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Mar 03, 2022

Cannabis Consumers Continue to Face Employment Discrimination in Colorado

Despite being the first state in the nation to approve adult-use marijuana possession and sales, Coloradoans – including registered patients – still lack any workplace protections. The post Cannabis Consumers Continue to Face Employment Discrimination...

Mar 03, 2022

White House: Investing in Cannabis Stocks Could Jeopardize Federal Security Clearance Status

"The White House's outdated, exclusionary policy is inconsistent with the rapidly changing legal landscape around cannabis in the U.S. and globally, and unnecessarily limits access to capital that small cannabis businesses desperately need." The post W...

Mar 02, 2022

New Mexico: Adult-Use Marijuana Sales on Track for April 1st Launch

"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." The post New Mexico: Adult-Use Mari...

Feb 28, 2022

South Dakota: Republican-Led Committee Rejects Senate-Backed Adult-Use Legalization Measure

"Lawmakers in South Dakota continue to put their own self-interests ahead of those of their constituents -- the majority of whom wish to see the criminalization of cannabis replaced with a system of legalization and regulation. Lawmakers' failure to advan...

Feb 28, 2022

Virginia: Republican-Led Committee Halts Marijuana Sales Legislation in Party-Line Vote

"This is an extraordinary disappointment for Virginians who were loudly calling for access to retail sales to begin earlier than 2024, and ultimately a real failure by the legislature to provide for public and consumer safety." The post Virginia: Republic...

Feb 25, 2022

State Policy Weekly Update 2/25/2022

Here is NORML's weekly update on state legislative activity in Alaska, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Delaware, and Georgia. The post State Policy Weekly Update 2/25/2022 appeared first on NORML...

Feb 24, 2022

Adult-Use Legislative Efforts Advance in Delaware, Maryland, and South Dakota

Legislative proposals that seek to legalize the adult-use cannabis market have advanced in several states in recent days. The post Adult-Use Legislative Efforts Advance in Delaware, Maryland, and South Dakota appeared first on NORML.

Feb 23, 2022

Report: Legal Marijuana Industry Employs Over 428,000 Full-Time Workers

The cannabis industry created an average of 280 new jobs per day in 2021. That represents a 33 percent year-over-year increase, and it marks the fifth year in a row of annual jobs growth greater than 27 percent. The post Report: Legal Marijuana Industry E...

Feb 22, 2022

One Year Ago Today, New Jersey Ended Mass Arrests for Cannabis Possession

It took a decade of legislative politics and nearly three million voters changing the New Jersey state constitution to end cannabis prohibition in the Garden State. The post One Year Ago Today, New Jersey Ended Mass Arrests for Cannabis Possession appeare...

Feb 18, 2022

State Policy Weekly Update 2/18/2022

Here is NORML's weekly update on state legislative activity in Maryland, Vermont, Utah, South Dakota, Alabama, Ohio, Washington, Nebraska, Colorado, Maine, Hawaii, California, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming, New Hampshire, and Arizona. The po...

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