NORML

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

On Wednesday, September 25th, 2019, NORML testified at the DC Council Committee on Labor and Workforce Development in support of B23-0309 , the “Medical Marijuana Program Patient Employment Protection Amendment Act of 2019”, which seeks to expand workplace protections for medical cannabis patients in the District of Columbia.

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NORML

MAY 12, 2020

Years later and after countless hours devoted by herself and other advocates at Virginia NORML, the state’s first medical cannabis dispensaries will finally begin opening dispensary doors to patients this summer. It concerned her that even as a registered patient, she could still be arrested.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 10, 2024

These rules bring further clarity and transparency to IDFPR operations by laying out policies and procedures in a clear and concise way. IDFPR FY2025 goals include: Continue working with CROO and the legislature to pass legislation to expand access to cannabis for medical patients. Find detailed information about this topic here.)

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NORML

APRIL 22, 2020

In the majority of jurisdictions that regulate cannabis marketplaces, lawmakers in recent weeks have designated these operations to be ‘essential’ to the health and well-being of the patient community. ” You can find the full Senate letter here.

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NORML

JUNE 25, 2019

“Today, Illinois residents and political leaders demonstrated the power of democracy in action, using the political process to achieve sensible policies that protect individual freedoms and that ensure community safety,” said NORML Political Director Justin Strekal.

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As Missouri patients gain access to medical cannabis for various qualifying conditions, understanding and advocating for MMJ patient rights is of paramount importance. We’ll also explore patient rights and responsibilities within Missouri’s MMJ program and the availability of legal assistance for MMJ patients.

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NORML

JANUARY 28, 2020

” “This is likely the result of two major policy changes: More than twenty decriminalization or penalty downgrade ordinances passed by city councils across the Commonwealth, and approximately a quarter of a million registered medical marijuana patients,” said Goldstein.

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NORML

APRIL 3, 2020

Medical cannabis is essential and while we commend our state officials for declaring that centers will remain open during the state of emergency, we need to ensure our patients have uninterrupted access to their life saving medicine, especially during these uncertain times.

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NORML

APRIL 23, 2020

The questions : Initiative 65 (citizen initiated) : Should Mississippi allow qualified patients with debilitating medical conditions, as certified by Mississippi licensed physicians, to use medical marijuana? Under this proposal, patients would be prohibited from smoking whole-plant marijuana. ounces of cannabis per 14-day time period.

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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. Click here to send a message to your Representative and tell them to add their name in support!

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Despite notable advances in MMJ research over the last decade, scientists have found that some states’ restrictions on qualifying conditions prevent millions of patients from getting the treatments they need—robbing them of potential relief offered by cannabinoid therapies. How Do MMJ Restrictions Affect Patients and Doctors?

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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. “I would sum up our policy as ‘do the right thing’ Let’s create legal cannabis policy that acknowledges both science and reality,” Bacca says.

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NORML

JANUARY 24, 2019

It seeks to redefine allowed dosage limitations and formulations, and expand patient access and reduce patient cost by adding nurse practitioners and physician assistants to the list of those authorized to issue written certifications to patients. Marijuana policy should be evidence based.

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

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. FL resident? FL resident? MD resident?

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NORML

MARCH 5, 2020

A supermajority of Virginians have for many years opposed the continued criminalization of personal possession, and the legislature has finally taken action to turn public opinion into public policy,” said NORML Development Director Jenn Michelle Pedini, who also serves as the executive director of the state affiliate, Virginia NORML.

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NORML

JANUARY 9, 2020

With the 2020 legislative session already in full swing in many states, NORML chapters across the country are organizing lobby days to advocate for sensible reform policies in their state. Maryland Cannabis Policy Lobby Day. Patients First: Rallying to Fix Medical Marijuana in PA.

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NORML

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Once again, Nevada NORML has remained hard at work, advocating for both patient access and rights as well as the criminal justice reform that this country desperately requires.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 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. It would not allow patients to smoke herbal marijuana or vape, but would allow forms including pills, oils, lozenges and patches.

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NORML

JUNE 5, 2019

All of these FREE events will focus on rules and regulations of Amendment 2, now Article XIV, for patients and caregivers. One of our main objectives for these seminars is to ensure patients have free resources and education around the new medical marijuana program. Marijuana policy should be evidence based.

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NORML

JANUARY 7, 2020

Over the course of twelve months, the proud fighters of the Las Vegas chapter have taken cannabis advocacy, education and community to otherworldly levels through a variety of far-reaching ways. Initiated a patient voucher program for eligible patients. Spoke with high-profile politicians such as Cory Booker and Susie Lee.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2020

Advocacy groups including Kentucky’s chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (KY NORML), Kentuckians for Medical Marijuana (KY4MM) and Kentucky Cannabis Freedom Coalition (KCFC) organized advocacy day activities in Frankfort. Citizens need to let their lawmakers know how they feel about these issues.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Yesterday was the deadline for the comment period on the draft version of the federal cannabis reform bill, the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), and cannabis advocacy groups did not disappoint—with an avalanche of commentary rolling in before the time was up. The summary of NORML’s discussion draft can be read here.

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NORML

JANUARY 9, 2019

“I’m proud to join my colleagues in leading the effort to implement responsible, commonsense cannabis policies,” said Rep. The federal government’s interference in this arena has stifled important medical research, interfered with doctors and patients making treatment decisions and harmed state-legal businesses.

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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. NH resident?

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Otherside Farms

JANUARY 25, 2019

A medical marijuana patient in Los Angeles with inoperable liver cancer has been removed from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s transplant list after testing positive for marijuana. Sixty-three-year-old medical marijuana patient Norman B. The letter also urges Cedars-Sinai to change its transplant eligibility policy.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

The MS Society has said that thousands of multiple sclerosis patients are being denied access to the approved drug Sativex, which helps improve spasm symptoms in sufferers. Eligible people with MS are being denied the option to try it,” the authors of the report wrote.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 27, 2021

Patients substituting marijuana for other drugs, including opiates. Here’s the summary. The evidence presented in this brief suggests that legalization of marijuana for medical or recreational use results in: 1. Marijuana consumers substituting legitimate marijuana for illicit marijuana.

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Illinois News Joint

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In the 144-page report, compiled by the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office (CROO), the Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) states in its data summary, “Looking ahead to Fiscal Year 2025, IDFPR has already begun its efforts to further expand access to cannabis both to consumers and medical patients.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

At the state level, activists in Florida and Missouri gathered in their state capitals along side state and local NORML chapters to lobby state lawmakers in favor of sensible marijuana policy reform. The measure would permit medical cannabis patients to grow up to six cannabis plants. John Fetterman, Lt. CT resident? Update : S.

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CannaMD

JUNE 2, 2020

A long-standing problem for medical marijuana patients across the nation is that while many states have loosened up restrictions on cannabis use, company policies on marijuana have remained mostly unchanged. CITIES WITH NEW MARIJUANA TESTING POLICIES. INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENT?

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NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 223, to allow medical cannabis to be administered to patients at school. Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders. The measure would give doctors the discretion to recommend medical cannabis to any patient for whom they believe will benefit from its therapeutic use.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 28, 2021

Cannabis Patient Care™ launched in November 2020 and has already made a big impression in the medical cannabis community due to the quality of its content and the important message behind each issue,” said Mike Hennessy Jr.

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NORML

JANUARY 27, 2020

Delaware cannabis patients and advocates will gather in Dover on Wednesday to rally support for The Delaware Patient Right to Grow Act, House Bill 243. This change would allow registered patients and registered caregivers to grow medical cannabis at home. Most patients respond best to specific strains of cannabis.

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NORML

JUNE 12, 2019

The crowd of activists and press heard from NORML’s state policy team, the ACLU-NJ, medical cannabis patients, and others who have been adversely impacted by New Jersey’s unjust cannabis policies on issues such as regulating sales, expunging past records, home cultivation rights, and more.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Prohibiting VA doctors from recommending cannabis to qualifying patients, while continuing to rely on pharmaceuticals drugs like opioids as a treatment, is both a dangerous and illogical policy.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

” At a more local level, the decriminalization policy in Dayton, Ohio went into effect this week. The provision to require patients to get approval from a review panel before being permitted to smoke was removed. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of allowing patients to smoke medical cannabis. GA resident?

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