NORML

JANUARY 14, 2021

billion in cannabis products from legal retailers in 2020 – up from $10.7 The post Legal Marijuana Sales Spiked Dramatically in 2020 appeared first on NORML. "Customers purchased an estimated $17.9 billion in 2019.".

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NORML

AUGUST 3, 2020

The post Vote For Marijuana In 2020 appeared first on NORML. Get registered ?. Check or change your current registration ?. Request an absentee ballot ?. Easily access our candidate database ?. Spread the word ???.

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NORML

AUGUST 27, 2020

The post Nebraska Medical Marijuana Initiative Qualifies for November 2020 Ballot appeared first on NORML. Nebraska voters will decide this November on a statewide ballot measure seeking to legalize and regulate medical marijuana access in the state.

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NORML

JANUARY 8, 2020

A proposed measure legalizing medical cannabis access in Mississippi has qualified for the 2020 ballot. Mississippi’s Secretary of State’s Office notified lawmakers on Tuesday that petitioners, Mississippians for Compassionate Care , had gathered a sufficient number of signatures to place Measure 65 before voters this November.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The post Marijuana Legalization Poised to Win Big on Election Day 2020 appeared first on NORML. Early polling projects that one of the big winners will be marijuana legalization.

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NORML

AUGUST 13, 2020

The post Montana: Adult-Use Legalization Initiatives Qualify for November 2020 Ballot appeared first on NORML. Montana voters will decide this November on two complimentary ballot measures seeking to legalize marijuana for adults in the state.

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NORML

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The post Nebraska: Supreme Court Invalidates Proposed 2020 Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative appeared first on NORML. The Nebraska Supreme Court issued an opinion this afternoon finding that the initiative’s language violated the state’s single subject rule requirement.

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NORML

MARCH 24, 2020

Now you can learn where your state and federal candidates stand on the issue of marijuana freedom with NORML’s new Smoke the Vote: NORML’s 2020 voter guide and candidate scorecard. Marijuana won big at the ballot box in 2016 and 2018, and we expect that 2020 will be even bigger.

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NORML

AUGUST 11, 2020

The post Arizona: Adult-Use Legalization Initiative Qualifies for 2020 Ballot appeared first on NORML. The Act permits those age 21 or older to possess up to one ounce of cannabis and directs revenue from retail cannabis sales to fund various public education and safety programs.

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NORML

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Register now for the NORML 2020 Conference, streaming October 22-23 from 12-5PM EDT. The post NORML 2020 Conference: Celebrating 50 Years of Activism appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The post Record Number of Scientific Papers Published in 2020 About Cannabis appeared first on NORML. Since 2010, scientists have published over 23,000 peer-reviewed papers on cannabis, with the annual number of papers increasing every year.

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Americans for Safe Access

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In 2020, this meant assessing the medical cannabis programs of 47 states, the District of Columbia, and four territories. The nearly 200-page report provides a detailed analysis of the state of medical cannabis programs around the country.

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2021

The post Virginia: Marijuana Arrests Fall Dramatically Following Enactment of 2020 Decriminalization Law appeared first on NORML. It reduces the total number of marijuana arrests, but continues to leave far too many people -- and young adults in particular -- subject to the whims of law enforcement.".

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NORML

AUGUST 20, 2019

. “I committed myself and Arizona NORML to making ourselves as central as possible to any 2020 campaign to make sure our values were protected.” Advocates must collect 237,645 valid signatures from voters by July 2, 2020 in order to place the Smart and Safe Arizona Act on the November 2020 ballot.

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NORML

JULY 1, 2020

The post Arizona: Marijuana Legalization Proponents Turn In Nearly Twice The Signatures Required to Qualify for 2020 Ballot appeared first on NORML. The Act permits those 21 or older to possess up to one ounce of cannabis and directs revenue from retail cannabis sales to fund various public education and safety programs.

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NORML

JULY 20, 2020

The post Montana: Legalization Initiative Proponents Announce That They Have Qualified for 2020 Ballot appeared first on NORML. In a July 20 e-mail update, proponents New Approach Montana posted: “The campaign to legalize marijuana. has cleared the signature hurdles to see its two initiatives on the ballot in Montana’s general election.”.

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NORML

JULY 2, 2020

Activists gathered at the state capitol in Lincoln to turn in over 182,000 signatures from registered voters in an effort to qualify a medical cannabis legalization measure for the 2020 ballot. The post Nebraska: Activists Submit Over 182,000 Signatures to Qualify Proposed 2020 Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

MARCH 19, 2019

Chief Petitioners Madeline Martinez, Leia Flynn, and Angela Bacca filed a ballot measure to be known as “The Legalization Justice Act of 2020” at the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, March 18. Therefore, the Legalization Justice Act of 2020 would make the following changes to Oregon law.

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NORML

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Super-majorities of the New Jersey Assembly and Senate decided today to place a marijuana legalization ballot question before voters in 2020. If voters in 2020 approve the amendment, lawmakers will still have to finalize its language prior to implementing the new law.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

According to its 2020 report , the regulated cannabis industry added 33,700 new jobs over the past year. ” Full text of the study, “Leafly Jobs Report 2020,” appears online here. States adding the greater number of new cannabis-related jobs were Massachusetts (10,266 jobs) and Oklahoma (7,300 jobs). .

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NORML

MAY 21, 2020

2020 Virginia General Assembly. The new law takes effect July 1, 2020 and reduces penalties for offenses involving personal possession of up to one ounce of marijuana to a civil violation – punishable by a maximum $25 fine, no arrest, and no criminal record.

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NORML

APRIL 12, 2020

Northam also recommended technical amendments which must be approved by the legislature before the new law takes effect July 1, 2020. ” In total, sixteen marijuana-related bills succeeded in the 2020 Virginia General Assembly.

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NORML

JUNE 15, 2020

The new law takes effect on August 1, 2020. House Bills 418 and 211 also take effect on August 1, 2020. .” Under the current law , doctors may only recommend medical cannabis products to those patients with a limited number of select conditions, such as HIV and cancer.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 10, 2023

November sales were the lowest since March 2020 totals of $23,397,209.38, despite serving only 129 less patients, selling 3,117 more grams of dry cannabis than the uptick-totals of October, and adding 644 new medical patients in the last 30 days. Monthly Totals for 2020 January: $27,358,975.27 2020 Yearly Totals: $358,515,067.01

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NORML

MAY 7, 2020

In a prepared statement, the Governor acknowledged that he was vetoing HB 83, along with several other criminal justice reform measures, because House lawmakers failed to pass a separate bill, the Violent Firearms Offenders Act of 2020. Maryland lawmakers adjourned the 2020 nearly three weeks early as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NORML

APRIL 30, 2020

” The agency is accepting public comments through June 16, 2020. If you include your name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in the body of your comments, that information will be on public display.”

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NORML

MAY 12, 2020

Tamara Netzel and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring at the Virginia 2020 Legislative Cannabis Summit. Virginia NORML’s 2020 Activist of the Year Tamara Netzel. Her passion for helping and teaching led Tamara to begin curating a powerful new project, Cruel Consequences: Portraits of Misguided Law.

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NORML

MAY 15, 2020

Those new laws take effect on July 1, 2020. .” Virginia lawmakers in April passed legislation decriminalizing marijuana possession offenses and expanding the state’s medical cannabis access law earlier. Richmond’s drug testing measure awaits action from city Mayor Levar Stoney, who supports the policy change.

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NORML

JUNE 3, 2024

November's vote will mark the third time since 2020 that South Dakotans have weighed in on the issue. The post South Dakota: Voters Will Decide on Marijuana Possession Measure This Fall appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

MARCH 5, 2020

Broad changes to marijuana laws swept through the 2020 Virginia General Assembly. A complete listing of marijuana-related legislation in the 2020 Virginia General Assembly is available here. Today, the legislature approved HB 972 to decriminalize marijuana possession. The companion bill, SB2 , is still pending in House of Delegates.

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NORML

MAY 8, 2024

If certified for the ballot, it will be the third time since 2020 that South Dakotans have weighed in on the legalization issue. The post South Dakota: Activists Turn in Signatures To Place Adult-Use Legalization Measure on November’s Ballot appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

APRIL 24, 2020

Lawmakers in 2019 overwhelmingly voted to place the measure on the 2020 November ballot after similar legislation failed to gain majority support in the Senate. The proposed ballot question reads: “Do you approve amending the Constitution to legalize a controlled form of marijuana called ‘cannabis’?

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NORML

JUNE 18, 2020

” This vote comes months before New Jersey voters decide on a state-wide ballot initiative in the November 2020 election to regulate marijuana for adults in the Garden State. The question reads: Do you approve amending the Constitution to legalize a controlled form of marijuana called “cannabis”?

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

2020 total monthly sales include: January: $39,247,840.83 2020 Totals: $669,084,410.12 In 2024, Illinois set a new annual-sales total at $1,722,755,856.37, which outpaced 2023 totals of $1,634,982,020.74. 2025 total monthly sales include: January: $140,191,240.27 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89

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NORML

MAY 19, 2020

The state’s legislative session concludes at 6pm on Monday, June 1, 2020. The measure establishes regulations permitting the home delivery of medical cannabis products to registered patients. Both measures now await further action by members of the Louisiana Senate.

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NORML

JANUARY 9, 2020

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. Here’s what’s currently on the books so far: Virginia 2020 Cannabis Lobby Day. 2020 #MarijuanaJustice Lobby Days.

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NORML

MAY 27, 2020

” The state’s legislative session concludes at 6pm on Monday, June 1, 2020.

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