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Rep. Nadler: You and I are going to legalize marijuana

NORML

I’m proud to work with NORML to create a more just national marijuana policy. My bill, The MORE Act, is the most comprehensive marijuana reform bill ever introduced, and it’s backed by a broad coalition of civil rights, criminal justice, drug policy, and immigration groups.

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S. 420 Introduced To End Federal Prohibition And Regulate Marijuana Nationwide

NORML

Senator Ron Wyden has introduced legislation in the Senate — The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act — to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference. ” Upon introduction, Senator Wyden said, “The federal prohibition of marijuana is wrong, plain and simple.

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Bipartisan Legislation To End Marijuana Prohibition Filed

NORML

In the previous Congress, The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act became the first bill in American history to end the federal policy of criminalization that earned bipartisan support. Marijuana legalization is here to stay and it is time that federal policy reflect that.”

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Colorado NORML and Denver NORML Host Citizen Lobby Day to Push for Consumer Protections

NORML

” Never in modern history has there existed greater public support for ending the nation’s nearly century-long experiment with marijuana prohibition. Marijuana policy should be evidence based. Make appointments, become an acquaintance with them.” Dispel the myths with the NORML Fact Sheets.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/18/20

NORML

The US House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a legislative hearing entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade.” ” This marks the first time that members of the Energy and Commerce Committee will hear and debate issues specific to marijuana policy reform. IN resident? NH resident? NH resident?

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It is Time to Acknowledge Reality and End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

NORML

This is not just good policy, but good politics. As long as marijuana remains a Schedule I substance, federal policy remains ignorant of this fact. Worse still, these policies are applied in racially disparate ways, overwhelmingly those arrested are people of color or members of other marginalized communities.

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Illinois Legislature Passes the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act

NORML

With Governor Pritzker’s Signature, Illinois will become the first state in history to legislatively legalize and regulate cannabis sales. It also expands access and rights for qualified medical patients. “Cannabis criminalization in Illinois is coming to an end. .