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Weekly Legislative Roundup 6/14/19

NORML

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana signed legislation into law giving patients the option to inhale medical cannabis through vaporization. Governor Doug Ducey (R) of Arizona signed legislation into law to establish medical cannabis testing standards.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/8/19

NORML

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! 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. AL resident? AR resident?

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/15/18

NORML

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) signed legislation into law that would strengthen and clarify medical cannabis patient protections. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. CA resident?

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Attorneys General Push for Marijuana Banking Reform

NORML

We stress that current legislative models are available to fix this situation. “The COVID-19 pandemic has sharply focused the need for legislative relief in three key respects,” they write. Members of the House of Representatives in November voted 321 to 103 in favor of the Act.

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Ohio: Activists Place Adult-Use Marijuana Initiative Before Lawmakers

NORML

“We are ready and eager to work with Ohio legislators over the next four months to legalize the adult use of marijuana in Ohio,” CTRMLA spokesman Tom Haren said in a press release. “We We are also fully prepared to collect additional signatures and take this issue directly to voters on November 8, 2022, if legislators fail to act.”.

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New Jersey: Adult-use legalization is closer than ever

NORML

After months of negotiation, Governor Murphy and NJ state legislators have reached a deal on what will be included in upcoming legislation to legalize the adult-use and retail sale of marijuana in the state of New Jersey. New Jersey ranks second in the nation in per capita annual marijuana arrests.

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It is Time to Acknowledge Reality and End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

NORML

Today, we stood with Representatives Tulsi Gabbard and Don Young as they introduced the Ending Federal Prohibition Act and Marijuana Data Collection Act. This legislation is about accepting political reality. This legislation is about accepting scientific reality. This legislation is about accepting economic reality.

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