. We are ending the 50-year-long war on cannabis,” Pritzker said in a statement. “We

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WeedAdvisor

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Massachusetts recently made a landmark decision that will make life easier for its many legal cannabis consumers and make the black market a little less palatable. Although they are not without detractors, these decisions provide several benefits that will ultimately help the legal cannabis industry grow and become more mainstream.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 6, 2021

Weed’s legal in 15 states—the most anywhere in the world—including now Virginia and Connecticut. A national super-majority supports legalization. And Supreme Court Justices are all but saying “legalize it.”. American cannabis lovers, put some celebratory smoke in the air. The dark ages of prohibition are waning. Patriotic zaza.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 30, 2021

A new report from cannabis market data analyst Headset shows that cannabis beverage sales continue to grow in North America and new trends indicate that the sector may be poised for gains in market share. of sales in barely more than a year on the market, while in the U.S. In Canada, beverage sales have grown to 1.5%

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

During the winter months, the state is blanketed in a sheet of ice and snow—the reflection of the white snow and ice light up the day and night. The governor recently introduced Wisconsin cannabis legalization plans that could mean great things for the state. The Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival attracts thousands each year.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

RELATED: Senate Trio Unveils Federal Cannabis Legalization Draft With Provisions to Deschedule, Tax and Regulate. We’re enthusiastic that [the CAOA] includes re-sentencing [and] expungement, that it completely legalizes up to 10 pounds of cannabis under federal law, … and that it has some community reinvestment. Tax Structure.

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