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NORML’s Black History Month Fight For Consumer Equity: Board Members Discuss War On Drugs’ Ongoing Harm To Black Communities

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In honor of Black History Month, NORML will be spotlighting the systemic inequities that continue to challenge the Black community in the battle for a federally legal cannabis landscape.

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Congress Votes To Protect Legal Marijuana

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Today, for the second time in history, the House of Representatives… The post Congress Votes To Protect Legal Marijuana appeared first on NORML.

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Congress Votes YES to Protect Legal Marijuana

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For the first time ever, the House of Representatives just voted to restrict the Department of Justice from interfering with the states that have legalized adult-use marijuana. Today, nearly one in four Americans reside in a jurisdiction where the adult use of cannabis is legal under state statute. Together, we will legalize America.

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Will Texas Legalize Recreational Marijuana?

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Texas has one such cannabis program in flux, with a new bill being introduced that may change the legality of recreational marijuana within the state. What is the current legal status of cannabis in Texas, and what potential changes are on the horizon? Well examine these questions to get a holistic view of the situation.

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Rep. Nadler: You and I are going to legalize marijuana

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Allows the existing state-legal marijuana industry to access financial services and enjoy the standard tax treatment available to all legal businesses. America has a moral responsibility to pass my legislation to end the prohibition of marijuana and take on the oppression at the heart of the War on Drugs.

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Declaring cannabis ‘essential’ marks a watershed moment in history

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The post Declaring cannabis ‘essential’ marks a watershed moment in history appeared first on Leafly. Once criminal, now essential: How the COVID-19 pandemic forced public officials to get real about marijuana.

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BREAKING: Bill To End Marijuana Prohibition Passes Key Committee

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The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act, better known as The MORE Act, would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and impose a minor excise tax on the legal cannabis industry to pay for the expungement of criminal records, among other changes, passed with a bipartisan vote of 24 to 10.

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