NORML

JUNE 1, 2020

House and Senate lawmakers have approved a series of bills to facilitate patients’ access to medical cannabis products. ” 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. .” John Bel Edwards.

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NORML

AUGUST 27, 2019

Legislation will take effect next week expanding protections for state-qualified medical cannabis patients. It strengthens patient protections by explicitly stipulating that registered cannabis consumers may not be denied public assistance, access to firearms, or certain types of employment solely based upon their patient status.

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Americans for Safe Access

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

I started volunteering some time for Americans for Safe Access (ASA) , the country’s largest non-profit patient advocacy organization promoting safe and legal access to medical cannabis. After weeks of being turned down again and again from major businesses, I felt alone and discouraged.

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NORML

MAY 12, 2020

Included in the language of the bill is HR 1595: The SAFE Banking Act, which amends federal law so that explicitly banks and other financial institutions may work directly with state-legal marijuana businesses. The majority of these businesses are small-to-medium in size. But at the federal level, they are being cast aside by Congress.

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NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

The first will be held on Wednesday, June 19th, in the Small Business Committee, entitled Unlocked Potential? Small Businesses in the Cannabis Industry. Ultimately, this prohibition on access to resources hampers the potential to create a robust and competitive marketplace for consumers. Presently, V.A.

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NORML

MAY 19, 2020

Attorneys Generals from 34 states and territories sent a letter today to Congressional leadership urging members to expeditiously pass The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act so that state-licensed cannabis business can explicitly engage in relationships with banks and other financial institutions.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The explicit language barring patients from “smoking” would be removed. Patients and their caregivers could also apply for a permit to cultivate and process their own cannabis for their own personal medicinal use, with undetermined restrictions to be left to regulations put forth by the OCM.

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NORML

APRIL 1, 2020

“In those majority of states that regulate aspects of the cannabis market, it is crucial that patients, consumers, and employees are able to continue to engage in this marketplace in a manner that comports with current health and safety as safely recommendations, such as physical distancing.

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NORML

MAY 11, 2020

. “NORML’s mission is to move public opinion sufficiently to legalize the responsible use of marijuana by adults, and to serve as an advocate for consumers to assure they have access to high quality marijuana that is safe, convenient and affordable.” ” Download the Resource Guide.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access. AL resident? HI resident? IL resident?

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NORML

MARCH 21, 2020

Many state capitols around the country have suspended legislative sessions, continued to vote on key bills remotely, or have at the very least closed to the public and nonessential business. Veteran Access : HR 1647, the Veterans Equal Access Act, would allow V.A. Your Highness, Carly. Actions to Take. Presently, V.A.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 24, 2025

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) and the Division of Cannabis Regulation announced today an official Metrc implementation timeline for licensed cannabis businesses transitioning from BioTrack to Metrc as Illinois’ track-and-trace data system. To move items into Metrc, plants and packages will need Metrc RFID Tags.

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

The bills would also allow for the expungement of certain prior convictions, delivery of medical marijuana to qualified patients, and restructures the medical marijuana licensure process to eliminate the requirement that business be vertically integrated. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of strengthening patient protections.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 10, 2024

IDFPR cites the explosive growth by stating that 82 new dispensaries open for business in the last year, the single-largest expansion of cannabis dispensaries since the program first started with the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act (CRTA) in 2014. Find detailed information about this topic here.)

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Veriheal

JANUARY 26, 2024

Another new proposal, and an innovative one, would allow patients over 65 years old to self-certify for medicinal marijuana without the recommendation of a physician. It would also allow patients with terminal illnesses to receive cards with no expiration dates.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

Is cannabis legal for business purposes in Australia? Cannabis businesses must comply with several laws, including: Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 regulates cannabis cultivation and manufacture for medicinal or scientific purposes. Laws apply to business activities of all kinds at the local government level. The specific license type.

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NORML

JANUARY 14, 2019

The Sensible Enforcement Of Cannabis Act essentially would give peace of mind to lawmakers, regulators, 149,000+ workers, and the millions of patients and consumers who are dependent on the normalization of lawful marijuana markets. They have stimulated economic development and created hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenue.

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Cannabis Life Network

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

BDSA’s latest report suggests that recreational cannabis access affects longer standing medical market. Access with a medical card encourages patients to buy heavily taxed adult-use cannabis. But is recreational access a benefit or hinderance on medical cannabis?

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NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Ken Stitt signed legislation yesterday, HB 2612 , clarifying regulations and patient protections specific to the medical use of cannabis. It strengthens patient protections by explicitly stipulating that registered cannabis consumers may not be denied public assistance, access to firearms, or employment solely based on their patient status.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access. AL resident? AZ resident? California.

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Veriheal

APRIL 26, 2023

As per the newly proposed rules, unregulated hemp-derived synthetic THC products like delta-8 will be banned from gas stations, smoke shops, and various other businesses across Virginia where they were previously sold. The total THC concentration was also increased to 0.3%.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 7, 2024

Since before adult-use legalization, the hundreds of thousands of qualified medical patients in Illinois have had only 55 dispensaries to chose from, and the lack of access to specific medical needs, especially in southern Illinois, has forced several patients to drive 2-hours or more to purchase medicine.

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NORML

MARCH 19, 2019

Patients, renters, the poor, people of color and women are still marginalized for their cannabis use, despite legalization,” said Martinez. Patients with incurable or chronic illnesses must be allowed by the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program to be issued a lifetime card if a qualifying physician recommends their cannabis use.

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NORML

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Last Wednesday, he essentially demanded that in exchange for allowing the cannabis industry to access to basic banking services, that the federal government should impose a 2% THC cap on marijuana products and prohibit the retail sale of marijuana-infused edibles or e-liquid vapor extracts. “Wait, what?!” ” you ask?

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Americans for Safe Access

JANUARY 27, 2023

Advocates are discouraged, businesses are frustrated, patients are disheartened, and frankly I am getting a little tired of it! Policies, like patients, get infected if they stay in triage for too long. Almost every conversation I have had in 2023 with medical cannabis stakeholders has been full of doom and gloom.

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Veriheal

JULY 26, 2023

Georgia medical cannabis patients will soon have greater access to treatment as cannabis oil will be sold in many more pharmacies. Eligible patients registered with the state’s Department of Public Health can purchase cannabis oil from Georgia’s independent pharmacies.

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

Virginia has been one of the most reluctant states to consider marijuana law reform, though it recently began allowing some forms of cannabis oil for approved patients. There are currently five “pharmaceutical processor” permit holders in Virginia, and they’re about to open for business.

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NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 2134, to permit qualifying patients to cultivate personal use quantities of cannabis for therapeutic purposes. The measure would permit patients to grow up to nine cannabis plants in a locked, enclosed facility, and to possess up to three ounces of home-grown medical cannabis. ND resident?

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

This week, a bipartisan coalition of more than 100 co-sponsors has reintroduced legislation in Congress, The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act), HR 1595, to allow state-licensed marijuana-related businesses to engage freely in relationships with banks and other financial institutions. DE resident? GA resident?

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NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

Also this week, the House Committee on Small Business held a hearing to discuss the economic and employment opportunities in the emerging legal cannabis industry and the challenges that federal prohibition and criminalization pose in regards to the Small Business Administration. CA resident? CA resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 2, 2021

This seems to be the only bit of the interview that mentions patients. How and when did the business start? I News UK has interviewed Langley. Read the full interview at [link]. Is he being altruistic? Or is it about market share? Only time will tell.

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Veriheal

APRIL 14, 2022

Banking has been a hurdle for cannabis businesses since the birth of the industry. Despite the fact that these businesses are state-legal, financial institutions have historically hesitated to work with them due to cannabis’ federally illegal status. It also did not normalize federal taxation for businesses within the sector.

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Canna Care Docs

MARCH 27, 2025

The Decline of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What It Means for Patients In recent years, Massachusetts, once a pioneer in cannabis reform, has seen its medical marijuana program gradually overshadowed by the booming recreational market. Let’s explore how this shift occurred and its implications for patients.

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NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

House of Representatives’ Small Business Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday on the challenges and opportunities small businesses face in the cannabis industry. Governor John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana signed legislation into law giving patients the option to inhale medical cannabis through vaporization.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

However, medical cannabis patients have felt somewhat neglected since The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act , or Proposition 64, was enacted. 8, 2016, effectively eradicated compassionate care (medical and emotional care for patients with terminal diseases). A Collaborative Effort To Increase Cannabis Access.

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

New Mexico: Members of the Senate overwhelmingly (33 to 2) passed SB 406 to expand greater medical access and to limit discrimination in the workplace and elsewhere against qualified patients. The measure, SB 1557 , also permits qualifying patients access to a broader spectrum of products containing both plant-derived CBD and THC.

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NORML

MARCH 7, 2019

The members were joined by NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri as well as representatives from the Minority Cannabis Business Association, The Veterans Cannabis Coalition, and individuals impacted by criminalization. Specifically, a 2019 report estimates that over 211,000 Americans are now working full-time in the cannabis industry.

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