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9 Oct 2022, 7:40 pm by Kurt R. Karst
Richardson —On October 6, President Joe Biden issued a brief but sweeping three-step statement towards reforming Federal marijuana law. [read post]
7 Oct 2022, 8:09 pm by Jon Katz
The post Virginia drug law needs reform for treatment over punishment appeared first on Jon Katz, P.C.. [read post]
Executive Director of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Erik Altieri responded to Biden’s announcement, saying, the organization is “pleased that today President Biden is following through on this pledge and that he is also encouraging governors to take similar steps to ensure that the tens of millions of Americans with state-level convictions for past marijuana crimes can finally move forward with their lives. [read post]
28 Sep 2022, 6:15 am by Douglas A. Berman
John Hudak has this interesting new piece over at Brookings discussing the continued failure of marijuana reform becoming a significant campaign issues in this year's congressional races. [read post]
23 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The Presidential Election Reform Act would clearly reaffirm the vice president has no role in validating a presidential election beyond acting as a figurehead who oversees the counting process, barring that person from changing the results. [read post]
22 Sep 2022, 6:54 am by Douglas A. Berman
As students in my marijuana seminar know (too) well, I find the modern history of marijuana reform throughout the United States to be a fascinating legal and political story. [read post]
12 Sep 2022, 8:01 am by Attorney Ketchel
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28 Aug 2022, 8:43 am by Douglas A. Berman
The stories of marijuana reform in the United States are still mostly dynamic state stories, and here is just a handful of state stories from big states making headlines in just the last few days: From California, "The casualties of California legalizing pot: Growers who went legal" From Florida, "Florida... [read post]
19 Aug 2022, 9:05 pm by Elizabeth Yin
Recent state legislation reform around marijuana could also serve as a guide to the decriminalization and development of psychedelic medicine, Marks writes. [read post]
16 Aug 2022, 6:33 am by Douglas A. Berman
" Unfortunately, the piece does not provide a lot of new or sophisticated data on this important question, but the article still is a useful review of the debate over marijuana reform and... [read post]
10 Aug 2022, 7:53 am by Holly Brezee
Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws summed up the problem: Currently, the limited variety of cannabis cultivars accessible to federally licensed researchers does not represent the type or quality of cannabis products currently available in legal, statewide markets,” he said. [read post]
6 Aug 2022, 11:19 am by Douglas A. Berman
With lots of bills being introduced and debated at the federal level, it is dangerously easy to overlook the fact that marijuana reform in the US has been almost exclusively a state story for a quarter century and is likely to remain mostly a state story even if some federal... [read post]
4 Aug 2022, 8:30 pm by Jon Katz
Harsh Virginia drug laws remain despite the commonwealth's liberalization personal marijuana use. [read post]
4 Aug 2022, 5:00 am by Jonathan Perez-Reyzin
Two competing pieces of federal marijuana legislation, the Democrat-sponsored Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act and the Republican-sponsored States Reform Act, envision roles for the FDA, albeit very different ones, with the latter bill limiting its authority to the authority “it has with respect to alcohol and no more” (i.e., essentially no authority). [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Record Number of Trans and Nonbinary People Are Running for Office MSN – Anne Branigan (Washington Post) | Published: 7/27/2022 In 2017, former journalist Danica Roem made history when she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, making her the first out transgender state legislator in the U.S. [read post]
21 Jul 2022, 5:26 am by Douglas A. Berman
" Here is more about a long-in-development, unlikely-to-become-law marijuana reform bill: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Cannabis Administration and Opportunity... [read post]
20 Jul 2022, 1:43 pm by Cannabis Law Group
Most previous analysis focused on the correlation between road safety based on traffic deaths and state marijuana reforms. [read post]
16 Jul 2022, 9:18 am by Douglas A. Berman
The back end of this week brought some news from Congress regarding federal marijuana reform efforts. [read post]
15 Jul 2022, 9:07 am by Holly Brezee
Proponents hope, though, that a multifaceted approach to cannabis reform will slowly but surely fill that space between state legalization and federal prohibition. [read post]