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State of the States: 2020 Ballot Initiative Efforts

NORML

Activists have been working for months registering new voters, collecting signatures, and educating the public, in hopes of giving voters in their state the opportunity to make their voices heard and cast their vote for marijuana. Status : Minimum # of signatures collected. Only adults at least 21 years of age could use cannabis.

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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

A new study from an industry advocacy group in California examines the content of dozens of unregulated intoxicating “hemp” products that are easily available in the Golden State despite being banned by state law. The study, entitled The Great Hemp Hoax , was released Feb. Hemp not really hemp Speaking in a Feb. percent THC.

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New Jersey: Lawmakers Advance Important Marijuana Law Reform Bills

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Taxing marijuana sales at three-percent, which will be collected by or paid to municipalities wherever retail stores exist. These bills would allow for the expedited expungement of certain marijuana-related convictions after marijuana legalization is signed into law in New Jersey. Some highlights of this landmark legislation are-.

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Cannabis laws in South Carolina

The Cannigma

Back when the US was still a collection of colonies under British rule, South Carolina had a booming industrial hemp industry. THC is not legal in any form in South Carolina, which still has harsh anti-cannabis laws. South Carolina medical marijuana program. The state does not have a medical program. Possible penalties.

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Illinois gives Second Notice for Industrial Hemp Act amendments

Illinois News Joint

The rulemaking provisions are meant to better define “academic research institutions that are eligible to participate in the industrial hemp program as institutions that offer agricultural programs or degrees; offer in-person programs at a physical location in Illinois; are Illinois non-profit entities; and conduct research on hemp.

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Louisiana’s Medical Cannabis Program Expansion, Mississippi’s Legalization Roadblocks, & Colorado’s Industry Records

Veriheal

Louisiana Patients, Law Enforcement Navigate Flower Legalization. The Bayou State’s medical cannabis program brought in the new year with a bang. Though this expansion is only a couple of days old at this point, it is already raising a number of questions and concerns from law enforcement and patients alike. . As of Jan.

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Bipartisan Legislation To End Marijuana Prohibition Filed

NORML

Also introduced was The Marijuana Data Collection Act of 2019 , which would study the effects of state legalized medicinal and non-medicinal marijuana programs from a variety of perspectives, including state revenues, public health, substance abuse and opioids, criminal justice, and employment.