"Licensed cannabis retailers are good neighbors, drive economic growth, and redirect tax dollars back into the local community. It makes no sense from either an economic perspective or from a public health perspective to prohibit these businesses or to re...
This week's update highlights legislative developments in California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, New York and North Carolina.Â
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"Rather than embracing Oklahoma's robust medical cannabis industry, politicians have instead sought to abruptly tap the breaks. This legislation is largely a solution in search of a problem and it is directly in conflict with the 'free market' principles ...
"Adults should no longer be stigmatized and disenfranchised because of convictions for marijuana-related activities that are no longer defined as crimes under the law."
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Several pieces of reform-friendly legislation have advanced out of their chambers of origin and are now awaiting hearings in their second chambers.
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"I feel exasperated that lawmakers have failed to enact this common sense policy reform," said Delaware NORML's Executive Director Laura Sharer. "While we the people are committed to ending prohibition in Delaware, it's clear that our process and some of ...
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NORML's Deputy Director Paul Armentano praised lawmakers for advancing these measures to the Governor's desk. "These are common sense reforms that will provide further protections and freedoms to patients and others and they ought to be enacted swiftly by...
The language, which creates two new misdemeanors, will take effect with Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin's signature.
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This week's update highlights legislative developments in Delaware, Rhode Island, California, Louisiana, and North Carolina!
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