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Prioritize Consumer Safety: Our response to a Congressional Request for Information on Federal Cannabinoid Hemp Regulation

Americans for Safe Access

Last week, Americans for Safe Access responded to a bicameral Congressional Request for Information on cannabinoid hemp regulation from the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. House Committee on Energy & Commerce and the U.S.

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Surgeon General’s Advisory Highlights Need for Further Cannabis Regulation, Not Criminalization

NORML

Since 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to regulate adult-use access, past-year youth use has fallen eight percent. Separate evaluations of marijuana use patterns specifically in cannabis legalization states similarly show little if any change in cannabis use or access by teenagers.

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Virginia: Legislature Approves Decriminalization and Medical Cannabis Bills

NORML

It’s well past time that we stop doing damage to people’s employment prospects, educational opportunities, and parental rights.” The prohibition on marijuana has clearly failed, and impacts nearly 30,000 Virginians per year. While marijuana arrests across the nation have decreased, arrests in Virginia have increased.

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Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has released a report examining the efficacy of state medical cannabis laws.

Cannabis Law Report

The organization has, they say, ……evaluated patient access, affordability, equity, and product safety. With a decline in legislative improvements in state medical cannabis programs, millions of patients are left with limited or no access,” ASA Executive Director Debbie Churgai said. “It Pennsylvania State Rep.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/8/20

NORML

Legislation is pending, House Bill 136, to permit physicians to authorize access to medical cannabis for any patient whom they believe would benefit from its therapeutic use. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access in schools.

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Things are Heating up in Kansas City

NORML

This location is accessible and the general public is welcome to attend. In 2015 Kevin used his knowledge of cultivating marijuana to organize Colorado’s first home grow safety symposium, which brought together top breeders, respected growers and processors and other thought leaders to explore the world of personal cultivation.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/25/20

NORML

Legislation is pending, House Bill 331, to allow registered medical cannabis patients to access their medicine while at school. The bill requires the Department of Education and the Natalie M. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical cannabis access in schools. MD resident? New Hampshire. NH resident? NH resident?