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NORML’s Statement Regarding the Designation of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries as “Essential Services”

NORML

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is issuing the following statements regarding the continued operation of medical cannabis dispensaries during the COVID crisis. Permitting such activities ensures that patients possess a consistent, known supply of their medicine and that their access remains affordable.

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South Dakota: Legislative Committee Votes to Rescind Home Grow Rights From State’s Medical Cannabis Access Law

NORML

Subcommittee members decided 6 to 4 to eliminate the ability for qualified patients to home-cultivate marijuana. Nearly 70 percent of voters decided in favor of the ballot Measure (Measure 26) last November, which allows patients to either obtain cannabis from state-licensed dispensaries or to grow it themselves.

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Delaware cannabis advocates rally for increased medical access with home grow!

NORML

Patients are legally permitted to cultivate medical cannabis in about half of the states that regulate its use and distribution. No state has repealed home cultivation, and there has never been a serious push to do so. Allowing patients to grow their own cannabis at home could dramatically increase access.

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Arkansas: Licensed Medical Cannabis Sales Begin

NORML

Qualified patients now have limited access to medical cannabis products, after the state’s first licensed dispensaries began making sales this week. Voters initially approved medical cannabis access by passing a statewide initiative in November 2016. To date, only one cultivator is operational.

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Illinois Gov. Pritzker Signs Bill to Legalize and Regulate Marijuana

NORML

Patients enrolled in the state’s medical cannabis program will be legally permitted for the first time to personally cultivate up to five marijuana plants. Under current law , minor marijuana cultivation offenses are punishable by up to one-year in prison and a $2,500 fine.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/18/20

NORML

House Bill 1359 would create a 5 year medical marijuana pilot program, allowing patients to access their medicine from licensed dispensaries. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of home cultivation rights. IN resident? New Hampshire.

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Why Are So Many Cannabis Dispensaries Struggling?

Veriheal

Cannabis dispensary owners must make a fortune—at least, that’s what a lot of folks think. Sure, when legal sales first start out, cannabis dispensaries tend to do well. But what happens when the newness wears off and other dispensaries start to pop up? Let’s explore why dispensaries are struggling across the nation.