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Apr 06, 2022

Dark Money Prohibitionists VS The People

Last week, a new Super PAC was launched with the sole purpose of halting our progress. This shadowy dark money group has committed to spending well into the six figures on efforts to target and take out elected officials who support legalization. No doubt...

Apr 04, 2022

Maryland: Voters to Decide Legalization Question in November

"Just like voters have done elsewhere over the past decade, Marylanders will choose in favor of legalization at the ballot box and they will do so overwhelmingly." The post Maryland: Voters to Decide Legalization Question in November appeared first on NOR...

Apr 04, 2022

House Lawmakers Advance Bipartisan Bill Facilitating Clinical Cannabis Research, Allowing Scientists to Access State-Approved Marijuana Products

NORML's Deputy Director Paul Armentano said: "These common-sense regulatory changes are necessary and long overdue. The reality that nearly one-half of US adults have legal access to these multitude of cannabis products, but our nation's top scientists do...

Apr 01, 2022

House Lawmakers Approve Legislation to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

"It is long overdue that we stop punishing adults for using a substance that is objectively safer than alcohol, and that we work to address the disparate negative impacts that prohibition has inflicted on our most vulnerable individuals and marginalized c...

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.

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