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NORML State Policy Weekly Update - 7/6/23

Highlights include CA, FL, OH, & OR.

norml.org

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LEGALIZATION​

Ohio​

Update: HB 168 has been referred to the House Finance Committee for a hearing and vote.


House Bill 168 creates a regulated market for the adult use of marijuana. Adults over the age of 21 would be able to possess up to 5 ounces of flower, 15 grams of hashish, and 8 grams of cannabis concentrates, and they may cultivate up to 12 plants in their own homes. Additionally, the legislation establishes an expungement process for minor possession charges.

State Policy Weekly Update 7/6/2023​

• by Jacob McMaster, NORML State Policies Manager
• Posted on July 6, 2023

Marijuana law reform legislation continues to advance in several states. This week’s update highlights legislative developments in California, Florida, Ohio, and Oregon.
Further, several significant state law changes have recently taken effect. In New Hampshire, provisions of a 2021 law allowing out-of-state patients to access state-licensed medical dispensaries took effect on June 28, 2023. In Maryland, adult-use possession and sales laws took effect on Saturday, July 1, 2023. On the same day in Connecticut, home cultivation became permissible, and in Virginia multiple medical cannabis program improvements were implemented................................................

 

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NORML State Policy Weekly Update - 7/6/23

Highlights include CA, FL, OH, & OR.

norml.org

​

LEGALIZATION​

Ohio​

Update: HB 168 has been referred to the House Finance Committee for a hearing and vote.


House Bill 168 creates a regulated market for the adult use of marijuana. Adults over the age of 21 would be able to possess up to 5 ounces of flower, 15 grams of hashish, and 8 grams of cannabis concentrates, and they may cultivate up to 12 plants in their own homes. Additionally, the legislation establishes an expungement process for minor possession charges.

State Policy Weekly Update 7/6/2023​

• by Jacob McMaster, NORML State Policies Manager
• Posted on July 6, 2023

Marijuana law reform legislation continues to advance in several states. This week’s update highlights legislative developments in California, Florida, Ohio, and Oregon.
Further, several significant state law changes have recently taken effect. In New Hampshire, provisions of a 2021 law allowing out-of-state patients to access state-licensed medical dispensaries took effect on June 28, 2023. In Maryland, adult-use possession and sales laws took effect on Saturday, July 1, 2023. On the same day in Connecticut, home cultivation became permissible, and in Virginia multiple medical cannabis program improvements were implemented................................................

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Cool, no haven't heard of it. Thanks for letting me know! May be useful now. Still many battles ahead.

Of course the Ohio bill is just going to committee but they are going to vote on it! Indiana with their liberty flag, McNamera the Chair of the courts and corrections comittee allowed the decriminalization bill to be heard but refused a vote. How is that even possible? Why would they not vote on something they just discussed?

 

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Marijuana moment is where I found out about the bill. Great informative site!

Tom Angell​

Tom Angell is the editor of Marijuana Moment. A 20-year veteran in the cannabis law reform movement, he covers the policy and politics of marijuana. Separately, he founded the nonprofit Marijuana Majority. Previously he reported for Marijuana.com and MassRoots, and handled media relations and campaigns for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and Students for Sensible Drug Policy.

 

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Marijuana moment is where I found out about the bill. Great informative site!

Tom Angell​

Tom Angell is the editor of Marijuana Moment. A 20-year veteran in the cannabis law reform movement, he covers the policy and politics of marijuana. Separately, he founded the nonprofit Marijuana Majority. Previously he reported for Marijuana.com and MassRoots, and handled media relations and campaigns for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and Students for Sensible Drug Policy.

yeah, his newsletter is 5 times a week.

 

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I'm donating to Marijuana Moment, they do a great job! Been very impressed. NORML is a good lobby group though, and has a voice out there. Thanks for the tip!

 

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Its appalling how the Republicans are brick walling this issue! I just can not understand where they are coming from. Republicans who are supposedly supporters of the US Constitution and liberty are stonewalling an issue which would give the people more liberty.

Not hard to figure out. SOMEBODY IS LYING

Representative of who?

 

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Indiana Democrat Forces Marijuana Legalization Vote In House, But GOP Lawmakers Reject It

Indiana Democratic lawmakers came up with a crafty way to force a House vote on marijuana legalization on Thursday after Republican leadership has blocked the issue from being considered in session after session, though the chamber ultimately rejected the reform. The House took up Senate Bill...

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Oh yeah! Only a matter of time now!

Ohio Activists Turn In Final Signatures To Put Marijuana Legalization On November Ballot After Falling Short In Prior Submission

Ohio activists have turned in a final batch of signatures to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot after falling short in a prior submission. The new batch includes more than 6,000 additional signatures on the petition, which a GOP congressman newly told Marijuana Moment...

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Indiana Democrat party petition to legalize medical cannabis.

Sign Our Petitions | Indiana Democratic Party

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State Marijuana Regulators Tell Congress To Focus On More Than Just CBD By Regulating Other Cannabinoids Like Delta-8 THC

State marijuana regulators are telling congressional lawmakers that their investigation into the lack of federal rules for hemp-derived CBD products must take into account other cannabinoids like delta-8 THC that are emerging on the market—and they also need to provide an agency like the Food...

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Now we will know how legalizing THC affects the work force, child use rates, road fatalities, etc because Delta 8 THC is already legal here because it can be synthesized from CBD Hemp.

This will go on and on until they want to use it as political leverage or as a distraction. Thats all it has ever been. No reason not to legalize obviously. Looks like Ohio illinois and Michigan are the testing grounds. Indiana is the crossroads, its not a good idea to continue prohibition there when everyone around the state has legal markets. What in the world is going on?

 

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Virginia legalized Cannabis, but GOP is slow-walking setting up plans for legal shops to buy at. they also decided that since weed was now legal, that it was okay to outlaw delta-8. you cannot buy one yet, and they are outlawing the other. doesn't sound like access is their goal...be medical, grow your own, or do without.

 

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Not everyone is able to grow and it takes several months to produce a crop. I'd like to see movement in legal states to relax plant counts so people can be successful at growing using whatever method they choose to grow. Some people have shaded properties and may need more plants.

 

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USDA Shares Hemp Farm Success Story, Touting Agency’s Resources To Aid CBD Producers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sharing the success story of an Indiana-based hemp farm, touting how the agency offered financial and technical assistance to help the business to maximize its output of high-quality CBD oil. While hemp was treated the same as marijuana under federal...

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Indiana Is ‘Falling Far Behind’ On Marijuana As Neighboring States Legalize, Lawmaker Says (Op-Ed)

“It’s time that we pass legislation that decriminalizes cannabis, removes existing felonies and establishes a regulated market.” By Indiana Rep. Blake Johnson (D) Across the country, states—including most of our neighbors—have realized the benefits of cannabis legalization, yet Indiana has...

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Indiana is made up of a mixture of different types of people from all directions. There are races, sporting events, goods distribution warehousing, so it is not appropriate to have such a different approach to cannabis. If Ohio votes to legalize on Nov. 7, it will be a big deal because then 3 out of 4 surrounding states will have legal access. Kentucky has a new medical cannabis program with edibles only and no cultivation from what I remember.

 

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Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative Favored in Multiple Polls

Voters will decide on the measure this November

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Indiana Lawmakers Mull Marijuana Legalization At Six-Hour Committee Meeting, But Fail To Make Recommendations

“We owe it to the taxpayers, the Hoosiers here in Indiana, to thoroughly study this.” By Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle Could Indiana be moving towards less stringent marijuana laws, or even total cannabis legalization? State lawmakers floated those questions Wednesday during a six-hour...

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Ohio Voters Will Decide On A Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative On Tuesday As Polls Show Strong Support

Ohio voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday to decide on a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in the state as polls have consistently shown strong support for the measure. This marks the culmination of an intensive campaign to put legalization before voters, which took activists to the...

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