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House Members Pass Historic Legislation Legitimizing Retail Cannabis Sales

NORML

Why NORML Supports Passage of HR 1595: The Safe Banking Act: Federal law currently defines all marijuana-related endeavors as criminal enterprises, including those commercial activities that are licensed and legally regulated under state laws. What’s Next?

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Evidence-Based Research Suggests Allowing Cannabis Storefront Retail Benefits Neighboring Property Values, Public Health and Safety

Canna Law Blog

But a newly collected body of evidence-based research suggests that the fears and prohibitions are unsupported by the facts. What were once unregulated, crudely adorned storefronts are now state-licensed, tightly regulated, and elegantly designed boutiques. miles) increased in value by approximately 8.4

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/8/19

NORML

At the state level, activists in Texas, Maryland, and Kentucky gathered in their state capitols alongside state and local NORML chapters to lobby for sensible marijuana policy reform legislation. Legislation is pending, SF 104 / HF 221, to expand Iowa’s narrow medical cannabidiol (CBD) law. AZ resident?

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Clark County continues to eye pot-law changes

Cannabis Chronicles

They also reflect updates to state law, such as eliminating “collective gardens,” which were previously used for medical marijuana. Anderson said the planning commission recommended that retail marijuana businesses be permitted to operate in commercial areas in the Vancouver urban growth area but not in rural centers.

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Northeaster University study published by the Massachusetts Cannabis Business Association – Massachusetts municipalities have collected more than $53 million in cannabis “impact” fees

Cannabis Law Report

Massachusetts municipalities have collected more than $53 million in “impact” fees from cannabis companies since the launch of adult-use sales in 2018, according to a Northeaster University study published by the Massachusetts Cannabis Business Association outlined in a Boston Globe report. The Franklin Observer writes.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/15/18

NORML

Additionally, Representatives Charlie Crist (D-FL) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced The Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act to explicitly bar federal agencies from discriminating against workers solely because of their status as a cannabis consumer, or due to testing positive for marijuana use on a workplace drug test.

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Michigan Legislature Addresses Native American Tribes in New Marijuana Legislation

Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

As sovereign nations, tribes can generally make their own rules for their business ventures and members on tribal lands, with state law potentially applicable only in sharply limited circumstances. Generally speaking, tribes regulate and operate their businesses free from state regulation.