Medical Marijuana

Subject: Your Letter: America’s opioid crisis is real, and it requires evidence-based solutions. One such solution is medical cannabis access. Best evidence informs us that medical marijuana access is associated with reduced levels of opioid-related abuse, hospitalization, and mortality....

Governor Brian Sandoval has signed legislation, Senate Bill 396, expanding the state’s hemp law to permit broader commercial cultivation of the crop. The new law permits regulators to license growers to engage in hemp cultivation and to produce edible products...

Update: On June 14, House leadership rejected an amendment to the budget to expand the total number of dispensaries. Update: On May 18 the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended measure be held for further study, tabling it for this year. SB 176 is...

Update: AB 1159 passed the Assembly on 5/15 AB 1159, would bring much-needed clarity to the medical and recreational cannabis industry and extend protections for individuals and businesses in their dealings with their legal advisors  The current conflict between federal and...

Subject: Your Letter: As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to support SB 1294 to permit for the licensed production of industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity. Hemp is a distinct variety of the plant species cannabis sativa...

Senate Bill 487 would increase the current excise tax on marijuana from two to ten percent of the sales price of the marijuana or product. While NORML generally does not oppose the imposition of fair and reasonable sales taxes on...

Subject: Your Letter: I am writing to encourage you to support recently introduced legislation, HCR 149, requesting the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to create a joint interim committee to study the feasibility of...

Subject: Your Letter: I am writing to encourage you to support recently introduced legislation, HCR 149, requesting the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to create a joint interim committee to study the feasibility of...

Update: HR 331 was referred to committee. Legislation is pending before Congress, HR 331, to halt the federal government from taking civil forfeiture action against properties involved in state-sanctioned, medical marijuana-related conduct. If approved, it would “amend the Controlled Substances Act...