Politics

Campaign organizers behind the effort to place an adult-use legalization ballot measure before North Dakota voters this November announced today that they had turned in 25,762 signatures to Secretary of State’s office. That total is roughly 10,000 signatures above...

The trial for Brittney Griner, American WNBA star has begun in Russia. According to multiple sources, the athlete pled guilty to her charges for marijuana possession. Because of her pleading guilty, she faces up to 10 years in prison....

Activists behind proposed citizens’ initiatives to reform marijuana laws in Arkansas and in Nebraska are now in the process of awaiting verification from state regulators. In Arkansas, the group Responsible Growth Arkansas submitted just over 190,000 signatures to the secretary...

Products purchased at medical cannabis dispensaries are no longer subject to the state sales tax. For nearly a decade, New Jersey has been among the few states that has imposed sales taxes upon medical cannabis products. (Sales taxes do not...

Representatives with the group Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws have turned in over 164,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office in an effort to place a binding, statewide marijuana legalization initiative (State Question 820) on the November ballot....

An article was written in the Bangkok division of Coconuts that tries to set the record straight on the decriminalization of marijuana that recently happened in Thailand. Apparently, large media organizations relied on the echo chamber of false information for...

Germany is next up to legalize marijuana in the 21st century. According to multiple sources including the Guardian, Germany is moving forward with new laws that would legalize both recreational and medical marijuana for those above the age of...

At NORML we stand for freedom, not just today, but every day. Despite all our progress, hundreds of thousands of Americans are still put in handcuffs for marijuana every year. But, together we can – and we must – unite...

This week’s update highlights legislative developments in California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC.  California  Over 750 Cal NORML supporters have written letters to their Assemblymembers in support of AB 2188, which bans employers from denying workers’ jobs or firing them based...

Today marks the one year anniversary of legalization in Virginia and multiple changes to marijuana law take effect.  Public Possession Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin signed the 2022 budget bill which contains language recriminalizing activities involving the personal possession of over four...