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  Colorado Lawmakers Form Nation’s First Statewide Cannabis Caucus

  by NORML
  

  Colorado lawmakers recently met for the introductory meeting of the newly formed Cannabis Caucus. The first of it's kind, Colorado's Cannabis Caucus aims to facilitate nonpartisan policy discussions around the many issues associated with the state's adult-use and medical marijuana programs.

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  Oklahoma: Lawmakers Move Forward To Preemptively Quash Medical Marijuana Vote

  by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  

  Senate lawmakers this week passed legislation, Senate Bill 1120, that seeks to preemptively quash many of the provisions of State Question 788 -- an expansive voter initiative that provides physicians the discretion to recommend medical marijuana to those patients for whom they believe it will therapeutically benefit.

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  Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/16/18

  by Carly Wolf, NORML Political Associate
  

  Welcome to the latest edition of NORML's Weekly Legislative Roundup!

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  Study: Marijuana Decriminalization Leads To Decreased Arrests, No Increase In Youth Use

  by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  

  State laws reducing minor marijuana possession offenses from criminal to civil violations (aka decriminalization) are associated with dramatic reductions in drug-related arrests, and are not linked to any uptick in youth cannabis use, according to data published by researchers at Washington University and the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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  A First Timer’s Account of Testifying at the Maryland State Capitol

  by Carly Wolf, NORML Political Associate
  

  I recently testified (for my first time ever!) before the Maryland House of Delegates Judiciary Committee in favor of House Bill 1264 - a constitutional amendment that would put a question on this November’s ballot to let the voters decide on the issue of marijuana legalization and retail sales.

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  New Jersey Governor Doubles Down on Marijuana Legalization

  by NORML
  

  During a budget address on Tuesday, March 13th, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy doubled down on his commitment to legalize marijuana in the Garden State this year.

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  Success In Wyoming Adversity

  by Bennett Sondeno, Treasurer, WY NORML
  

  Too often Wyoming NORML hears from residents whose lives have been turned upside down by aggressive enforcement of laws designed to control a natural plant that the vast majority of people here support having access to. 

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  Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/9/18

  by Carly Wolf, NORML Political Associate
  

  Welcome to the latest edition of NORML's Weekly Legislative Roundup!