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Texas Marijuana Policy Lobby Day

NORML

On Thursday, hundreds of Texans joined us at the Texas State Capitol to discuss marijuana policy with legislators! Participants then crafted a message to place on their postcards which they delivered to offices along with policy overviews and then requested their Senator and Representative co-sponsor important legislation.

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Federal policy kills buzz for advertising pot

Cannabis Chronicles

The public has a stigmatized view of the product but legitimate business owners can’t reach them; it creates mistrust,” says Kyle Porter, who runs CMW Media, which does marketing and public relations for cannabis companies. After decades of prohibition, many consumers need a push to give marijuana a try.

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Social Media Bans on CBD Ads Make No Sense

Canna Law Blog

Last month, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen delivered a now widely shared keynote speech at an Anti Defamation League event in New York, in which he spared no harsh words for social media companies who he claims provide a platform for hate speech and the proliferation of fake news. This makes no sense.

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Twitter Updates Ad Policies to Allow Packaged Cannabis Products

Veriheal

Social media and the internet at large has been a reliable platform for gaining knowledge. Twitter’s New Policy In February, Twitter relaxed its rules by allowing cannabis companies to advertise their businesses. Twitter further updated its cannabis ads policy on April 25, 2023, to allow cannabis companies in some U.S.

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Norway: AROD (Alliance For Rights Orintated Drugs Policies) Holds Action Outside Oslo’s Main Police Station

Cannabis Law Report

Norway’s Alliance for Rights-Oriented Drug Policies (AROD) To Hold Cannabis Sale Outside Oslo Police HQ Sept 11 To Highlight Country’s Drug Policy Failures. Here’s a social media post on what happened. See our original story outlining the aims of the action. Photograph: Simen Kjellin. pic.twitter.com/kpff8vpfbw.

Policy 105
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Cannabis Policy Expert Morgan Fox Hired To Oversee NORML’s Federal Advocacy Efforts

Cannabis Law Report

Morgan Fox has worked professionally as a cannabis policy reform advocate since 2008, and he has been directly involved in dozens of state ballot initiative campaigns to establish medical and adult-use cannabis programs, among other successful campaigns at the local, state, and federal levels.

Policy 98
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NORML Members Call On NFL’s Goodell To Allow Players Access To Medicine

NORML

While most of the recent media conversation around cannabis and the Super Bowl surrounded the ability for a medical marijuana company’s attempt to air an advertisement, one of the issues raised by various NORML members over the last few weeks has been more focused on the actual well-being of the players themselves.

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