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Sep 01, 2022

Pennsylvania: Governor Launches Effort to Issue Mass Pardons to Those with Low-Level Marijuana Convictions

"I have repeatedly called on our Republican-led General Assembly to support the legalization of adult-use marijuana, but they've yet to meet this call for action from myself and Pennsylvanians. Until they do, I am committed to doing everything in my power...

Aug 31, 2022

Summer 2022 NORML Interns Answer Questions About the Job

NORML's Interns for the Summer '22 semester share thoughts regarding their time working with the NORML staff. The post Summer 2022 NORML Interns Answer Questions About the Job appeared first on NORML.

Aug 30, 2022

California: Multiple Reform Bills Advance to Governor's Desk

State lawmakers have advanced several priority bills to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk and a few more remain pending but are up against a  tight timeline. The legislative session in California ends on August 31st. Any bills not transmitted to the Governo...

Aug 30, 2022

Florida: Health Officials Enact Emergency Rules Imposing Cannabis Dosing Limits for Qualified Patients

"These arbitrary and unnecessary limits were established without input from either the patient community or from those physicians who specialize in providing oversight to medical cannabis patients. They will likely result in creating unnecessary confusion...

Aug 29, 2022

Raising the Alarm: Legalization Efforts Under Attack

Before a single ballot has been cast in the 2022 midterm elections on a single marijuana ballot measure, prohibitionists funded by dark money special interests are doing everything they can in an attempt to crush legalization attempts in several states be...

Aug 23, 2022

Nebraska: Advocates Fail to Secure Ballot Access for Medical Marijuana Legalization Measures

Advocates expressed hope that lawmakers may take up the issue in 2023 now that about a half million Nebraskans have signed petitions over the past few years in favor of it. "I hope the elected officials are paying attention. They have the power to do some...

Aug 22, 2022

NORML Op-ed: Concerns Over High Potency THC Products Warrant Greater Education, Not Criminalization

Regulators and other concerned parties should seek to provide the public with more comprehensive safety information about the effects of more potent products, and they should continue to ensure that legal products do not get diverted to the youth market. ...

Aug 18, 2022

Analysis: Racial Disparities in Marijuana Possession Arrests Becoming More Pronounced in Prohibition States

"Regardless of intent, it is clear that the continued criminalization of cannabis perpetuates and exacerbates unequal enforcement under the law and the associated harms that come with it. This is not something that we can tolerate in the 21st century, and...

Aug 18, 2022

Marijuana-Related Ballot Initiatives and Referenda: 8/19/22 Update

Voters in several states and in dozens of cities and towns will decide on marijuana-related ballot measures in November. Here is an update of where these efforts currently stand in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Ok...

Aug 16, 2022

Nevada: Cannabis Revenues Funding Efforts to Seal the Records of Those with Marijuana Convictions

"Millions of citizens unduly carry the undue burden and stigmatization of a past conviction for behavior that is no longer considered to be a crime. Our sense of justice and our principles of fairness demand that officials move swiftly to right the past w...

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