A last minute effort to overhaul Montana’s medical marijuana law was introduced in the Senate Wednesday.
Senate Majority Leader Jeff Essmann, R-Billings, who led the subcommittee in crafting the measure, described Senate Bill 423 as having three p…
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Medical Marijuana Overhaul Introduced in Senate
March 24, 2011 | 2 views | No Comments
Posted in NewsArkansas Unemployment Drug Testing Bill Dies
March 22, 2011 | 1 views | No Comments
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…
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California Action Alert: Schwarzenegger Must Decide Marijuana Infraction Measure Next Week!
September 23, 2010 | 5 views | No Comments
Outgoing California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has until Thursday, September 30, to decide the fate of Senate Bill 1449 — which would reduce adult marijuana possession charges from a criminal misdemeanor to a civil infraction. That gives reformers one final week to lobby for this sensible reform. If you have not yet contacted the Governor in [...]
Posted in NewsNORML Action Alert: Urge California’s Gov. Schwarzenegger To Sign Marijuana Infraction Measure
September 1, 2010 | 2 views | No Comments
On Monday, members of the California Assembly approved Senate Bill 1449, which reduces adult marijuana possession offenses in California from a criminal misdemeanor to an infraction, by a vote of 43 to 33.
The vote split largely along party lines, with Democrats voting 40 to 8 in favor of more lenient penalties and Republicans voting 2 [...]
Posted in NewsCongress: House Passes National Criminal Justice Commission Act
July 29, 2010 | 0 views | No Comments
On Tuesday, Congressional Representatives passed by voice vote H.R. 5143, the House version of the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010.
NORML first blogged about this federal legislation back in November, and encouraged supporters to contact their members of Congress in favor of this much-needed reform. This week the House did their part. Now it [...]
Posted in Drug WarDon’t Thwart Will of Voters on Medical Marijuana
January 26, 2010 | 0 views | No Comments
Holland, MI — State Senate Bill 618, introduced by Sen. Wayne Kuipers of Holland, to tighten regulations for the production and distribution of medical marijuana makes my head spin very high. This bill ascends into the clouds. It would require, among other things, that doctors write prescriptions for medical marijuana and that the pharmacies dispense [...]
