You may have seen the news that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, N.Y., put his full weight behind legal cannabis reform last week. But did you notice a senior GOP senator quietly supporting cannabis banking reform a day earlier?
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“It’s critical that the commonwealth have counsel available to state agencies who is well-versed in both state and federal cannabis policies,” said Jenn Michelle Pedini, executive director of Virginia NORML
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Yes We Cannabis is demanding that one of four mooted cannabis licenses be reserved for worker-owned cooperatives. If implemented, Rhode Island would become the first state to ever mandate the creation of such co-ops.
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Among the changes are approval for curbside pick-up of marijuana prescriptions, increasing the maximum supply one can collect from 30 to 90 days, and expanding who can fill orders for a patient.
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Though Brown has said he will get to the SAFE Banking Act “eventually,” he refuses to address it publicly. An email about this story, and the letter, received a frank, “We have no comment,” from the Brown’s D.C. staff.
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With the implementation of Senate Bill 1201, residents under 18 will no longer face arrest for possession of small amounts of cannabis.
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A citizen’s initiative to allow home cultivation of pot is ineligible to appear on the 2022 ballot, the court said, because the ballot summary of its terms — that is, the language voters would see on election day — is “affirmatively misleading” about how far the text of the proposed constitutional amendment would go.
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The Louisiana Legislature approved the decriminalization law with bipartisan support, representing a sea change in lawmakers’ approach to marijuana issues. Law enforcement groups — including the Louisiana Sheriffs Association and Louisiana District Attorneys Association — didn’t oppose the proposal publicly.
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