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This Week in Weed: August 28th – September 3rd
Now streaming on NORMLtv is the latest edition of “This Week in Weed.” This new weekly video series covers the most newsworthy stories shaping the marijuana law reform world. This week a new study is released on cannabis use and obesity, Arkansas lowers marijuana penalties, and the DEA continues to reject proposals to grow cannabis [...]
Arkansas Unemployment Drug Testing Bill Dies
An Arkansas bill that would have required recipients of unemployment benefits to undergo random drug tests has been stopped in the state Senate. The Senate Health, Welfare and Labor Committee killed Senate Bill 15…
Rossville Woman’s Push For Medical Marijuana Legislation Gains
Is Georgia ready for medical marijuana? Heather Boles of Rossville thinks so.
Boles is gathering signatures to petition legislators to legalize medicinal marijuana, like neighboring states that have pushed for legalization, including Tennessee, Alabama…
Fayetteville, Arkansas, Marijuana Initiative Turns in More Signatures
A municipal initiative that would add Fayetteville, Arkansas, to the growing list of cities and counties that have adopted lowest law enforcement priority initiatives for adult marijuana possession offenses appears headed to the November ballot after organizers handed in nearly 1,000 new signatures.
Hawaii’s Big Island to Vote on Lowest Law Enforcement Priority Initiative
Petitioners for an initiative making adult marijuana offenses the lowest law enforcement priority on Hawaii’s pot-friendly Big Island failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot, but it is going there anyway. After reviewing the signature count, the county council voted 5-4 to put the measure on the ballot.
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