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More than 150,000 licensed drivers have left the profession in recent years because of these zero-tolerance workplace drug testing policies. 

The post NORML Op-Ed: Feds Must Change ‘Discriminatory’ Marijuana Testing Policies To Address Trucking Industry Labor Shortage appeared first on NORML.

Maine is the 25th state to enact legislation explicitly facilitating the expungement of marijuana-specific convictions.

The post Maine: Governor Signs Legislation Providing Pathway For Marijuana-related Expungements appeared first on NORML.

"While expediting timelines may seem advantageous, the potential negatives embedded within the bill outweigh any perceived benefits. Patient access and rights must take precedence over expediency.”

The post Kentucky: Governor Signs Legislation Expediting Medical Cannabis Licensing, But Also Adding New Restrictions Upon Patients’ Access appeared first on NORML.

“As more states have adopted legalization, public support for this policy has risen dramatically among voters -- regardless of party affiliation. Elected officials who refuse to take action to end cannabis criminalization do so at their own political peril.”

The post Polls: Most Americans Endorse Legalization, Say Cannabis Is Safer Than Either Alcohol Or Tobacco appeared first on NORML.

April 20 is the most widely celebrated day in cannabis culture. This 4/20, we have plenty to celebrate.

The post Celebrate Our Success This 4/20 appeared first on NORML.

After a century of failed policies and “canna-bigotry,” the verdict is in. Legalization is a success, and the end of cannabis prohibition can’t come soon enough.

The post NORML Op-Ed: State-level Marijuana Legalization Has Been A Stunning Success appeared first on NORML.

“Together, results found no net increases in cannabis or, through spillover effects, alcohol or tobacco use among adolescents in response to the rapid rise of RCL [recreational cannabis legalization] and RCR [recreational cannabis retail sales]. Results suggest that legalization and greater control over cannabis markets have not facilitated adolescents’ entry into substance use.”

The post JAMA Pediatrics: Legalization Laws Linked With Fewer Teens Using Marijuana, Other Intoxicants appeared first on NORML.

"The sooner consumers have market access to cannabis products, the more quickly we will begin to see disruptions to the unregulated marketplace."

The post Ohio: Adult-use Marijuana Sales Anticipated To Begin Ahead Of Schedule appeared first on NORML.

"Virginia's firefighters, emergency services providers, and civil servants across the Commonwealth deserve the same job protections currently provided to private employees for their lawful and responsbile use of medical cannabis. This is a long overdue victory."

The post Virginia: Governor Approves Bills To Expand Employment Protections, Vetoes Parental Rights Protections appeared first on NORML.

"These findings belie that claim that cannabis is a so-called 'gateway drug' and reinforces the notion that, for many individuals and for patients especially, it acts as a exit drug."

The post Analysis: Medical Cannabis Associated With Decreased Use Of Opioids, Alcohol, And Tobacco appeared first on NORML.

The bill decriminalizes the possession of up to one ounce of cannabis and/or up to five grams of cannabis concentrates -- imposing a maximum fine of $25.

The post Hawaii: Lawmakers Move Forward with Legislation Expanding Marijuana Decriminalization appeared first on NORML.

“Our sense of justice and our principles of fairness demand that public officials and the courts move swiftly to right the past wrongs of cannabis prohibition and criminalization.”

The post Minnesota: State Poised To Expunge Over 60,000 Marijuana Convictions appeared first on NORML.

"I count him among the early heroes, and martyrs, of the marijuana legalization movement," NORML Founder Keith Stroup said. "May he rest in radical peace."

The post NORML Remembers John Sinclair appeared first on NORML.

"A majority of Floridians, like most voters nationwide, support repealing our failed marijuana prohibition laws and replacing them with a system of legalization and regulation. This is a long-overdue opportunity for them to finally make their voice heard where it matters — at the ballot box.”

The post Florida: Voters Will Decide Marijuana Sales Measure This November appeared first on NORML.

The legislation provides discretion to physicians to issue medical cannabis recommendations to any patient who may benefit from it. It also allows those ages 65 or older to self-certify for a registration card absent a doctor’s recommendation.

The post Delaware: Lawmakers Advance Medical Cannabis Expansion Bill to Governor’s Desk appeared first on NORML.

"Governor Youngkin has just shown Virginians exactly how out of touch he is with the widely-accepted science and policy research on cannabis in the US. The only protection Youngkin’s veto provides is to the illicit market that has ballooned during his time office."

The post Virginia: Governor Vetoes Legislation Licensing Marijuana Sales appeared first on NORML.

"There's no 'buyer's remorse' among the public when it comes to legalizing cannabis."

The post Pew Poll: Adults Overwhelmingly Oppose Marijuana Criminalization appeared first on NORML.

“These data indicate that the legal, regulated cannabis market is displacing the underground marketplace. Over time, consumers are becoming more comfortable with and more reliant upon licensed retailers – who typically offer greater convenience, product quality, and safety.”

The post Study: Growing Percentage Of Cannabis Consumers Transitioning To The Legal Market appeared first on NORML.

Residents ages 18 and older may possess (up to 25 grams) and home cultivate cannabis (up to three plants) beginning on April 1st.

The post Germany: Those 18+ May Legally Begin Possessing Cannabis Next Week appeared first on NORML.

Vice President Harris stopped the room to take a moment and say in the clearest words that "we need to legalize marijuana."

The post NORML Takes Its Message To The White House appeared first on NORML.