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Apr 01, 2022

State Policy Update 4/1/2022

This week's update highlights important legislative advancements in Maryland, Utah, Louisiana, Georgia, and several other states. The post State Policy Update 4/1/2022 appeared first on NORML.

Mar 30, 2022

Maine: Bi-Partisan Efforts to Improve State's Medical Program and Protect Patients Continue to Advance

Representative Lynn Williams (D- HD 135) says, "Support for the issues around Maine's medical marijuana program crosses many lines: Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Libertarians and Greens; Downeast, Southern and Northern Maine; rural and urban; twen...

Mar 30, 2022

New Mexico: Adult-Use Marijuana Sales to Begin on Friday

"A robust, above-ground retail marijuana market is necessary in order to disrupt the unregulated marketplace and to assure that consumers have adequate access to lab-tested, high quality products at competitive prices," NORML's Deputy Director Paul Arment...

Mar 29, 2022

New NORML Report Provides Policymakers with Guidance on 'Best Practices' for Regulating Adult-Use Marijuana Markets

Download the free NORML Report: Marijuana Policies in Legal States: A Comprehensive Review of Adult-use Marijuana Rules and Regulations The post New NORML Report Provides Policymakers with Guidance on 'Best Practices' for Regulating Adult-Use Marijuana Ma...

Mar 29, 2022

Senate Unanimously Approves Legislation Providing US Attorney General with Greater Say in Cannabis Research Decisions

"Rather than compelling scientists to access marijuana products of questionable quality that are manufactured by a limited number of federally licensed producers, NORML believes that federal regulators should allow investigators to access the cannabis tha...

Mar 28, 2022

In Memoriam – John Kenneth Zwerling

One of the most prominent pillars of NORML, going back to the earliest days of our organization, has died. The post In Memoriam – John Kenneth Zwerling appeared first on NORML.

Mar 28, 2022

South Dakota: Governor Noem Vetoes Marijuana Expungement Legislation

"Despite the obvious will of the voters, Gov. Noem is intent on perpetuating the failed policies of the past. People with otherwise clean records do not deserve to have rest of their lives to be derailed because of a marijuana possession conviction." The ...

Mar 25, 2022

State Policy Update 3/25/2022

This week's update highlights important legislative advancements in New Hampshire and Minnesota, focuses on several upcoming hearings, and provides updates on several other important bills moving forward across the country as well as an update on Nebraska...

Mar 24, 2022

US House of Representatives to Vote on MORE Act Next Week

Members of the US House of Representatives have announced that they will  hold a floor vote next week on the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act. The MORE Act, or H.R. 3617, removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances A...

Mar 21, 2022

South Dakota: Governor Signs Legislation Preserving Patients' Home Cultivation Rights

"Seventy percent of voters approved this right at the ballot box and it is reassuring to see that a majority of lawmakers, and the Governor, ultimately decided to respect the voters' decision." The post South Dakota: Governor Signs Legislation Preserving ...

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