NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Several mayors across the state of New Jersey are calling for automatic expungement provisions to be included in the state’s marijuana regulation bill, and are threatening to ban retail sales in their jurisdictions if state lawmakers pass legislation without it.

Legislation 178

Legislation Decriminalization Access Patients 178

NORML

MAY 24, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Jared Polis (D) of Colorado signed legislation into law that allows physicians to recommend medical cannabis for any condition for which an opiate would otherwise be prescribed. The group then withdrew the measure so they can amend the language.

Legislation 180

Legislation Hemp Access Patients 180

NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Roers Jones, who sponsored the recently defeated decriminalization bill, is trying to get her language inserted as a part of separate legislation. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. AR resident?

Legislation 183

Legislation Compliance Compliance Hemp 183

NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Another hearing is scheduled for Thursday, where the Veterans Affairs Committee will discuss various bills that are pending regarding medical cannabis programs and veterans access. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of compassionate care programs.

Legislation 164

Legislation Banking Access Hemp 164

NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! The Arkansas House Rules Committee killed a bill that would have expanded the list of qualifying medical conditions eligible for medical cannabis. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation. CO resident?

Legislation 175

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 175

NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation into law this week permitting the production of industrial hemp in accordance with the new federal regulations. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation.

Legislation 187

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 187

NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Jim Justice (R) of West Virginia signed legislation into law that allows financial institutions to provide banking services related to the state’s medical marijuana program. It now awaits consideration by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.

Legislation 177

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 177

NORML

JANUARY 18, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to support this important legislation. Connecticut. CT resident?

Legislation 176

Legislation Decriminalization Access Therapy 176

NORML

MAY 3, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Jay Inslee (D) of Washington signed legislation into law allowing medical cannabis to be accessed by patients on school grounds, and separate legislation allowing the production of industrial hemp in accordance with new federal hemp regulations.

Legislation 177

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 177

NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Mark Gordon (R) of Wyoming signed industrial hemp production legislation into law. Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. AL resident?

Legislation 181

Legislation Patients Access Seed-To-Sale 181

NORML

MAY 19, 2020

House lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved two bills to amend the state’s medical marijuana program in a manner that significantly expands patients’ access to cannabis products. The state’s legislative session concludes at 6pm on Monday, June 1, 2020.

Access 252

Access Therapy Patients Conditions 252

NORML

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Legislation is pending, House Bill 2359, to reduce barriers to employment for those harmed by the War on Drugs.

Legislation 148

Legislation Decriminalization Patients Edibles 148

MassRoots

AUGUST 3, 2020

New laws expanding the medical marijuana program in Louisiana went into effect on August 1. The state’s medical marijuana program has been criticized for being too limited and too restrictive since the program was established in 2016, but the three laws that went into effect on Saturday aim to improve the situation.

Programs 124

Programs Banking Marijuana Conditions 124

NORML

APRIL 20, 2019

Welcome to the 4/20 edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! At the state level, Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed legislation into law to facilitate regulations governing the licensed production and distribution of oils and other products containing limited amounts of plant-derived THC. AL resident? California.

Legislation 160

Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Compliance 160

NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

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. California. CA resident?

Legislation 154

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 154

NORML

MARCH 22, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed legislation into law to restore patients’ right to smoke medical cannabis. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. California. CA resident? CT resident?

Legislation 147

Legislation Hemp Patients Compliance 147

NORML

APRIL 12, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Following are the bills that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check NORML’s Action Center for legislation pending in your state. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. CO resident? CT resident?

Legislation 160

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 160

NORML

MAY 17, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Jay Inslee (D) of Washington signed legislation into law to allow individuals with prior low-level cannabis convictions to apply to the sentencing court to have their record vacated. The two measures became law absent Mayor DeBlasio’s signature.

Legislation 147

Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 147

NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana signed legislation into law to allow the production of industrial hemp and hemp-derived CBD products. Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of this important legislation. California.

Legislation 122

Legislation Hemp Agriculture Compliance 122

NORML

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

There have been so far been eight major reform bills introduced in the New Hampshire General Court during the current legislative session. For more information on this bill and to send a message to your State Senator in support of this legislation, click here. It passed the House on 2/27/2019 by a vote of 209-147.

Marijuana 200

Marijuana Legislation Hemp Patients 200

NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Earl Blumenauer introduced legislation to allow for interstate commerce when it comes to state-legal cannabis programs. Governors Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed industrial hemp production legislation into law.

Legislation 109

Legislation Access Decriminalization Patients 109

NORML

MARCH 4, 2019

In the Texas State Capitol Building, dozens of patients joined us to ask their legislators to coauthor legislation that makes the Texas Compassionate Use Program more inclusive and effective. Ask your legislators to coauthor HB 1365 and SB 90 now! Ask your legislators to coauthor HB 1365 and SB 90 now!

Patients 165

Patients Legislation Conditions Events 165

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

NY Legislative Gazette. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 would require the Department of Agriculture and Markets to share data and documentation related to the agricultural research pilot program with the Office of Cannabis Management (0CM). Michelle Hinchey’s bill S.8084-a. S8084A (ACTIVE) – SUMMARY. Michelle Hinchey’s bill S.8084-a

Legislation 105

Legislation Conditions Cultivation Agriculture 105

The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

MARCH 16, 2019

More New Mexicans would qualify for medical marijuana, and the 70,000-plus patients already in the state’s medical cannabis program would have to deal with less paperwork under legislation approved by the state Legislature and sent to Gov. Continue reading Bill grows medical cannabis program at The NM Political Report.

Programs 75

Programs Legislation Patients Conditions 75

Veriheal

AUGUST 3, 2021

On Wednesday, June 30, Governor Tom Wolf (D) of Pennsylvania signed medical cannabis legislation amendments into effect. Under the terms of the legislation, House Bill 1024 will extend cannabis curbside services and indefinitely eradicate the patient cap for actively serving caregivers.

Legislation 98

Legislation Patients Supply Chain Dispensary 98

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 16, 2019

On May 13th New Jersey’s Department of Health (“DOH”) amended it Medicinal Marijuana Program Rules, N.J.A.C. Phil Murphy’s Executive Order #6 tasking the DOH with reviewing all Medicinal Marijuana Program (“Program”) aspects to expand access and eliminate bureaucratic barriers. 24:6I-1, Et.

Programs 77

Programs Chronic Pain Marijuana Conditions 77

Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2022

The first legal psilocybin therapy program to take shape in America is slowly progressing in Oregon. Kate Brown conducts regularly scheduled monthly meetings with a goal of shaping the nation’s first Psilocybin therapy program. Oregon’s Psilocybin Therapy Program: Advisory Board Hard at Work. What is Psilocybin?

Therapy 98

Therapy Programs Microdosing Medicine 98

NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

Enacted in 1986, the Federal Drug-Free Workplace Program made it a condition for employment that all civilian employees at executive branch agencies be prohibited from using federally illegal substances on or off duty. A recent American Legion poll found that one in five veterans use marijuana to alleviate a medical condition.

Chronic Pain 172

Chronic Pain Legislation Treatment State Laws 172

The Blunt Truth

MARCH 17, 2021

If passed, the law would prohibit an employer from discriminating against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment because a urine drug test revealed the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in their system. On February 19, 2021, Assembly Member Quirk (D) introduced AB 1256.

Legislation 124

Legislation Marijuana THC Safety 124

Veriheal

DECEMBER 24, 2021

One of the original authors of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act in 2013 (MCPP) — a law that led to the legalization of pharmaceutical-grade cannabis across the state of Illinois — says that growing demand and acceptance of the federally illegal plant has not reduced the risk of job loss.

Legislation 98

Legislation Recreational Patients Cannabis 98

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

Among the many changes that this new legislation brought were amendments to and expansion of New York’s lawful off-duty conduct law to protect cannabis use by employees when they are not on the job. Connecticut. Remedies for prevailing plaintiffs include reinstatement, back wages, attorneys’ fees and costs.

Legislation 105

Legislation Legalization Marijuana Recreational 105

NORML

MAY 20, 2019

Partially as a legislative apology for the frivolous and unnecessary wrongs of the War on Drugs and partially to boost possible employment opportunities to past “offenders”, Assembly Bill 192 would create a program for anyone with permanent criminal charges to apply for the records of those crimes to be sealed.

Consumption 140

Consumption Conditions Legislation Patients 140

NORML

JANUARY 24, 2019

Senator Siobhan Dunnavant’s SB1557 would clarify last year’s landmark Let Doctors Decide medical cannabis legislation. Last year we passed unanimously the historic Let Doctors Decide bill that expanded patient access to our medical cannabis program,” said Senator Dunnavant, a medical doctor from Henrico. “We

Policy 160

Policy Patients Education Legislation 160

MMJ Recs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Some states have broadly permissive MMJ laws, while others have more restrictive programs. Alaska: Alaska has a robust MMJ program, allowing for the use of medical marijuana for qualifying conditions. Arizona: Arizona has a well-established MMJ program that covers various qualifying conditions, with strict possession limits.

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Law Marijuana Programs Conditions 98

Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 23, 2021

In addition to the pilot program, the parties are working toward an exclusive, definitive supply and distribution agreement, which, if entered into, is expected to position Medicann as the sole supplier and distributor of the RYAH Smart Dry Herb Inhalers in the region. to reach 3.2 billion euros ($3.75 billion) by 2025.

Programs 100

Programs Data Events Collective 100

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

A somewhat bizarre piece of legislation. A Hawaii Senate committee on Monday approved a bill to make it so people 65 and older can automatically qualify for medical marijuana, regardless of whether they have a diagnosed condition that would otherwise make them eligible. We understand the thinking but really! Marijuana Moment reports.

Chronic Pain 105

Chronic Pain Legalization Conditions Legislation 105

Veriheal

JUNE 27, 2023

The pilot program for the New York cannabis farmers market is coming closer to being a reality. CAURD (Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensaries) dispensaries are slow to open across the state of New York, causing a backup in the cannabis supply chain. This has led cultivators to store the fruits of their labor—in this case, weed.

Legislation 97

Legislation Retail Supply Chain Dispensary 97