NORML

APRIL 12, 2023

Highlights include: AR, CA, CO, ME, MD, MO, NH, PA, SC, and TX The post State Policy Weekly Update 4/12/2023 appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

MAY 24, 2023

The post State Policy Weekly Update 5/24/2023 appeared first on NORML. Highlights include LA, ME, MD, MN, MT, NV, NH, NY, OH, PA, and RI.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Highlights include: AZ, CO, GA, KS, ME, MD, NH, NM, RI, TX, VT, VA, and WV The post State Policy Weekly Update 2/14/2023 appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

JANUARY 7, 2019

Since the passage of Proposition 1 , officially known as the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act , which legalized the sale, possession, consumption and cultivation of marijuana for adults 21 and up last November, members of Michigan NORML have encountered a new challenge: municipal opt-out.

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NORML

APRIL 9, 2020

However, while we are living through the current pandemic consumers should be more mindful of day-to-day consumption practices. NORML Cannabis Policy Guidance Memo for Protecting Public Health During COVID-19 Crisis. NORML’s Voting Guide to Legalize Marijuana in Your State. Download memo.

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NORML

MARCH 12, 2019

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. We need urgent action from New Jersey residents to make adult-use cannabis legalization a reality in the Garden State.

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NORML

JULY 29, 2019

Kleiman , an academic expert on cannabis policy who often shared and debated his well informed views on marijuana policy reform with those of us who were committed to advocating for a policy of adult use legalization. He further developed his views on cannabis and criminal justice as a professor of public policy at UCLA.

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NORML

JANUARY 28, 2020

” “This is likely the result of two major policy changes: More than twenty decriminalization or penalty downgrade ordinances passed by city councils across the Commonwealth, and approximately a quarter of a million registered medical marijuana patients,” said Goldstein. That’s a positive,” Hoover said.

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Veriheal

MARCH 21, 2023

Las Vegas has had a zero-tolerance policy for cannabis for decades. ” Nevada, aka the Silver State, just announced a silver lining to cannabis consumption: Las Vegas will allow cannabis lounges. ” Nevada, aka the Silver State, just announced a silver lining to cannabis consumption: Las Vegas will allow cannabis lounges.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Many cannabis advocates have pointed to cannabis decriminalization and legalization as a means of freeing up resources for handling more serious, violent crimes. Now, findings from a recent research study —published in the February 2022 volume of the International Journal of Drug Policy—support the theory.

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NORML

JANUARY 24, 2019

Sixty-six percent of US adults believe that “the use of marijuana should be made legal,” according to national survey data compiled by the Gallup. The percentage is the highest ever reported by Gallup, which has been tracking Americans’ views on the subject of marijuana legalization since 1969.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

but now they’ve been forced to reverse that policy. A power struggle has been brewing in Cook County, where job offers to several attorneys from Public Defender Sharone Mitchell were rescinded after confusion over the county’s drug policy. Recreational marijuana became legal in Illinois last January.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The legalization effort in New Mexico was killed as the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-4 to table the bill this week. One of two initiative petitions to put marijuana legalization on the ballot in Oklahoma was cleared for signature gathering. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of on-site consumption. AL resident?

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Veriheal

AUGUST 22, 2023

States legalizing recreational cannabis are seeing an unexpected and significant decrease in mental health treatment admissions. Unveiling these connections could reshape knowledge and understanding of public health implications and policy outcomes in this rapidly evolving field. However, he suggests two potential explanations.

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MassRoots

JANUARY 5, 2019

Making history as the first country in Southeast Asia to do so, Thailand legalized medical cannabis on December 24, 2018. Once the new law is published in the Royal Gazette, the cultivation, import, export, possession and consumption of cannabis for medical purposes will be legal in the Land of Smiles.

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Veriheal

MAY 12, 2023

Secret Service Revises Cannabis Employment Policy In order to keep up with the growing movement for cannabis legalization, several federal organizations have revised their cannabis policies. Last month, the USSS announced an update to its employment policy. Secret Service (USSS) is the latest organization to follow suit.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In accordance with this, a new study found that states with legal cannabis markets have been less likely to experience incidences of EVALI, suggesting that properly regulated vape pens are not the problem. The report noted that the states with legalized recreational cannabis “fell into the lower two quintiles for EVALI prevalence.”

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The Cannigma

JUNE 12, 2022

Recreational: not legal, possession decriminalized Medical: legal. Recreational cannabis is not legal in Ukraine, but possession of up to 5 grams is decriminalized and there is a limited, but expanding, medical program. Police in Ukraine are known to be semi-tolerant or open to bribes to ignore cannabis consumption.

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Veriheal

MARCH 21, 2022

Cannabis companies that hire drivers to work for them—such as delivery services and goods transporters—are being advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish certain policies that can mitigate the risk of impaired driving, all the while ensuring that companies remain in alignment with state legalization laws.

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NORML

MAY 20, 2019

Even though cannabis has been recreationally legal in the Battle Born State for nearly two years and Sin City has become a greenish gold mine of legal cannabis, many problems and societal penalties still arise with the use of it; no social consumption lounges being among the most glaring.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Does recreational cannabis legalization contribute to a spike in consumption? On the other hand, Martins and her team of researchers claim that legalization did not contribute to a rise in frequent cannabis consumption among the aforementioned groups since the year 2017. As of October 2021, 18 U.S. Non-Hispanic white (16.6-19.4%).

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CannaMD

MARCH 3, 2021

Law enforcement, policy makers, and public citizens have long debated how recreational marijuana legalization influences crime and public safety. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy , and PLOS One – discovering a buffer effect and decreased crime rates. Most existing research focuses on crime in legalized states.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 9, 2021

When cannabis legalization began to gain ground and support, those who remained opposed to these policy changes touted claims that legalization would increase the risk of mental illness or even suicide among affected populations. In fact, there was a study that found a decrease in adolescent cannabis consumption in 2020.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The recent wave of crackdowns on cannabidiol (“CBD”)-infused alcohol beverages has further exacerbated public confusion regarding the legal status of the cannabis plant’s non-psychoactive compound. As I previously explained , food additives must receive FDA pre-market approval to be deemed safe for human consumption.

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CannaMD

MARCH 19, 2020

To that, end we’ve organized official policies – including delivery details and more – for all Florida dispensaries , below. We pride ourselves on the cleanliness and sanitary conditions of our facilities and dispensaries and have an ongoing Safety Policy Plan to assure sanitary production facilities. Running clean stores.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2022

In a decision last week, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that the state law protecting “lawful activities” or “lawful off-duty conduct” does not apply to non-medical cannabis consumption, according to an Ogletree Deakins report. In the decision in Ceballos v. 22-25130 (1). August 17, 2022. Tae Phillips. Birmingham.

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Veriheal

MARCH 20, 2024

One of the most commonly cited arguments against legalizing cannabis is that it could lead to an uptick in marijuana use among children. A federally funded study on the effects of adult-use legalization looked at data on middle schoolers in New Mexico and Nevada between 2017 and 2019. In New Mexico, lifetime use climbed from 14.1

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The Cannabis Act allows employers to maintain and enforce a drug-free workplace policy that prohibits employees from using or possessing cannabis in the workplace and from being under the influence of cannabis while they are performing work, including remote work.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

doctors to fill out the state-legal medical marijuana recommendations. This measure prohibits employers from arbitrarily discriminating against employees who legally consume medical cannabis off-the-job in accordance with state law. 4522 was approved by the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy on 3/9/20. Your Highness, Carly.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

As we previously reported , on February 22, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three separate cannabis reform bills into law ( NJ A21 , NJ A 1897 , and NJ A5342/NJ S3454 ), formally legalizing the use and possession of recreational marijuana in the Garden State. Other jurisdictions are catching up to the marijuana law frenzy.

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NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

House of Representatives just voted to restrict the Department of Justice from interfering with the states that have legalized adult-use marijuana. Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 45, to amend certain marijuana penalties for juvenile offenders. Massachusetts.

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Veriheal

APRIL 12, 2022

Medical cannabis is legal in New Mexico, but April 1st marked the very first day stores were allowed to start making sales to the public for recreational cannabis. Legal Cannabis in New Mexico is Great for the Economy. People were happy and excited to finally have legal access to cannabis.

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NORML

JANUARY 29, 2020

convention and hosting a festive Happy Holidays party at Nuwu’s historic cannabis consumption lounge, taking it to an even higher level in 2020 was absolutely vital. We look forward to working with candidates and consumers alike to work towards sensible solutions within marijuana policy.” ” describes Saglibene.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 17, 2024

REGULATE INTOXICATING HEMP The proliferation of intoxicating hemp products is undermining Illinois carefully crafted legal cannabis market. REGULATORY CHANGES More than a dozen agencies regulate the cannabis industry in Illinois, creating a burdensome patchwork of policies and procedures.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

At the state level, activists in Florida and Missouri gathered in their state capitals along side state and local NORML chapters to lobby state lawmakers in favor of sensible marijuana policy reform. Governor of Pennsylvania, is beginning a state-wide listening tour to find out where PA residents stand on cannabis legalization.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 28, 2021

The November 2020 election was a great win for advocates for cannabis legal reform , with four states voting to legalize recreational cannabis, joining the 11 other states that have decriminalized recreational cannabis use. ” What Federal Law Says. 12114(a); 29 U.S.C. § 12114(a); 29 U.S.C. § Emphasis added by Veriheal. .

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Veriheal

AUGUST 23, 2022

Andrew Cuomo legalized recreational cannabis in the state of New York. In many places where cannabis is legal, be it medical cannabis or recreational cannabis, you are still not allowed to consume it in public. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that effectively regulates the public consumption of cannabis.

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