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31 Jul 2019, 10:05 pm by Douglas A. Berman
The question in the title of this post is my first thought in reaction to this local news piece headlined "With Petition Milestone, Recreational Marijuana Is One Step Closer in Florida. [read post]
31 Jul 2019, 2:57 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Denton County may not be the first jurisdiction that leaps to mind when it comes to criminal-justice reform, but Necessity is the Mother of Invention. [read post]
31 Jul 2019, 3:08 am by Jon L. Gelman
Governor Phil Murphy on July 2, 2019 signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act to dramatically reform New Jersey’s Medicinal Marijuana Program (MMP) and expand patient access to medical marijuana. [read post]
30 Jul 2019, 12:51 pm by Douglas A. Berman
I do not blog all that much about hemp reforms, even though I find them quite interesting and important, largely because I do not know that much about agriculture or about all the different ways the hemp plant might be used. [read post]
23 Jul 2019, 8:53 pm by Douglas A. Berman
Many folks seemed quite excited by the Senate Banking Committee's decision to hold this hearing today, titled “Challenges for Cannabis and Banking: Outside Perspectives,” to discuss the SAFE Banking Act and related issues concerning the banking problems that face the marijuana industry. [read post]
23 Jul 2019, 11:59 am by Douglas A. Berman
The email from the House Judiciary Democratic Press was titled "Nadler & Harris Introduce Comprehensive Marijuana Reform Legislation. [read post]
23 Jul 2019, 9:27 am by Michael Rushford
Anti-Sentencing Group Launched:  Another sentencing reform (read sentencing reduction) think tank announced its launch this week. [read post]
18 Jul 2019, 11:14 am by Douglas A. Berman
With new marijuana-related hearings taking place this summer in both the House and Senate and with new bills being proposed and reform talk afoot, it might seem like significant federal marijuana reform could occur any day now. [read post]
15 Jul 2019, 7:48 am
In February, on “The Breakfast Club,” an urban-market radio show, Harris admitted to smoking a joint in college, and one of the hosts asked if she supported legalizing marijuana. [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 7:10 am by Joe
A couple of other topics which came up, for instance, were ethics reforms and criminal justice reforms. [read post]
11 Jul 2019, 10:39 am by Douglas A. Berman
Yesterday was an interesting and perhaps historic day inside the Beltway as the Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Committee of the Judiciary of US House of Representatives conducted a hearing titled "Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need for Reform. [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 6:40 am by Douglas A. Berman
As reported in this Marijuana Moment piece, headlined "ACLU And Other Groups Form Coalition To Push Justice-Focused Marijuana Legalization Model," a notable new alliance has come together to press for federal marijuana reform. [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 6:27 am by Douglas A. Berman
Earlier this week, the journal JAMA Pediatrics published this notable "Research Letter" titled "Association of Marijuana Laws With Teen Marijuana Use: New Estimates From the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys. [read post]
9 Jul 2019, 1:24 pm by John Floyd
”   David Sloane, an attorney for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, told CBS11 that if he were a prosecutor, he would not proceed in marijuana possession cases unless crime lab tests could precisely determine the level of THC, but warned that charges in dismissed cases could be re-filed if a specific THC test emerges. [read post]
8 Jul 2019, 12:07 pm by Douglas A. Berman
I am quite intrigued and pleased that this week the US House of Representatives has scheduled a hearing titled "Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need for Reform. [read post]
29 Jun 2019, 5:59 pm by Douglas A. Berman
But, as highlighted by this new Marijuana Business Daily article, headlined "West Virginia medical marijuana sales... [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
June 2019 might become known in Illinois as the month the state legalized marijuana use, but I hope it remains better remembered as the 100th anniversary of Illinois’ ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment—the provision in the Constitution that prohibited discrimination in voting on account of sex. [read post]