Veriheal

JULY 25, 2020

Cannabis decriminalization recently took place in Virginia. The new law is a form of decriminalization and removing criminal penalties for low-level cannabis possession. Just one day after the new cannabis decriminalization law went into effect in Virginia, lawmakers announced they were already looking at full cannabis legalization.

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

At the state level, a new decriminalization law took effect this week in Hawaii involving the possession of up to three grams of marijuana, as well as a procedure for expungement of past convictions for the same amount. Legislation is pending, A1897, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. NH resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Legislation is pending, House Bill 3960, to repeal the state’s zero tolerance per se traffic safety ban for THC and its metabolites.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Legislation is pending, House Bill 550, to expand the state’s marijuana decriminalization law. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of expanded decriminalization. Update : HB 1663 is scheduled for an executive session in the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on 2/13/20. KY resident? MD resident?

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton (R), is planning to sue five cities (Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin, and Denton) over their recent marijuana decriminalization policies. Each city passed cannabis decriminalization through voting over the last one to three years, despite marijuana still being an illegal substance in Texas.

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NORML

JULY 29, 2019

Kleiman’s advocacy for ending marijuana prohibition did not stem from a deep appreciation of either personal freedom or equal rights; rather, he approached the issue primarily from a public safety and health perspective.

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NORML

MAY 9, 2019

” At the time of introduction, the bill sponsors said: “It’s time to decriminalize marijuana, and this bill is a critical first step,” said Leader Charles E. The enactment of these policies have not negatively impacted workplace safety , crime rates , traffic safety , or youth use patterns.

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NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

And Dayton, Ohio completely decriminalized cannabis possession, as the city commission decided to eliminate the existing $150 possession fine. Shannon Roers Jones (R) introduced legislation, House Bill 1155, to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization.

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NORML

JANUARY 25, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Update : HB 1648 is scheduled for an executive session in the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on 1/28/20 at 10am.

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NORML

MARCH 29, 2019

In Texas, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence passed a marijuana decriminalization bill out of committee this week. Legislation is pending, House Bill 1383, that would decriminalize certain marijuana possession offenses. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. HI resident? MO resident?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Manor Township, Pennsylvania is considering a proposal that would decriminalize cannabis possession. Legislation is pending, House Bill 2555, to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana possession. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. AZ resident? California. grams of marijuana. IA resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Data from the Denver District Attorney’s office shows only 47 cases related to psychedelic mushrooms since May 2019 decriminalization. to effectively decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms by declaring them the “lowest law-enforcement priority.”. Denver may ease magic mushrooms laws further two years after decriminalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2021

The California legislation that would decriminalize some psychedelic substances under state law, Senate Bill 519, was approved in a 5-3 vote by the State Assembly’s Public Safety Committee in a June 29th hearing. Decriminalizing psychedelics is one important step in that direction. They write.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 22, 2021

With decriminalization efforts underway in many other cities and states, this new training, the first of its kind in the US, could set the stage for the design and deployment of programs like it across the country.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 27, 2020

Vermont is considering expungement and decriminalization. Recreational use would be legal for those 21 or older, with the sales tax revenue going to community colleges, public safety, health and roads. Vermont decriminalized possession of up to 1 oz. of cannabis, and decriminalize possession of that amount.

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NORML

JANUARY 10, 2020

At the local level, Norristown, PA city council approved an ordinance to decriminalize up to 30 grams of marijuana. Legislation has been pre-filed for 2020, House Bill 25 / Senate Bill 242, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of decriminalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

As a January 2020 bill to decriminalize certain hallucinogenic drugs in Vermont currently sits in committee , a grassroots petition was recently started to “legalize psychedelics for mental health in Vermont.”

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 17, 2021

State senators on the Golden State’s public safety committee voted to advance a bill that would decriminalize the possession of many mind-expanding substances by 4 to 1 on Tuesday. . SB 519 would decriminalize both the possession and use of psilocybin, psilocyn, MDMA, LSD, ketamine, DMT, mescaline, and ibogaine.

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NORML

MAY 3, 2019

Legislation is pending, House Bill 96 / Senate Bill 98, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. Legislation is pending, House Bill 1383, that would decriminalize certain marijuana possession offenses. AL resident? CO resident? HI resident?

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NORML

APRIL 1, 2019

Marijuana prohibition has not increased public safety. According to a Human Rights Watch report published in 2012, people who enter the criminal justice system with an arrest for public possession of marijuana are no more likely to be threats to public safety than someone who has not been arrested.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 7, 2020

Legislative initiatives include decriminalization of marijuana, parole reform, raising the felony larceny threshold, raising the age of juvenile transfer to adult court, and the permanent elimination of driver’s license suspensions for unpaid fines, fees, and court costs. Here’s the press release in full.

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

Legislation is pending, House Bill 96, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. Legislation is pending, House Bill 1383, that would decriminalize certain marijuana possession offenses. AL resident? GA resident? HI resident? IA resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 26, 2022

Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism, will lead a hearing entitled “Decriminalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level: Necessary Steps to Address Past Harms” on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 2:30 P.M. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chairman of the U.S.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Because the state decriminalized recreational cannabis in 2017, the plaintiff argued that his employer could not terminate him for his off-duty use of the drug. He also sued for wrongful discharge.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 18, 2022

The complexity of the legality and regulation of marijuana creates a great deal of ambiguity and confusion for employers in relation to hiring standards, applicable safety standards, and policies surrounding employee-usage. Nevertheless, the federal law and enforcement policy remained the same.

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Cannabis Chronicles

APRIL 5, 2019

Oregon was the first state to decriminalize personal possession, in 1973. Any agreement with other states must ensure enforceable public health and safety standards, and include a system to regulate and track the interstate delivery of marijuana items, the bill says. Ten states have legalized recreational marijuana.

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CannaMD

JUNE 2, 2020

Rochester, specifically, passed a law on May 12, 2020, which no longer requires city employees to take pre-employment marijuana drug screening tests, except when applying for safety-sensitive positions, such as commercial driving and police officer positions. Exceptions were again made for safety-sensitive positions.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 8, 2021

Separate laws decriminalize marijuana and hashish possession and set out the penalties when individuals under age 21 use or possess marijuana or hashish. Decriminalization. Safety Implications for Employers. New Jersey recently enacted a law permitting personal, nonmedical use of marijuana for individuals age 21 and over.

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The Blunt Truth

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

It was a busy week for the states, as Virginia moved towards decriminalization. The state House and Senate passed versions of a bill to decriminalize, which the governor is expected to sign. A bill to allow possession and home cultivation cleared the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.

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The Joint Blog

AUGUST 19, 2019

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s has signed into law legislation that decriminalizes hemp, the non-psychoactive cousin of marijuana. Rules and regulations are still being developed by the ODA which will be responsible for testing CBD and other hemp products for safety and accuracy.

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NORML

MAY 20, 2019

While this bill certainly applies to the unfortunately large demographic of people who have low-level cannabis charges, AB 192 applies concurrently to other charges that once were illegal in Nevada but have been decriminalized through either prior or current legislation.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 14, 2021

It seems implausible” that the voters intended to essentially decriminalize marijuana in prisons, Associate Justice Joshua Groban wrote for the majority. “We The Court of Appeal determined the plain language of Health and Safety Code section 11362.1, The superior court denied each of the petitions. The defendants appealed.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Update : SB 79 was approved by the House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee on 1/29/20. DE resident? DE resident? MD resident?

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 19, 2022

He stated that he supports decriminalizing, which he says H.B. 371 would do, but says he still has concerns about public safety and the effect on young people. Governor John Carney (D) has still not signed the bill, nor has he indicated whether he will sign it.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. NH resident? VA resident?

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

Your state’s Attorney General, Mark Herring, sounds like he’s down for decriminalization if not outright legalization. He understands that decriminalization — fines, not crimes — is an easy step that Virginia can and should take, but that it doesn’t provide the real solution.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2021

In addition to eliminating criminal penalties for drug possession at the federal level, the bill also incentivizes state and local governments to adopt decriminalization policies by otherwise limiting their eligibility to receive funds in the Byrne and COPS grant programs. to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession.

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