The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 5, 2021

Louisiana’s decriminalization law went into effect this week. Idaho supporters can start collecting signatures. The Wyoming Secretary of State approved two initiatives: one on medical cannabis and one on decriminalization. As we reported back in June, Louisiana passed a decriminalization bill. state ballot initiatives.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 15, 2021

If all goes well and society isn’t shut down from another round of the plague, murder hornets, or an alien invasion(my personal favorite) then we should begin collecting signatures starting in early September of this year. We will then have 180 days to collect 623,212 valid signatures.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 14, 2022

Virginia lawmakers introduced new bills this week to decriminalize the possession of psychedelics. Any dollars collected from psychedelics possession violations would go to the state’s Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund, which supports substance misuse treatment programs and drug courts. Marijuana Moment reports.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Current State Of Psychedelic Therapy Understanding the current laws surrounding psychedelic therapy in the United States can feel a little confusing, particularly as states like Oregon and Colorado work to decriminalize magic mushrooms and other substances.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 6, 2021

The Texas legislature moves on cannabis decriminalization. Also this week, another bipartisan, bicameral group introduced the Marijuana Data Collection Act. One would decriminalize marijuana possession. The Supreme Court refuses to hear a 280E case. And finally, you can now purchase Amish CBD. cannabis research bills.

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NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Activists in Mississippi have collected approximately two thirds of the needed signatures to qualify a medical cannabis ballot initiative in 2020. At a more local level, the Cincinnati, Ohio city council approved a measure to decriminalize up to 100 grams of cannabis possession.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 22, 2021

With decriminalization efforts underway in many other cities and states, this new training, the first of its kind in the US, could set the stage for the design and deployment of programs like it across the country.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

“While as a result of decriminalization and legalization, licensed individuals and entities cannot be prosecuted for engaging in lawful activities, it is also true that they are not immune from prosecution for criminal activity,” they wrote.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2021

Continentally, cannabis is decriminalized and allowed for medical use in several regions of North America, Africa, Australia, Europe, and South America. This article is a collection and a quick guide of cannabis laws around the world. Here’s their introduction. But it remains prohibited in Middle Eastern countries and Asia.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 5, 2019

RESOLVED, That the Oakland City Council directs the City Administrator to instruct the City’s state and federal lobbyists to work in support of decriminalizing all Entheogenic Plants and plant-based compounds that are listed on the Federal Controlled Substances Schedule 1; AND BE IT FURTHER. That makes it the second U.S. ” [link].

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The Blunt Truth

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Meanwhile in Montana , voters narrowly passed Initiative 190 and Initiative 118 which collectively will permit the use, production and sale of marijuana to adults ages 21 or older. also approved measures aimed at decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelic plants. Washington, D.C.,

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Veriheal

JUNE 17, 2021

However, there are Idaho activists who are currently working to get an initiative on the 2022 State ballot that would decriminalize residents purchasing legal cannabis out of state and bringing it back to their private property. Will the initiative to decriminalize cannabis make the 2022 ballot for the state of Idaho?

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 12, 2020

Virginia passed legislation decriminalizing cannabis, and the governor is expected to sign the bill. This means that the group will have to redraft the proposal, collect signatures and resubmit. If it seems as if South Dakota is proceeding at a glacial pace, they’re moving faster than Idaho. ON THE LIGHTER SIDE.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2021

In addition to eliminating criminal penalties for drug possession at the federal level, the bill also incentivizes state and local governments to adopt decriminalization policies by otherwise limiting their eligibility to receive funds in the Byrne and COPS grant programs. to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession.

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

Activists in Nebraska, along with two pro-legalization Senators, qualified a 2020 medical cannabis ballot initiative petition to begin collecting signatures from registered voters in the state. Legislation is pending, House Bill 96, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. AL resident? GA resident? HI resident?

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

With the 2020 ballot fast approaching, California activists are keenly working towards securing a measure that would decriminalize psilocybin, also commonly known as ‘magic mushrooms.’. Representatives for Decriminalize California have stated the group currently aims to raise $1.5 The Proposed Measure. Legal Implications.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 20, 2020

The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Reports: SPRINGFIELD — Smelling and seeing cannabis justified probable cause for a police officer in central Illinois to search a man’s car, despite cannabis’ decriminalization and legalization for medical purposes at the time, a unanimous Illinois Supreme Court majority ruled Thursday.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 24, 2022

The city of Denver, Colorado, decriminalized the possession and use of psilocybin in 2019—the first U.S. Activists collected over 100,000 more signatures than needed to qualify the measure for the ballot, showing significant support for its passing. city to do so. Colorado could legalize psychedelics.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 17, 2022

The grant funding was made available through the collection of marijuana-related sales tax revenues. A 2019 state law permits those convicted of marijuana-specific activities which have since been decriminalized or legalized to submit a written request to the court to have those records sealed. million) have awarded $1.2

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Luxembourg decriminalized marijuana in October of this year, and Germany may move on this issue in 2022. Supporters of legalization are hard at work collecting signatures for the 2022 ballot. The Parliament passed a law formally legalizing the use and growing of marijuana this week. south dakota.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

states that have legalized cannabis in some form, but advocates have continued to work hard on cannabis legalization and decriminalization proposals. . Both the medical cannabis legalization bill and the cannabis decriminalization bill feature language from the two cannabis-related ballot initiatives submitted in 2021.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Winters said Kind Idaho has a “skeleton crew” of volunteers in different parts of the state, and has collected roughly 5,000 of the 65,000 total signatures needed to get the group’s medical cannabis legalization measure, the Idaho Medical Marijuana Act for 2022 (IMMA) , before voters next year.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Arkansas is in the process of collecting signatures in support of putting adult-use/recreational cannabis legalization on next year’s ballot. Wyoming, one of the most conservative states in the nation, is looking to decriminalize cannabis possession and legalize medical cannabis. Nebraska is trying to legalize medical cannabis.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

This week, advocates in Missouri began collecting signatures to qualify a marijuana legalization initiative for the November 2020 ballot. 2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Winters said Kind Idaho has a “skeleton crew” of volunteers in different parts of the state, and has collected roughly 5,000 of the 65,000 total signatures needed to get the group’s medical cannabis legalization measure, the Idaho Medical Marijuana Act for 2022 (IMMA) , before voters next year.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A new collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association union went into effect July 1, 2023. Previous efforts by Durant had significant involvement in the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) decision to remove cannabis from its list of banned substances. Can NBA Players Smoke Weed?

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Viets says they’re collecting 170,000 signatures to get a statewide legalization vote on the November 2022 ballot as part of their Legal Missouri 22 campaign. . “If we only repeal the local ordinances, police still have the option to pursue charges under state law,” Missouri NORML’s Dan Viets said.

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CannaMD

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Now is the time for the public to collectively demand that enough is enough: end prohibition and expunge the criminal records to no longer hold people back from achieving their potential. According to NORML Executive Director, Erik Altieri : Police across America make a marijuana-related arrest every 58 seconds.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Measure 110 passed with flying colors making Oregon the first state in America to decriminalize the minor personal possession of ALL drugs. Not Everyone Was High on the Idea of Decriminalizing All Drugs. A Quick Breakdown of Measure 110: Measure 110 does NOT decriminalize selling or the manufacturing of drugs.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Data from a nationally representative sample of participants have been collected since 1975 to understand drug use trends among American young adults, and noteworthy findings are published each fall. In 2020, Oregon became the first state in America to decriminalize psychedelics in small amounts.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 18, 2021

Marijuana Moment reports that a group called Decriminalize California has submitted a petition to the California attorney general’s office for a 2022 ballot measure that would make California the first state to legalize magic mushrooms. . Santa Cruz’s city council also passed psychedelic decriminalization measures in 2020.

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Winters said Kind Idaho has a “skeleton crew” of volunteers in different parts of the state, and has collected roughly 5,000 of the 65,000 total signatures needed to get the group’s medical cannabis legalization measure, the Idaho Medical Marijuana Act for 2022 (IMMA) , before voters next year.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In May 2019, Denver became the first city in the United States to decriminalize personal possession, cultivation and storage of psilocybin mushrooms. The initiative also created the Denver Psilocybin Policy Review Panel (“Panel”), which was required to report back to the City on the public safety and other impacts of decriminalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Like medical marijuana usage, with decriminalizing and more research showing psychedelics as a viable therapeutic alternative in treating depression, substance use disorders, and other mental illnesses, employers should expect to see more workplace issues like those involved in the lawsuit against Amazon. We’ll see ya at the polls in 2024.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 1, 2024

Arkansas’ Attorney General gives the go-ahead for advocates to start collecting signatures for a ballot initiative. Supporters of the initiative need to collect over 90,000 signatures by July 5 to qualify for the November ballot. And Philadelphia (where the series is set) has decriminalized.

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SpeedWeed

MAY 22, 2021

Advocates for Indigenous people recently wrote a letter to drug reform advocates and media saying that peyote should not be included in the current wave of psychedelic decriminalization efforts, as reported by Marijuana Moment (where you can check out the statement in full.) . Not all decriminalization efforts have ignored the issue.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 28, 2022

Colorado could decriminalize the personal use and possession of certain psychedelic plants and fungi, including “magic mushrooms,” and create a Natural Medicine Access Program, according to a voter initiative on the November ballot. Oregon also was the first state to decriminalize certain other drugs with 2020’s passage of Measure 110.

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