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9 Jul 2017, 7:07 pm by Douglas A. Berman
Regular readers may already be tired of posts here exploring whether marijuana reform may be an important element of modern responses to the modern opioid epidemic. [read post]
8 Feb 2018, 2:48 pm by Douglas A. Berman
As highlighted by a number of posts linked below, the notion of expunging past marijuana convictions following legalization has quickly become a mainstream part of the reform movement. [read post]
17 May 2018, 11:07 am by Anthony Carbone, PC
New Bill Represents More Changes to MMJ Industry Earlier this week, Senators Joseph Vitale, Nicholas Scutari, and Declan O’Scanlon introduced a new bill representing more reform to New Jersey’s medical marijuana laws. [read post]
19 Feb 2023, 6:08 am by Tara Breslow-Testa, Esq.
The holding harmonizes CREAMMA and its manifest legislative intent with the pre-existing general language of the PTI and expungement statutes, including the Legislature’s command in CREAMMA to apply its reforms to “any case” that arose before its enactment. [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]
25 Aug 2017, 7:59 am by Douglas A. Berman
As noted in this prior post, last month US Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent letters to the leaders of states with recreational marijuana laws detailing troublesome data that, in the words of these letters, raised "serious questions about the efficacy of marijuana 'regulatory structures'. [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 1:34 pm by Douglas A. Berman
" Here are excerpts: This week, two Denver deaths were linked to marijuana use, and while some details of the deaths have yet to emerge,... [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 1:06 pm by Douglas A. Berman
As noted in this prior post, a few weeks ago US Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent letters to the leaders of states with recreational marijuana laws detailing troublesome data that, in the words of these letters, raised "serious questions about the efficacy of marijuana 'regulatory structures'. [read post]
19 Dec 2015, 11:48 am by Douglas A. Berman
The title of this post is the headline of this recent article concerning a marijuana vote among a Native American tribal community in Oregon. [read post]
11 Dec 2016, 8:03 am by Douglas A. Berman
This new USA Today piece, headlined "Chauncey Billups says marijuana can help players," reports on a number of notable persons connected to the National Basketball Association making a number of notable comments about marijuana use by NBA players. [read post]
Our country needs more brave reform measures like Question 2 and more courageous jurists like those on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. [read post]
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]
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]
24 Oct 2016, 10:26 am by Andrew M. Ironside
While The New York Times's editorial board maintains its current silence on marijuana policy reform, its reporters continue give its readers necessary information and perspectives on the marijuana reform movement from across the country. [read post]
16 Mar 2013, 8:32 am
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is advocating for the dismissal of the case, as well as the return of her children back to her care. [read post]
"We are shocked, outraged and really hurt all at the same time," JoAnne Leppanen, executive director of Providence-based Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition, told Reuters.Keith Stroup, legal counsel with the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, a Washington, D.C. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 9:15 am by Joe Palazzolo
Since most of Kern’s 310,000 voters registered Republicans, national drug reformers say the vote there could be an indication of increasing bipartisan support for medical marijuana. [read post]