A 23-member task force has issued explicit policy recommendations to Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham regarding the legalization and regulation of cannabis.
The report proposes a regulatory framework governing the retail production, sale, and taxation of cannabis. Recommendations by the task-force include: Prohibiting local municipalities from completely restricting cannabis sales; Limiting ...
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Written by greenmachine on October 17th, 2019
Written by greenmachine on October 15th, 2019
NORML Canada launches official Post-Legalization platform to focus advocacy efforts on reforming Canada’s legal Cannabis system.
In light of the first year of legalization, NORML Canada has monitored the Canadian cannabis landscape closely, to determine the next steps for crafting achievable and functional reform of cannabis regulations.
The five key “pillars” established ...
Written by greenmachine on October 11th, 2019
Regulators at the Maine Office of Marijuana Policy affirmed this week that they expect adult-use marijuana sales to begin in the spring of 2020.
A spokesperson for the agency said that regulators anticipate accepting applications from prospective cannabis retailers by the end of 2019 and that licensed stores should be operational ...
Written by greenmachine on October 10th, 2019
Some four in ten adults who reported using both marijuana and opioids within the past year acknowledge either decreasing or ceasing their consumption of opioids as a result of substituting cannabis, according to an analysis of survey data published in the journal PLOS One.
A team of investigators affiliated with the ...
Written by greenmachine on October 9th, 2019
There has been some confusion and misinformation circulating about what New York’s latest expansion of marijuana decriminalization means and what impact it will have on criminal prosecutions going forward.
The Short Synopsis of the Offenses and Sentences
There are 2 provisions of New York’s Penal Law that relate marijuana-related offenses. Penal Law 220 ...
Written by greenmachine on October 9th, 2019
The enactment of adult-use marijuana legalization laws is not associated with any significant increase in cannabis-related activity in neighboring states and counties, according to a federally funded report published by the nonprofit Justice Research and Statistics Association and first reported by MarijuanaMoment.net.
The study, entitled “Measuring the Criminal Justice System Impacts ...
Written by greenmachine on October 8th, 2019
The enactment of statewide legislation permitting adult cannabis possession and sales is not associated with any significant or long-term uptick in criminal activity, according to data published in the journal Justice Quarterly.
Investigators affiliated with the Department of Justice and Criminology at Washington State University assessed trends in monthly average crime ...
Written by greenmachine on October 2nd, 2019
Once again, Nevada NORML has remained hard at work, advocating for both patient access and rights as well as the criminal justice reform that this country desperately requires. However, this time, they’ve taken their advocacy to our nation’s capital for NORML’s National Conference to lobby for reform on the federal ...
Written by greenmachine on October 1st, 2019
The total number of persons arrested in the United States for violating marijuana laws rose for the third consecutive year, according to data released by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, police made 663,367 arrests for marijuana-related violations in 2018. That total is more ...
Written by greenmachine on September 30th, 2019
Those with low-level marijuana convictions are being encouraged to seek pardons from state officials.
The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons has created an expedited process to review and grant pardon applications for those with marijuana-related records. There is no fee associated with filing an application.
Those who receive pardons are then encouraged ...
