NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR).

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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 195

NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation into law this week permitting the production of industrial hemp in accordance with the new federal regulations. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation.

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Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 177

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 25, 2022

May 25, 2022 – SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 1186 , which restores voter-created access to medicinal cannabis across the state by requiring cities to provide patients access to purchase medicinal cannabis by delivery, passed the Senate with a unanimous bipartisan vote. 20210SB1186_96.

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Medicine Legislation Chronic Pain Access 52

NORML

JANUARY 25, 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Missouri state regulators began issuing the first of nearly 200 licenses to medical cannabis providers.

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Legislation Decriminalization Safety Cultivation 159

NORML

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Today, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced legislation, The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act , to expand and facilitate medical cannabis access to military veterans suffering from chronic pain, PTSD, and other serious medical conditions. Lee in putting forward this legislation.”

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Legislation Access Chronic Pain Marijuana 235

NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Several mayors across the state of New Jersey are calling for automatic expungement provisions to be included in the state’s marijuana regulation bill, and are threatening to ban retail sales in their jurisdictions if state lawmakers pass legislation without it.

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Legislation Decriminalization Access Patients 162

NORML

APRIL 30, 2019

That’s why I testified today to the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health regarding my legislation, the Veterans Equal Access Act, HR 1647, which would lift this prohibition.

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Roers Jones, who sponsored the recently defeated decriminalization bill, is trying to get her language inserted as a part of separate legislation. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. GA resident?

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Legislation Compliance Compliance Hemp 170

NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation. Connecticut. CT resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Access Therapy 161

NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation. CO resident?

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Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 160

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 10, 2022

Insight, a weekly half hour audience participation show, discussed psychedelic & cannabis medicines last night.

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Medicine Legislation Programs Education 52

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 18, 2023

Cannabiz Australia reports Cook Islanders could have access to imported medicinal cannabis products as early as next month and certainly before the end of the year according to the country’s health secretary Bob Williams.

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Medicine Access Legislation Cannabis 59

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 23, 2022

SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 1186, which restores voter-created access to medicinal cannabis across the state by requiring cities to allow patients access to purchase legal medicinal cannabis by delivery, passed the Assembly Business and Professions Committee by a vote of 13-2.

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Medicine Legislation Chronic Pain Business 52

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In extrapolating for the most appropriate legislative pathway for medicinal psilocybin and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in Australia, we have drawn upon the legislative journey and precedence … Read More. The post 3 Part Series – Mind Medicine Australia (MMA): “National Regulator takes on United Nation’s convention.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 23, 2022

April 23, 2022 – SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 1186 , which restores voter-created access to medicinal cannabis across the state by requiring cities to provide patients access to purchase medicinal cannabis by delivery, passed the Senate Governance and Finance Committee by a vote of 4-1.

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Medicine Legislation Chronic Pain Access 52

NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed legislation into law to restore patients’ right to smoke medical cannabis. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. California. CA resident? CT resident?

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Legislation Hemp Patients Compliance 135

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 11, 2022

Yesterday, a few days out from the legislative elections in French Polynesia, the Polynesian Hemp Syndicate and Tahiti Herb Culture invited the candidates to debate the legalization of cannabis. It should be included in what is part of traditional medicine”. Legislative Work Still Needs to Be Done. Hemp IM has the story.

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Legislation Recreational Hemp Medicine 98

NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! North Dakota’s first medical cannabis dispensary opened its doors last week in Fargo; and registered out-of-state medical cannabis patients will now be able to access their medicine while visiting Hawaii. AL resident? AR resident?

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Legislation Patients Access Seed-To-Sale 168

Medical Marijuana Program Connection

MARCH 10, 2023

For the last several legislative sessions, Texas lawmakers have inched forward the state’s compassionate use program for medicinal marijuana. Read More

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Programs Medicine Marijuana Legislation 52

Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

On Monday, November 13, 2021, New York Assemblyman Pat Burke introduced medical psilocybin legislation. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that psilocybin shows low potential for abuse and can be classified as ‘least harm to users and society.’ A few key points from the bill: Several License Types. Stay tuned!

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This subcommittee will analyze the experiences of regulating cannabis for medicinal use. Nonetheless, no real progress on a legislative level has been made so far. Some real progress was made with the creation of the subcommittee to analyze experiences of regulating cannabis for medicinal use.

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Legislation Legalization Medicine Programs 84

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 23, 2021

In Peru , Congress approved a bill that will allow the self-cultivation of medicinal cannabis and associative cultivation regulated by the State. Thus, with 100 votes in favor, zero against and four abstentions , the legislators expanded the scope of Law 30681, which regulates medical cannabis since 2017.

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Cultivation Medicine Patients Legislation 105

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This month we highlight recent California legislation that protects veterinarians who recommend cannabis therapies or supplements for animal use. California Assembly Bill 1885 amended the California Veterinary Medicine Practice Act and the California Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and […].

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Legislation Pets Therapy Medicine 52

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Legislation to allow people to drive with medicinal cannabis in their system is set to go before the South Australian… Read More. The post South Australia: Greens Propose Legislation To Allow Medical Cannabis Patients To Drive first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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Legislation Patients Medicine Cannabis 90

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

report on upcoming legislation in January going to the Lords. The post Article: Britain legalised medicinal cannabis - and then left it to stagnate first appeared on Cannabis Law Report. Politics.Co.UK We won’t even attempt to guess what might happen between now and then in … Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Independent legislator Zoila Volio, on hearing the court’s decision, asked President Carlos Alvarado to convene the initiative to the Legislative Assembly, given that the executive has current control of the legislative agenda. The initiative had been approved in the first debate with 33 votes in favor and 13 against.

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Medicine Hemp Legalization Legislation 98

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2022

ACT government considers Mind Medicine Australia reform to allow psychedelics. The ACT government is considering legislation changes to allow MDMA-assisted therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and psilocybin to treat depression. The Canberra Times reports.

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Medicine Therapy Treatment Legislation 52

Puff Puff Post

JUNE 5, 2019

For most cultures, the use of cannabis as a medicine can be traced back to thousands of years ago. The Canadian government paid less attention to cannabis having medicinal properties, and added it to a list of restricted drugs under the Opium and Narcotic act in 1923. Legalization of medical use. Legalization of recreational use.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Cate Faehrmann A Member of the NSW Legislative Council representing the Greens has presented the following. Road Transport Amendment Bill (Medicinal Cannabis – Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2021 . This bill was presented to the Legislative Council late last week. Greens Member of the NSW Legislative Council.

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Medicine Law Legislation THC 98

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Medicinal or Recreational marijuana? There is only what legislators call a “budtender” serving you pot. We don’t have “pilltenders” for other medicine. If it is determined in the future that more pot is needed in Mississippi, that could always be increased in future legislative sessions. Tate Reeves. on Tuesday.

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Legislation Programs Access Medicine 72

Veriheal

AUGUST 3, 2021

On Wednesday, June 30, Governor Tom Wolf (D) of Pennsylvania signed medical cannabis legislation amendments into effect. Under the terms of the legislation, House Bill 1024 will extend cannabis curbside services and indefinitely eradicate the patient cap for actively serving caregivers.

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Legislation Patients Supply Chain Dispensary 98

Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 7, 2021

John Huber CEO At TripSitter Clinic On Recent Legislation Filed To Study Psychedelic Compounds In Florida. Greg is based out of San Francisco and runs Heally, a B2B platform that is aggregating cannabis, psychedelics, homeopathy, and other alternative medicine clinics using their EMR/telemedicine software. No, we have not.

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Legislation Research and Development Treatment Therapy 105

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 14, 2021

Cannabiz has a report saying… the Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association (AMCA) company secretary Teresa Nicoletti has announced the organisation’s second year will see the creation of a compassionate access scheme for patients. However, the discussions faltered after federal legislation was enacted.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Based on recent reports emerging from Malaysian news outlets 1, 2 , the Malaysian Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, has unexpectedly indicated that the import and use of products containing cannabis for medicinal purposes is permitted in Malaysia, provided such products comply with current Malaysian laws relating to drugs and therapeutic goods.

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Medicine Cannabis Law Legislation 52

MMJ Recs

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The evolution from stigma to acceptance has been a journey marked by changing perceptions, legislative shifts, and a growing understanding of the therapeutic potential of cannabis. The journey begins with early debates around the medicinal use of cannabis, leading to the eventual establishment of the state’s medical marijuana program.

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NORML

MARCH 7, 2019

Unfortunately, Congressional leadership at the time blocked us from getting a hearing on this important legislation, despite having nearly 10% of the Members of the House as cosponsors and growing support from the public. But times have changed. Medical Reforms. We are calling for common sense reforms that are long overdue. However, the U.S.

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Legislation Marijuana Banking Safety 235

Veriheal

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A new bill legalizing medicinal cannabis in Ukraine has been signed one month after it advanced to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s desk. The country’s parliament initially tried to block the legislation, but fortunately for Ukrainian citizens, this measure was able to successfully go forward anyway.

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