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  First Meeting Of Trump’s Opioid Commission: Will It Be Effective?

  by Justin Strekal, NORML Political Director
  

  Today, the Office of National Drug Control Policy convened it’s first meeting of President Trump’s “Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.” The Commission is tasked with making recommendations for improving the Federal response to opioid misuse and abuse.

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  Empire State NORML in Albany with the Start SMART Campaign

  by Troy Smit, Legislative Director, Empire State NORML
  

  Dozens of activists from all around the state took buses, drove cars and rode trains to Albany to join the campaign in launching and lobbying for the substantially amended bill. After the excellent citizen lobby day training provided by the Drug Policy Alliance, the group split up to divide and conquer before the press conference hitting as many offices as they could as well as attending scheduled meetings.

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  Pennsylvania Governor to AG Sessions: Back Off!

  by Justin Strekal, NORML Political Director
  

  In a recent letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf wrote a pointed letter regarding the Department of Justice and it's posturing to implement a crackdown of lawful state medical marijuana programs

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  Deputy AG: Marijuana is federally illegal and has no medical use

  by NORML
  

  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was questioned about federal marijuana policy during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today and his responses were disconcerting to say the least.

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  Study: No Increase In Problematic Cannabis Use Following Passage Of Medical Marijuana Laws

  by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  

  The enactment of medical marijuana laws is not associated with increased rates of problematic cannabis use, according to data published online in the journal Addiction.

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  Weekly Legislative Update 6/10/17

  by Justin Strekal, NORML Political Director
  

  Here are the bills from around the country that we’ve tracked this week and as always, check http://norml.org/act for legislation pending in your state. Don’t forget to sign up for our email list and we will keep you posted as these bills and more move through your home state legislature and at the federal level.

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  Safe Streets Alliance et al. v. John Hickenlooper, et al. – Good News, Bad News

  by Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Counsel
  

  Most importantly for the legalization movement nationwide, the appeals court rejected the argument raised by the states of Nebraska and Oklahoma that Amendment 64 in Colorado, the voter initiative that legalized and regulated the adult use of marijuana, was preempted by the federal Controlled Substances Act.

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  Review Identifies 140 Controlled Clinical Trials Related to Cannabis

  by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  

  Scientists have conducted over 140 controlled clinical trials since 1975 assessing the safety and efficacy of whole-plant cannabis or specific cannabinoids, according to a new literature review published in the journal Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences.