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Jul 01, 2022

State Policy Weekly Update 7/1/2022

This week's update highlights legislative developments in California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC.  The post State Policy Weekly Update 7/1/2022 appeared first on NORML.

Jun 30, 2022

Nevada: Cannabis Consumption Lounge Regulations Approved, Licensing to Start in the Fall

Yesterday, the NV Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) voted unanimously to approve regulations for the licensing and operation of cannabis consumption lounges. Regulators said they expect to open the first round of licensing for consumption lounges this fall,...

Jun 28, 2022

House Appropriations Committee Approves Amendment to Protect Legal State Marijuana Programs

The House Committee on Appropriations voted today to approve an amendment that would prevent the Department of Justice from interfering with legal adult-use marijuana programs as part of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations ...

Jun 24, 2022

Louisiana: Multiple Marijuana Reform Bills Signed Into Law; Measures Take Effect August 1

"These are common sense reforms provide further and sorely needed protections and freedoms for patients and others. Lawmakers are to be commended for putting politics aside and taking these important steps forward." The post Louisiana: Multiple Marijuana ...

Jun 24, 2022

State Policy Weekly Update 6/24/2022

This week's update highlights legislative developments in Arizona, California, Louisiana, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The post State Policy Weekly Update 6/24/2022 appeared first on NORML.

Jun 23, 2022

SAFE Banking Omitted from Scaled Back Version of America COMPETES Act

"This narrowly tailored, incremental, and necessary legislation has broad bipartisan support in both chambers, and it is incredibly disappointing that politics continue to get in the way. If there is a legislative version of the Twilight Zone, the SAFE Ba...

Jun 21, 2022

Analyses: Drug Interdiction Efforts at US Borders Typically Yield Only Small Quantities of Marijuana

Drug interdiction efforts along the US border often involve the seizure of small quantities of marijuana and no other substances, according to a pair of recently issued reports. The post Analyses: Drug Interdiction Efforts at US Borders Typically Yield On...

Jun 17, 2022

District of Columbia: Council Advances Legislation Prohibiting Most Employers from Discriminating Against Cannabis Consumers

"Suspicionless workplace drug testing policies for cannabis were never evidence-based and they have always been discriminatory. They are relics of the failed 'war on drugs' policies of the 1980s and it is time that we move beyond them." The post District...

Jun 16, 2022

DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuana-Related Seizures, Arrests

The totals are the highest reported by the agency since 2011, when it reported making an estimated 8,500 marijuana-related arrests and seized some 6.7 million plants via its domestic eradication program. The post DEA Reports Significant Uptick in Marijuan...

Jun 14, 2022

Survey: Nearly Half of Authorized Medical Cannabis Patients Report Substituting Marijuana for Other Substances, Particularly Opioids and Alcohol

"As legal access continues to expand, one would expect the cannabis substitution effect to grow even more pronounced in the future." The post Survey: Nearly Half of Authorized Medical Cannabis Patients Report Substituting Marijuana for Other Substances, P...

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