Search results for "decriminalization"
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Current Events
Week in Review: Guitar Legend Carlos Santana Expands Cannabis Brand; Texas Inches Closer to Decriminalization
May 7, 2023ICYMI: Catch up on the week’s latest news from across the cannabis spectrum.
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Politics
US House Approves Cannabis Decriminalization Bill
April 5, 2022The House of Representatives passed the MORE Act, a bill to end the national prohibition of...
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Politics
Austin Voters to Decide on Marijuana Decriminalization Measure
January 22, 2022The Austin City Council voted this week to include a marijuana decriminalization measure on the ballot...
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Legal
Calls to Defund the Police Lead to Cannabis Decriminalization Measures
June 26, 2020A month into the national uprising sparked by the killing of George Floyd, cities and states...
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Politics
Indiana May Consider Decriminalization in Next Session
November 26, 2019Marijuana possession is the second-leading cause of arrest in Indiana.
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Politics
After Quasi-Decriminalization, North Dakota Activists Relaunch Legalization Bid
July 23, 2019Activists in North Dakota, heartened by the state's recent reduction (not dissolution!) of cannabis penalties, are...
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Politics
Why Does Marijuana Decriminalization Not Include Concentrates?
July 10, 2019New York State’s recent decriminalization law applies only to cannabis flower. Possessing concentrated cannabis is still...
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Politics
New York State Legalization Bill Dies as Decriminalization Expands
June 21, 2019A long hoped-for cannabis legalization bill died in the New York state assembly, but reform advocates...
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Politics
Ohio Goes on a Marijuana Decriminalization Warpath
November 7, 2018Several cities vote that cannabis should not be a criminal offense.
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Politics
Decriminalization Effort Dies in Alabama State House
February 23, 2018Under the current law, Alabamans can be saddled with a felony if they're caught with a...
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Politics
Utah’s MMJ Patients Are Taking Decriminalization to the Polls
June 30, 2017Utah is proof positive of a maxim in drug-policy reform: Never trust a lawmaker with medical...
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Joint Opinions
Cannabis Decriminalization Offers Opportunity for Reparations
June 9, 2017The legal cannabis industry has almost everything; billions of dollars in sales, hundreds of millions of...
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Politics
Local Activism Brings Pot Decriminalization to Kansas City
April 5, 2017The BBQ has always been great in Kansas City, but with the decriminalization of up to...
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Politics
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Calls for Federal Decriminalization
March 23, 2017Cannabis decriminalization is moving forward swiftly at the state level across the nation. Changes to the...
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Politics
Cannabis Decriminalization Movement Goes Global
December 30, 2016The United Nations' 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs — the first international treaty to prohibit...
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Politics
U.S. Voters Inspire Former Soviet Republic to Demand Cannabis Decriminalization
November 19, 2016With strict prohibition and a law enforcement culture of fear and intimidation, the legacy of Soviet...
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Cannabis
Celebrating 15 Years of Decriminalization In Portugal
August 18, 2016Last month Portugal commemorated the 15th anniversary of its 30/2000 law – the law that decriminalized...
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Legal
Illinois Governor Says He Will Probably Sign Decriminalization Bill
May 23, 2016Cannabis connoisseurs toking it up in Illinois may soon find themselves with the freedom to carry...
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Legal
IL Governor Amends Decriminalization Bill, Final Approval Expected
August 19, 2015Although Illinois will likely decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cannabis in the near future,...
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Joint Opinions
Marijuana Decriminalization Works
February 17, 2015Decriminalization is a term often used to describe the elimination of criminal penalties associated with the...