NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

At the state level, activists in Florida and Missouri gathered in their state capitals along side state and local NORML chapters to lobby state lawmakers in favor of sensible marijuana policy reform. And officials in San Francisco, California are considering a proposal to allow marijuana to be socially consumed and sold at temporary events.

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NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Additionally, Representatives Charlie Crist (D-FL) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced The Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act to explicitly bar federal agencies from discriminating against workers solely because of their status as a cannabis consumer, or due to testing positive for marijuana use on a workplace drug test.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 5, 2020

Three Senate commissions in Mexico acting together passed legislation Wednesday to legalize all forms of cannabis, bringing the Latin American country one step closer to launching the world’s largest adult-use program by population. The bill now goes to the full Senate and, once approved there, the lower legislative chamber.

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

In Congress this week Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), introduced The Marijuana Justice Act of 2019, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and incentivize states to end the racially disparate criminalization of marijuana consumers.

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NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Activists in Oregon have filed a 2020 ballot initiative with the Secretary of State that, if approved, would allow social cannabis consumption sites and protect consumers from employment discrimination. Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) of New York announced that marijuana legalization language will no longer appear in his budget proposal.

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

Similarly, New Mexico’s Department of Health added Alzheimer’s disease, autism spectrum disorder, Friedreich’s Ataxia, Lewy Body Disease, and Spinal muscular atrophy to the state’s list of medical cannabis qualifying conditions. Update : HB 110 was approved by the House Revenue and Finance Committee on 6/5/19.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

This was a big week for marijuana in Congress. The House Financial Services subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions held a hearing Wednesday to address the lack of access to basic banking services by state-legal marijuana businesses. Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup!

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 18, 2021

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week’s news provides further proof of how difficult it can be to legalize marijuana. New Mexico’s cannabis bills are coming down to the wire. new mexico. It’s hard to tell.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 13, 2022

It has already been a busy year for marijuana law! Catch up on key legislative, regulatory, and legal developments affecting the manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of marijuana occurring in 2022, including key decisions and regulatory material. The initiative does not establish a licensed recreational marijuana market.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Medical marijuana will be on the ballot in Nebraska. Florida has legalized medical marijuana edibles. Evnen said the measure met all legal requirements, but he expected a legal challenge from cannabis opponents.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Marijuana Smoking Bill Rolls Along in Florida Senate. A Senate proposal that would allow patients to smoke medical marijuana is ready to go to the full Senate after the Rules Committee unanimously signed off on the measure. Michigan is looking for advice to help develop rules for legal marijuana.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 20, 2021

As of Wednesday afternoon, Mexico is one step closer to becoming the world’s largest licensed cannabis economy. The country’s lower legislative house, also known as the Chamber of Deputies, approved legislation to regulate recreational marijuana by a healthy margin of 316 to 129 votes, with 23 abstentions. .

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 13, 2022

It has already been a busy year for marijuana law! Catch up on key legislative, regulatory, and legal developments affecting the manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of marijuana occurring in 2022, including key decisions and regulatory material. The initiative does not establish a licensed recreational marijuana market.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 6, 2021

The leader also indicated that he might move against any legalization of a commercial cannabis industry, cautioning those who see a business opportunity in Mexican marijuana that, “You can’t traffic in the health of the people.”. Versions of legalization bills have been approved by both the Senate and lower legislative house.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 14, 2021

It was April 29th, the day before Mexico’s legislative session came to a close, and Senate leader Ricardo Monreal was explaining to reporters why, after so much hype, his peers had blown the fourth deadline granted to them by the Supreme Court to federally regulate cannabis. . The legalization bill moved through two Senate committees.

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The Joint Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2018

10 states have legalized marijuana for recreational purposes. Below is a list of the top five states we believe are the most likely to legalize marijuana next, becoming the 11th in the U.S. New Mexico. Last year New Mexico’s House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee voted 3 to 1 to approve legislation to legalize marijuana.

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MMJ Recs

JULY 26, 2020

With 33 legal medical marijuana states (plus DC), the wave of MMJ legalization is well and truly washing across the entire country. Eleven of those legal MMJ states have also fully legalized marijuana for recreational use, with several more looking set to do the same soon. New Mexico. Which States Have Legalized MMJ? California.

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NORML

APRIL 5, 2019

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), along with Representatives David Joyce (R-OH) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), have reintroduced The STATES Act of 2019. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) of New Mexico signed cannabis decriminalization legislation into law. Your Highness, Carly. Actions to Take. AR resident?

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NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Guam became the first US territory to send a bill legalizing the adult-use of marijuana to the governor’s desk in 2019. 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. Actions to Take.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

This week, advocates in Missouri began collecting signatures to qualify a marijuana legalization initiative for the November 2020 ballot. City council members in Cleveland, Ohio approved an ordinance by a 15-2 vote to remove jail time for up to 200 grams of marijuana possession. Your Highness, Carly. Your Highness, Carly.

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NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Earl Blumenauer introduced legislation to allow for interstate commerce when it comes to state-legal cannabis programs. New Mexico’s new decriminalization law takes effect this coming Monday July 1. Update : SB 223 was heard and approved by the Assembly Judiciary Committee on 6/25/19.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

More than 50 countries worldwide now permit access to regulated medical marijuana, and several nations–like South Africa and Mexico–have even legalised cultivation for personal use. We’ve identified the 5 nations in the region that offer the greatest access to legal marijuana. billion by the end of 2026. in 2013 to 14.5%

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Is the Colorado Marijuana Industry Showing Signs of Maturation? DECEMBER 31, 2019 | This issue of the Rocky Mountain Economist provides an update on the economic impacts of the marijuana industry in Colorado and evaluates signs of maturation within this industry nearly six years after the first recreational marijuana storefronts opened.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Senator Ron Wyden introduced legislation in the Senate — The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act — to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference. A Georgia bill to reduce marijuana possession penalties was defeated in a senate committee this week.

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

Lawmakers in several states have recently moved forward legislative proposals to either legalize or decriminalize marijuana-related activities. The measure awaits action in the Senate and faces opposition from Republican Gov. Members of the Senate have until March 16 to act on the bill. LEGALIZATION. OTHER REFORM BILLS.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2019

Representatives Lou Correa (D-CA) and Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) introduced legislation this week, HR 712 / S. And a North Dakota bill to permit qualifying patients to cultivate personal use quantities of cannabis for therapeutic purposes was defeated in a Senate committee this week.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Efforts to legalize marijuana in New Mexico took center stage Saturday as a state Senate panel considered creating a taxed and regulated market for recreational sales amid significant support among lawmakers. The Senate consideration came after a legalization measure passed the state House on Friday night with a 39-31 vote.

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Cannabis Info

OCTOBER 2, 2019

territory of Guam enacted a cannabis legalization measure that requires the institution of an adult-use trade on the island. marijuana legal guidelines (of broadly various levels of leniency) both by laws or. marijuana legal guidelines (of broadly various levels of leniency) both by laws or. This April, the U.S.

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The Joint Blog

JANUARY 30, 2020

New Mexico’s Senate Public Affairs Committee has voted 4 to 3 (along party lines, with Democrats voting in favor) to legalize marijuana, to subsidize medical marijuana and to automatically expunge many past marijuana convictions. New Mexico doesn’t have time to waste precious years.”.

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The Joint Blog

MAY 20, 2019

Marijuana legalization measures in both Vermont and New Hampshire have hit a roadblock, reports the Associated Press. In Vermont, marijuana has been legal since July 1, 2018, when a lawmaker-approved measure took effect. Meanwhile, a legalization bill in New Hampshire could end up similarly delayed.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2020

Senator Bernie Sanders has said he’ll remove the federal ban on marijuana during his first 100 days as president. AL – Legislation legalizing medical cannabis in Alabama has been favorably reported by the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee and will go to the full chamber for a vote, and then on to the House.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Irrespective of geographic location or political ideology, lawmakers everywhere are beginning to realize that now is the time to take action on marijuana reform. Senate Bill 686 seeks to legalize the use, possession, cultivation, and retail sale of small amounts of marijuana for adults. New Mexico. New Hampshire.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Alaska’s marijuana business owners at odds with new governor’s plans for industry. Mike Dunleavy’s plan to abolish the Marijuana Control Board, arguing it could harm the state’s MJ market. Two Democrats have filed bills to legalize and tax recreational marijuana in Florida. At a legislative reception in Juneau on Feb.

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The Blunt Truth

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Mexico took a step towards legalizing. The New Jersey Senate approved a decriminalization measure earlier this week. The legislation now needs to clear the full Senate. Israel did too.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 30, 2019

In this week’s edition: The US House passes bipartisan measure to prevent the Department of Justice from interfering with state medical and adult-use cannabis laws. The Delaware Senate passes legislation making violation of cannabis consumption/possession laws by minors a civil rather than criminal infraction.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 1, 2021

The New Mexico House of Representatives voted to approve a bill on Friday that would legalize recreational marijuana for adults. The measure, House Bill 12, was passed by a vote of 39 to 31 and now heads to the New Mexico Senate for consideration. Five Legalization Bills Under Consideration In New Mexico.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 19, 2021

A New Mexico legislative committee approved a bill to legalize recreational marijuana early Thursday, setting the scene for a vote on the proposal by the full state Senate. HB 12 was approved by the New Mexico House of Representatives in late February. Senate Panel Amends Bill. View original article.

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