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2022 Decriminalization Policy 
NORML
JANUARY 14, 2022
The post State Policy Update (1/14/2022) appeared first on NORML. Here is NORML’s weekly update on pending state legislation in Wisconsin, West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, Florida, Delaware, Alaska.
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NORML
JANUARY 7, 2022
FLORIDA Legislation has been filed… The post State Policy Update (1/7/2022) appeared first on NORML. Updates on filed and moving legislation over the last week.
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NORML
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
The post State Policy Weekly Update 2/4/2022 appeared first on NORML. Here is NORML’s weekly update on state legislative activity in Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ohio.
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NORML
JANUARY 28, 2022
The post State Policy Weekly Update 1/28/2022 appeared first on NORML. Here is NORML’s weekly update on pending state legislation in Washington, Virginia, Utah, Tennessee, South Dakota, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Illinois, Hawaii, and Delaware.
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Veriheal
APRIL 7, 2023
Connecticut is weighing mushroom decriminalization, the NBA ended its cannabis testing protocol, and Missouri’s job market is booming thanks to cannabis. Last week, a legislative committee in Connecticut passed a bill to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of psilocybin mushrooms.
Veriheal
APRIL 6, 2024
Thailand’s newly elected government is looking to reverse its historic decriminalization of cannabis. The announcement comes a short 18 months after it became the first Asian country to decriminalize cannabis back in June 2022. In the interview, Charnvirakul explicitly outlined what decriminalization would and would not allow.
The Cannigma
JUNE 12, 2022
Recreational: not legal, possession decriminalized Medical: legal. Recreational cannabis is not legal in Ukraine, but possession of up to 5 grams is decriminalized and there is a limited, but expanding, medical program. Possession of up to 5 grams is decriminalized. Ukraine’s medical marijuana program.
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Veriheal
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
8, will see voters render a verdict on a broad scope of drug policy reform issues via their midterm ballots. Let’s explore: Arkansas Issue 4, Marijuana Legalization Initiative (2022). Maryland Question 4, Marijuana Legalization Amendment (2022). North Dakota Marijuana Legalization Statutory Initiative (2022).
Cannabis Law Report
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Seattle just became the largest city in the United States to decriminalize a wide range of psychedelic substances including psilocybin, ayahuasca, ibogaine, and mescaline. What substances are decriminalized? The Resolution decriminalizes, but does not legalize, entheogen-related activities. Decriminalization vs. Legalization.
Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
The 2022 general election saw cannabis on the ballot in 32 municipalities across Michigan. Meanwhile, Colorado joined Oregon at the cutting edge of drug policy reform by voting in favor of a ballot initiative to decriminalize and regulate certain psychedelics.
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Medical Marijuana Program Connection
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Denton and four other cities — Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, and Elgin — to block their ordinances decriminalizing low-level marijuana possession. In 2022, voters in the five cities approved policies that would end arrests and citations for possession of less than four ounces of.
Cannabis Law Report
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Senate Bill 519 would have decriminalized the personal possession of certain psychedelic substances, legalized life-saving public health interventions, and studied future approaches to increasing use of psychedelics. However, the Assembly Appropriations Committee stripped the primary intention from the bill.
Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
This month, the Michigan Board of Canvassers approved a ballot initiative that asks the people of Michigan to decriminalize certain psychedelic plants and fungi. To make the November 2022 ballot, proponents of the Initiative will need to file 340,047 valid signatures by June 1, 2022.
Veriheal
DECEMBER 28, 2022
Once upon a time, Thailand was renowned for having some of the harshest drug policies in the world. Recreational production and consumption remain illegal under the decriminalization law; only medical production and use are allowed. Then, on June 9 of this year, Thai lawmakers decriminalized cannabis.
The Blunt Truth
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
11, 2022.). Because the state decriminalized recreational cannabis in 2017, the plaintiff argued that his employer could not terminate him for his off-duty use of the drug. Ceballos v. NP Palace, LLC , Aug. The plaintiff worked as a table games dealer at a casino for more than a year without incident.
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Veriheal
MARCH 20, 2023
Psilocybin Policies Around the Nation Let’s explore where psilocybin is legal, decriminalized, and on the ballot across U.S. Decriminalized Decriminalization does not mean psilocybin is legal. Last March, the earlier bill received a hearing in the House Health and Mental Health Policy Committee but did not advance.
Veriheal
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
In addition to numerous expansions to the state’s medical marijuana (MMJ) program, the state’s decriminalization of cannabis went into effect in August, beginning the reversal of decades of harm done by the war on drugs. Edwards signed Glover’s decriminalization bill (HB 652) into law on June 14 of this year. Starting Aug.
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Veriheal
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Many cannabis advocates have pointed to cannabis decriminalization and legalization as a means of freeing up resources for handling more serious, violent crimes. Now, findings from a recent research study —published in the February 2022 volume of the International Journal of Drug Policy—support the theory. billion annually.
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Cannabis Law Report
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
San Francisco lawmakers have unanimously approved a measure calling for the decriminalization of psychedelics like psilocybin and ayahuasca. San Francisco Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Psychedelics Decriminalization Resolution. Resolution That Decriminalizes Psychedelic Drugs Passed By San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Veriheal
AUGUST 11, 2023
In a significant move towards drug policy reform, Colorado Governor Jared Polis asked lawmakers for permission to grant pardons for individuals with certain psychedelic drug-related convictions. Also known as the Natural Medicine Health Act 2022, Prop 122 was eventually assented to and passed into law.
Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 19, 2022
The opinion by Justice Kris Pickering also rules that while recreational marijuana use was decriminalized by the Legislature and governor, it remains illegal. Recreational pot was decriminalized by a voter initiative effective Jan. August 17, 2022. Nevada High Court Rules Recreational Marijuana Is Not ‘Lawful Off-Duty Conduct’.
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The Blunt Truth
JULY 15, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) unveiled this week draft legislation that would decriminalize and deschedule cannabis on the federal level. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) to write a letter to the USADA, requesting a change in the agency’s policy.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 24, 2022
Two ballot initiatives dealing with the decriminalization and regulation of psychedelics in Colorado might appear on this year’s November ballot. People are using these medicines; we have data that it’s safe, that there’s not a public health and safety risk in those cities that have decriminalized (them) so far.
SpeedWeed
AUGUST 26, 2021
Kind Idaho Chair Jackee Winters is laser-focused on qualifying the group’s medical cannabis legalization initiative for the state’s 2022 ballot in order to help her daughter, who suffers from a brain tumor, get legal access to cannabis. It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary.
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Veriheal
AUGUST 24, 2022
The city of Denver, Colorado, decriminalized the possession and use of psilocybin in 2019—the first U.S. This campaign was backed by New Approach PAC, a nationwide political organization that is focused on supporting progressive reform surrounding cannabis and criminal justice policies. city to do so.
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Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 10, 2022
Thirty-eight states have either decriminalized cannabis or enacted laws authorizing its use for medical or recreational adult use. [1] On July 21, 2022, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced comprehensive federal cannabis reform legislation.
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SpeedWeed
AUGUST 30, 2021
Kind Idaho Chair Jackee Winters is laser-focused on qualifying the group’s medical cannabis legalization initiative for the state’s 2022 ballot in order to help her daughter, who suffers from a brain tumor, get legal access to cannabis. It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary.
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Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 3, 2021
Connecticut state lawmakers are advancing legislation legalizing recreational use of marijuana on the heels of a recent poll conducted by the Institute for Public Policy at Sacred Heart University (SHU) of Fairfield, Connecticut.
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Veriheal
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Activists in the state have finalized language for two cannabis ballot initiatives that they hope to place in front of the state’s voters in 2022, contingent on gathering at least 177,958 valid signatures from registered voters on each initiative. Things are looking up for the cannabis community in Oklahoma.
Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 18, 2021
Employers are not prohibited from establishing or enforcing drug testing policies, including drug-free workplace policies, or requiring a worker to disclose that they are a medical marijuana card holder. New Mexico. Since June 29, 2021, adult recreational use of marijuana has been legal in New Mexico.
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Otherside Farms
DECEMBER 6, 2022
In June 2022 Thailand decriminalized cannabis and was intended for medical purposes and not for people to get high. Since decriminalization, the Thai government has released thousands of prisoners serving time for marijuana offenses. Decriminalized Marijuana is a Rarity in Asia. In 2019, Thailand welcomed 39.9
SpeedWeed
AUGUST 30, 2021
Kind Idaho Chair Jackee Winters is laser-focused on qualifying the group’s medical cannabis legalization initiative for the state’s 2022 ballot in order to help her daughter, who suffers from a brain tumor, get legal access to cannabis. It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary.
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Cannabis Law Report
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Louis city limits, SWADE Cannabis CEO Tom Muzzey said in a statement to 5 On Your Side, they believe “policy reform is vital, and we recognize that states and local jurisdictions are struggling to address the existing issues of social, economic and racial inequity associated with cannabis.” With multiple locations inside St.
Cannabis Law Report
MARCH 23, 2022
This Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) report examines the laws that lag the furthest behind public opinion: the 19 states and federal government, which have not even “decriminalized” simple possession of cannabis. 2022 Behind the Times - The 19 States Where a Joint Can Still Land You in Jail.
Veriheal
DECEMBER 27, 2022
Researchers have taken a big step in understanding the connection between using psychedelics and feeling connected to nature in a study published in the journal Drug Science, Policy, and Law on Oct. Study findings indicated that those who had previously taken LSD and psilocybin reported a greater sense of “nature relatedness.”
SpeedWeed
AUGUST 30, 2021
Kind Idaho Chair Jackee Winters is laser-focused on qualifying the group’s medical cannabis legalization initiative for the state’s 2022 ballot in order to help her daughter, who suffers from a brain tumor, get legal access to cannabis. It’s time for Idaho to grow up,” she told Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary.
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Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 6, 2022
By Jason Shinn on June 6, 2022. Like medical marijuana usage, with decriminalizing and more research showing psychedelics as a viable therapeutic alternative in treating depression, substance use disorders, and other mental illnesses, employers should expect to see more workplace issues like those involved in the lawsuit against Amazon.
The Cannigma
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
In 2021, Parliament voted against fully decriminalizing the cannabis plant, but personal use and possession of small amounts are decriminalized. As of July 2022, at least one publication reported no patients have access to cannabis medicine. Possible penalties. CBD regulations. Can you grow your own weed?
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Cannabis Law Report
AUGUST 3, 2022
he California state bill that would decriminalize a number of psychedelic substances, SB 519, will receive its first hearing date for the 2022 legislative session after being paused in the State Assembly. We have found that if legislators learn the facts from experts and hear from those that have healed, they support the policy.”.
Cannabis Law Report
MARCH 9, 2022
Effort will support four fellows to focus on cannabis policy and social justice reforms. February 2, 2022 – The Hawthorne Gardening Company, a subsidiary of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, today announced that the Hawthorne Social Justice Fund has committed to a multi-year sponsorship of the John R. Port Washington, N.Y.,
Cannabis Law Report
JULY 18, 2022
July 18, 2022. Nevertheless, the federal law and enforcement policy remained the same. The complexity of the legality and regulation of marijuana creates a great deal of ambiguity and confusion for employers in relation to hiring standards, applicable safety standards, and policies surrounding employee-usage.
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The Blunt Truth
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
This week, we see Texas’ attorney general opposing local decriminalization laws. In 2022, voters in Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Denton passed ordinances decriminalizing certain cannabis offenses. Our local policies are perfectly legal: we stopped wasting taxpayer dollars to test alleged marijuana for THC content.
Veriheal
APRIL 12, 2022
on April 1st of 2022, just 20 hours after opening for recreational cannabis sales, the Cannabis Control Division in New Mexico had reported profits of almost $1.9 Today I’m proud to vote in favor of the #MOREAct to decriminalize marijuana, reform our outdated cannabis laws, and begin to repair the harm of discriminatory drug policy.”
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Cannabis Law Report
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
The law decriminalized recreational marijuana when used in compliance with Nevada law. 1 The statute decriminalizing recreational marijuana use specifically indicated that it did not preclude an employer from maintaining, enacting, and enforcing a workplace policy prohibiting the conduct made legal by the statute. 1 NRS 678D.200.
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