September 26 through October 3 is National Expungement Week of Action and Awareness (NEW), and a series of in-person and virtual community meetings are taking place around the country to help people impacted by criminal records to expunge or seal them (making them no longer publicly viewable). If someone’s record can’t be expunged or sealed, they can still access legal advice and connections to other essential services.
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MS lawmakers reach long-awaited medical marijuana deal
Legislative negotiators and leaders have agreed on a draft of medical marijuana legislation. Leaders on Thursday released some details of the proposal.
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“The state legalized medical cannabis then turned hundreds of thousands of patients into potential criminals,” Roedts told the Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday in support of a legislative fix to the loophole.
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The woman, who prosecutors say did not appear intoxicated, served two days in jail before she was released on $1,000 bond, according to court records. Meanwhile, the case against her alleged abuser, who was facing his third domestic violence charge, ended with Fisher declaring a mistrial.
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There are people in Kansas who need medical marijuana to relieve their pain, especially from cancer, and it’s far better than using opioids. It was an outrage, she said, that somebody living on the Missouri side of the river in Kansas City had safe and legal access to medical marijuana, while just a couple of blocks away in Kansas the same patients risk a felony conviction.
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Bartolotta’s proposal, Senate Bill 167, the Vehicle Code, to remove medical cannabis from the law’s definition of controlled substance and insert language that says “if the individual is a medical marijuana patient in compliance with the provisions of the Medical Marijuana Act, proof of actual impairment shall be required.”
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Judith Cassel opened a practice-within-a-practice at Hawke, McKeon, and Sniscak. That specialist firm, Cannabis Law PA, is among what’s becoming a highly competitive sector of legal practice.
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“These bills are hiding behind the curtain of safety,” State Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson said. “They’re trying to say the marijuana you’re growing is not safe. Even before marijuana was legalized in our state, people with medical marijuana cards relied on these caregivers — and now they’re saying your pot is unsafe.”
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Federal credit agency official: Legalization in some form is going to happen, and the abdication of responsibility to address these issues in Washington is simply ludicrous.
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