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Apr 18, 2022

Elevate Your 4/20 with NORML

While April 20th is synonymous with celebrating marijuana's cultural status, NORML is calling on all legalization supporters to turn this high holiday into a week of action. The post Elevate Your 4/20 with NORML appeared first on NORML.

Apr 15, 2022

New Jersey: Adult Use Marijuana Sales to Begin Next Week

Select retailers will begin selling marijuana and cannabis-infused products to those ages 21 and older on Thursday, April 21, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has announced. "I want our legal adult-use cannabis industry to be a national model," the Governor sa...

Apr 15, 2022

State Policy Weekly Update 4/15/2022

This week's update highlights important advancements of legislation in Maryland, New Hampshire, and Delaware, and additional important movements in Pennsylvania, Maine, Illinois and other states. The post State Policy Weekly Update 4/15/2022 appeared firs...

Apr 13, 2022

Illinois: Bill Eliminates Marijuana Drug Testing Requirement for Those Seeking to Have Their Criminal Records Expunged

NORML's Deputy Director Paul Armentano called the legislation "a common sense fix. Those seeking to expunge their records should not be penalized simply because they have recently engaged in behavior that is now perfectly legal under state law." The post ...

Apr 13, 2022

Virginia: Gov. Youngkin Moves to Re-criminalize Personal Possession of Marijuana

The Governor has proposed an amendment in the nature of a substitute to SB 591 which would create two new misdemeanors for personal marijuana possession.  The post Virginia: Gov. Youngkin Moves to Re-criminalize Personal Possession of Marijuana appeare...

Apr 11, 2022

Virginia: Governor Youngkin Signs Legislation to Improve Medical Cannabis Program

Includes eliminating the requirement that patients register with the Board of Pharmacy after receiving their written certification from a registered practitioner. The post Virginia: Governor Youngkin Signs Legislation to Improve Medical Cannabis Pro...

Apr 08, 2022

State Policy Weekly Update 4/8/2022

This week's update highlights important legalization advancement in Maryland, medical cannabis advancement in South Carolina, and additional important movements in Delaware, Illinois and other states. The post State Policy Weekly Update 4/8/2022 appeared ...

Apr 08, 2022

Poll: Majority of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana, Expunging Past Convictions, and Allowing Banks to Work with Cannabis Businesses

"Each of the major pieces of marijuana policy reform legislation currently pending before Congress enjoy majority support from the American people. It is political malpractice for lawmakers, and those in the Senate especially, to continue to let these eff...

Apr 07, 2022

Ohio: Cleveland Officials Move to Expunge Over 4,000 Low-Level Marijuana Convictions

"Far too many citizens unduly carry the undue burden and stigmatization of a past conviction for behavior that many jurisdictions, and most Americans, no longer consider to be a crime. Our sense of justice and our principles of fairness demand that offici...

Apr 06, 2022

Status Update: 2022 Ballot Initiatives and Referendums

Voters in several states are anticipated to decide on marijuana-related ballot measures in November. Here is where those efforts stand…  The post Status Update: 2022 Ballot Initiatives and Referendums appeared first on NORML.

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