"The ongoing criminalization of marijuana is a terribly destructive policy that adversely impacts thousands of North Dakotans annually. Minor marijuana possession offenders should not be saddled with an arrest, a criminal record, and with the lifelong pen...
"This bill is a slap in the face to the millions of Ohioans who voted in favor of Issue 2. Once again, politicians are arrogantly trying to claim that the public didn't know what they were voting for."
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Marijuana consumers across the nation are under siege. Here's how NORML is fighting back.
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"The results of this study indicate that cannabis may be a relatively safe and effective treatment for chronic pain, sleep disturbances, and other conditions associated with aging, leading to subsequent reductions in prescription drug use and healthcare c...
"House Bill 7 is mean-spirited and its one-size-fits-all approach is inconsistent with our longstanding principles of justice and fairness."
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Seventy percent of voters approved the law in 2020; the program currently serves more than 13,000 South Dakota patients.
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Politicians proclaim that 'elections have consequences.' Increasingly, however, when it comes to elections deciding marijuana policies, Republican lawmakers are seeking to ensure that they don't.
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"This legislation is anti-freedom, unnecessarily jeopardizes Montanans' personal privacy, and seeks to fundamentally undermine the will of the 57 percent of voters who decided at the ballot box to legalize the adult-use cannabis market."
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"Every year that we do not enact retail sales in Virginia for adult use marijuana is another year that the Commonwealth is choosing to continue ceding control of the marijuana market to untaxed, illicit operators."
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Changes proposed by SB 56 include raising taxes on the retail sale of cannabis products, imposing new restrictions on home-cultivation, setting an arbitrary cap on the total number of retailers allowed statewide, and providing new penalties for adults who...
