Veriheal

JULY 2, 2025

The arrest came after a tip from Jakarta’s airport customs warning that Shaw had received a suspicious package from Thailand, where cannabis has been decriminalized since 2024. A video of Shaw’s arrest circulating online shows the player resisting arrest and shouting “Help… Help!” as police attempt to handcuff him.

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NORML

MAY 12, 2020

House Leadership unveiled legislation today, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (aka the ‘‘HEROES Act”), to provide additional economic resources and support in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of these businesses are small-to-medium in size.

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NORML

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The post SAFE Banking Language Not Included In Final NDAA Package appeared first on NORML. It is unfortunate that Congress chose to not affirm the legitimacy of state-level marijuana legalization and instead chose to deny this emerging legal industry access to basic financial tools and services.

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NORML

MAY 13, 2022

A bipartisan group of 24 Senators stood up for public safety and for greater economic opportunities for legal cannabis businesses today by sending a letter to leadership in both chambers of Congress asking them to include cannabis banking reform language in broad legislation currently being debated in conference committee.

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NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Jim Justice (R) of West Virginia signed legislation into law that allows financial institutions to provide banking services related to the state’s medical marijuana program. It now awaits consideration by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.

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NORML

MAY 10, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Kevin Stitt (R) of Oklahoma signed legislation into law to permit osteopaths to recommend medical cannabis to their patients. Governor Eric Holcomb (R) of Indiana and Governor Ned Lamont (D) of Connecticut signed industrial hemp legislation into law.

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NORML

APRIL 26, 2019

At the state level, Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed a package of bills into law to expand the state’s medical cannabis access program. Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. AL resident? AL resident?

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NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) signed legislation into law that would strengthen and clarify medical cannabis patient protections. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. CA resident? CO resident? Connecticut.

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NORML

MAY 19, 2020

We stress that current legislative models are available to fix this situation. “The COVID-19 pandemic has sharply focused the need for legislative relief in three key respects,” they write. Members of the House of Representatives in November voted 321 to 103 in favor of the Act.

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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? CO resident?

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NORML

JANUARY 10, 2020

Welcome to the first Weekly Legislative Roundup of 2020! Legislation has been pre-filed for 2020, House Bill 25 / Senate Bill 242, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Legislation has been pre-filed, House Bill 595 / Senate Bill 962, seeking to protect medical marijuana patients from employment discrimination.

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NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez along with Representatives Jared Golden and Dwight Evans introduced a package of legislation, ( H.R. territories of Guam and Puerto Rico have enacted legislation specific to the physician-authorized use of cannabis. 3540 , H.R. 3543 , and H.R. and the U.S.

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NORML

JULY 2, 2019

” Currently, there are dozens of pieces of legislation that have been filed to address aspects of the prohibition and criminalization of cannabis, ranging from tweaks to allow for scientific research into the plant to comprehensive approaches that end prohibition and provide resources for the expungement of criminal records.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2021

Cannabis Industry Jnl has this interesting article about next generation smart cannabis packaging… Technology in cannabis packaging is advancing. Regardless of their size, all consumer package brands spend a significant amount of money and resources on packaging to attract consumers’ attention.

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NORML

MAY 7, 2020

Larry Hogan has vetoed legislation, House Bill 83 , which sought to prohibit “the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of a certain case in which possession of marijuana is the only charge in the case and the charge was disposed.” Republican Gov. Hogan wrote in his veto message.

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Cannabis Chronicles

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Because of state regulations, the packaging for the company’s infused tinctures, topicals, capsules and other products contains no information claiming any therapeutic effects. The situation has caught the attention of local state lawmakers, who’ve introduced legislation intended to remedy the situation. Labels and liability.

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NORML

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In the FY2020 appropriations package released Monday, existing protections for medical cannabis programs from federal prosecutors that have been in place since 2014 remained, but other amendments that had been added earlier in the year by House Democrats were removed from the final compromise.

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NORML

MARCH 20, 2020

That is why this week, NORML reached out to our numerous allies on Capitol Hill to ensure that any Unemployment Insurance aid packages considered by Congress provide relief to cannabis-industry personnel who have been or will be either furloughed from their jobs.

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MassRoots

JULY 30, 2020

On Monday, the Republican-controlled Senate rolled out new Coronavirus relief legislation—a counteroffer to the $3.4 trillion package unveiled by House democrats back in May. The post Senate Proposed Coronavirus Relief Legislation Does Not Include Marijuana Banking Protections appeared first on MassRoots. SAFE Banking Act.

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Veriheal

JUNE 16, 2023

However, they were restricted from showing actual packaged products. states to advertise their packaged products on its platform. And the update further explains that cannabis companies that are “certified advertisers” can now display “packaged cannabis products in their Twitter ad creative.”

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NORML

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Similar language to protect VA doctors had been previously considered and approved in both chambers of Congress, but shamefully it was stripped out of the final package. This year, we can and must succeed in passing this essential legislation and protecting the rights of veterans to access medical treatment and serving those who served us.

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NORML

APRIL 22, 2020

Therefore, we ask Senate Leadership to include in any future relief package provisions to allow state-legal cannabis small businesses and the small businesses who work with this industry to access the critical SBA support they need during these challenging and unprecedented times.” ” You can find the full Senate letter here.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 7, 2020

Legislative initiatives include decriminalization of marijuana, parole reform, raising the felony larceny threshold, raising the age of juvenile transfer to adult court, and the permanent elimination of driver’s license suspensions for unpaid fines, fees, and court costs. Here’s the press release in full.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Preparing a policy agenda for the next Regular Legislative Session, to be convened February 2022. Numerous legislators will either be retiring or vacating their current seats in order to pursue another office. On September 30th, the OLCC RAC on DELTA-8-THC and Other Artificially Derived Cannabinoids Rules Package will meet at 2pm.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 16, 2021

The group’s primary focus is to provide the necessary resources and guidance to advance a comprehensive medical cannabis package that allows professionalization, clinical research and greater access. They are engaged first and foremost with our legislative teams Senate efforts, but also working with our targeted state work and Yes We Cann!

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NORML

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

With Chairwoman Waters scheduling a hearing on the historic legislation by Congressmen Heck and Perlmutter, we are finally making progress toward addressing the irrational, unfair, and unsafe denial of regular banking services for state-legal marijuana businesses around the country,” said Rep. .

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 5, 2020

This may well be a thing of the past soon if the Jersey legislation goes through with amendments. The post Man charged with receiving package of ‘magic mushrooms’ South Brunswick NJ first appeared on Cannabis Law Report. Centraljersey.com reports. SOUTH BRUNSWICK – South Brunswick … Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 15, 2019

The new law will set up guidelines for inventory testing and tracking, advertising, packaging and labeling, among other things. Producers will be prohibited from using images on packaging other than their business name logos and product images.

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NORML

APRIL 27, 2020

It is our hope that you will support changes in the next COVID-19 legislative package that will allow state- licensed small businesses access to these resources so that they may protect the workers and communities they serve. Thank you for your attention to this critical matter.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Using hemp for the packaging of cannabis products makes a lot of sense, and NY State Senator Michelle Hinchey wants to make it law in New York. Senator Hinchey announced new legislation ( S.7508 Hemp’s potential as a source for packaging is diverse given its very high cellulose content. Source: [link].

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Legislation to end the federal prohibition of cannabis has been submitted in the U.S. The American people have elected the most pro-cannabis Congress in American history and significant pieces of legislation are being introduced,” said Blumenauer. “The Senate by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR). 420’s companion proposals, including H.R.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 26, 2023

Canada’s competition watchdog is putting its weight behind some longtime cannabis industry asks including easing restrictions on cannabis packaging and adjusting limits on how much of pot’s psychoactive component can be in edible products.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 8, 2022

In your line of consultancy, how difficult has it made things without overall federal legislation? The lack of federal legislation does limit some of the services we can provide. NY legislation is still being written. We, as a firm, took the approach that without federal legalization, we would not perform attest services.

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Veriheal

APRIL 26, 2023

Glenn Youngkin has publicly declared legislative changes that could result in a major reduction in high-inducing hemp-derived products that have been largely unregulated in Virginia. The total THC concentration was also increased to 0.3%. Numerous experts and health groups supported bills that were approved by lawmakers.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 3, 2020

3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Pure Jamaican Limited , provider of pharmaceutical cannabinoids, genetics and consumer packaged goods products in large volumes for … Read More. MIAMI , Dec.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 8, 2022

Hana Dispensaries Partners with Resinate to Reduce Cannabis Packaging Waste in Arizona. Hana Dispensaries , one of Arizona’s original vertically integrated cannabis operations, will be helping to reduce this number with its new packaging recycling partnership with Resinate at both its Phoenix and Green Valley locations.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

JUNE 12, 2023

This landmark legislation, which was developed in response to the approval of Question 4 on the 2022 ballot, brings about significant changes to the cannabis industry in the state. What does the new legislation mean for Maryland? The new adult-use legislation does not directly affect the medical cannabis program in Maryland.

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