The Joint Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The move would not have legalized or even decriminalized possession, just prevented the personal possession of small amounts from being a felony. This is despite data showing that there are numerous people in Kansas prisons for nonviolent marijuana offenses.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 16, 2019

Researchers with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service used existing data on the number of illegal grow sites reported between 2004 and 2016 in 111 national forests. A separate recent study found that cannabis cultivation on federal lands specifically in the Pacific Northwest declined after legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

Even the federal government is beginning to change course: Early this year, President Obama predicted that if enough states decriminalize marijuana, Congress might remove it from the list of Schedule I drugs, and he has informed officials in Washington and Colorado that the Justice Department will not prosecute anyone who complies with state laws.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It’s true that cannabis study data have continued to accrue over the past seven years. The only difference is that marijuana stores generally comply with state laws. Cannabis has not been decriminalized. Fundamentally, however, things are no different than in 2015. Conclusion.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 5, 2022

In his campaign trail, he was crystal clear when he stated , “I think we should decriminalize marijuana, period. Young and Joyce’s letter places a lot of importance on being able to benefit from the therapeutic properties of cannabis as well as being able to get better—and more—data. So why has nothing changed?

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released new data indicating a substantial increase in the growth of US hemp production. Scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University are sounding alarms over alleged failures of federal and state oversight programs to regulate the CBD industry.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Laws protecting patients and their providers vary from state to state and, in some cases, may vary from county to county. Many individuals choose to break outdated state laws that do not account for medical use or their access. The latter formed the ‘medical user’ group.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Industry advocates are also concerned that more conservative elements of the state legislature will prevent equitable legalization in Virginia. Part of the state’s decriminalization bill signed by Democratic Gov. Last month, Northam unveiled a legalization bill co-sponsored by multiple state legislators.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 16, 2019

On July 11, 2019, a Florida Appellate Court ruled in the highly-publicized Florigrown lawsuit that the state’s vertical integration was unfair and unconstitutional. NORML Outreach Director Kevin Mahmalji reported that one Florida Municipality Is Considering Marijuana Decriminalization Measure.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 17, 2019

As more countries legalize or decriminalize the cultivation, manufacture, sale, and use of cannabis, companies across a variety of industries are looking for opportunities to capitalize on this emerging market. Another researcher, New Frontier Data, pegged the global value of legal and illicit cannabis together at $340 billion in 2018.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A federal grand jury convened by the US Attorney, District of Massachusetts , is investigating agreements and payments between the state’s municipalities and the cannabis businesses located in those areas. These agreements have been criticized because local officials often demand more money than allowed under state law.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 3, 2020

In 2018, Texas prosecutors filed about 5,900 new misdemeanor marijuana possession cases a month, according to data from the Texas Office of Court Administration. But since June, when the hemp law was enacted, the number of cases has been slashed by more than half.

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SpeedWeed

JUNE 4, 2021

Despite the fact that Wisconsin’s capital city of Madison decriminalized the possession of up to 28 grams of cannabis for adults last November, state law designates the cultivation of a single marijuana plant as a felony offense. Police then went out of state to Colorado to nab him, using his phone data to track the guy down.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In total, 18 states — comprising nearly one-half of the US population — now have laws on the books regulating adult-use marijuana production and retail sales. DECRIMINALIZATION. Many states also took actions facilitating the expungement or sealing of past marijuana convictions. DECRIMINALIZATION. LEGALIZATION.

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NORML

MARCH 26, 2019

The blueprint for proponents of marijuana legalization is clear and has been effectively used in other states that have now legalized this drug. Phase 2: Push for decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana and expanded medical use. Phase 1: Achieve passage for limited medical use.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 14, 2022

Large Majority of Americans Favor Legal Recreational Cannabis Under Federal Law – Nearly two-thirds of Americans want recreational cannabis use to be legal under federal law and in their own state. DE – The Delaware House of Representatives approved a bill to legalize cannabis possession, which now advances to the Senate.

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The Joint Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

According to Gallup, the latest data are from Sept. 15 poll, conducted before the election that saw marijuana legalization proposals on the ballot in several states. Voters in all of these states — Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota — authorized the legal use of recreational marijuana in the Nov.

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The Joint Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin introduced legislation recently that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of recreational marijuana for those 21 and older. Nearly 15,000 adults in Wisconsin were arrested in 2018 for marijuana possession, a 3% increase from 2017, according to data from the state Department of Justice.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

What are the current laws surrounding cannabis in Mississippi? The state has, however, decriminalized cannabis for personal use to a certain extent; the penalty for a first-time possession offense is a fine rather than jail time. times more likely to be arrested on a cannabis-related charge than white people in the state.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

What are the current laws surrounding cannabis in Mississippi? The state has, however, decriminalized cannabis for personal use to a certain extent; the penalty for a first-time possession offense is a fine rather than jail time. times more likely to be arrested on a cannabis-related charge than white people in the state.

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