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Cannabis prohibition isn’t ending because of the massive profits to be made growing and selling the plant. Or because the war on cannabis is racist, oppressive, counterproductive, and an astounding waste of resources. Or because cannabis is far safer...

by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director November 9, 2018 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) publicly reaffirmed today that provisions lifting the federal prohibition of hemp will be included in the finalized language of H.R. 2: The Agriculture Improvement Act...

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For good reason, there was a lot of excitement among marijuana reform advocates after the Nov. 6, 2018 election. Three states — Missouri, Utah, and Michigan — passed measures legalizing cannabis for medical or adult use, after all. But...

Roger Martin, a U.S. Army veteran from the Vietnam era and a former police officer, was addicted to OxyContin and Ambien, which he used for years to treat injuries sustained while in military service. Now Martin heads an organization...

The hemp industry has been waiting for months for Congress to take action on a new Farm Bill, one that could make legal barriers for hemp production disappear. Now that Democrats have won control of the House of Representatives, hemp entrepreneurs...

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Michigan voters approved a measure to fully legalize marijuana Election Day Nov. 6, 2018,, making it the first state in the Midwest to allow retail cannabis sales for adults 21 and older. As of 2:30 p.m. Central time Nov. 7,...

by NORMLNovember 7, 2018 Voters on election day decided in favor of several gubernatorial candidates who campaigned on promises to either address or enact statewide marijuana law reforms as Governor.NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano said: “In four states — Connecticut,...

Colorado voters on Tuesday made it easier to change the definition of industrial hemp. State residents approved a constitutional amendment, Amendment X, to allow state lawmakers to change the THC limits for cannabis that can be considered hemp and not...