Welcome to the first Weekly Legislative Roundup of 2021, on the NORML blog every Friday!
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Senator Schumer's ascension to Majority Leader will mark the first time in US history that the upper chamber is led by a Senator who is openly calling for cannabis legalization.
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"Statewide, Illinoisans hold hundreds of thousands of low-level cannabis-related records, a burden disproportionately shouldered by communities of color."
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Adults may legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana and/or privately cultivate up to four mature cannabis plants.
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According to statewide polling data, 62 percent of Texas residents are in favor of legalizing and taxing recreational marijuana.
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Gov. Murphy is calling for civil penalties for offenses involving use and possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by those under 21.
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According to statewide polling data, 90 percent of Kentucky residents support regulating medical marijuana access.
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According to statewide polling data, 61 percent of Virginia adults support "the legalization of marijuana for recreational use by adults."
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According to statewide polling data, 56 percent of likely voters say that the state should legalize recreational marijuana for those over the age of 21.
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Provisions in the package amend a 1998 federal law that mandated those applying for student aid to disclose if they ever had a drug-related conviction, and barred hundreds of thousands of applicants from receiving funding.
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