Young adults residing near marijuana retailers are no more likely to express an intention to use either cannabis or tobacco than are those who do not, according to data published in The Journal of Cannabis Research. Researchers with the RAND Corporation and with the University of Southern California assessed the relationship between the density of […]
The federal government is prosecuting and convicting fewer people for violating marijuana trafficking laws, according to data provided by the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC). According to a new fact-sheet issued by the Commission, just over 1,000 people were sentenced federally in 2020 for violating marijuana trafficking laws. That’s down 67 percent since 2016, and over 80 percent since […]
Athlete Sha’Carri Richardson has been suspended and barred from running in the Olympic Games in Tokyo after testing positive for marijuana. Following the reporting of her suspension from competition, NORML issued the following statements: “In the past, it has never made much sense for marijuana use outside of competition to be a disqualifying factor for […]
Justices on Mexico’s highest court moved today to permit adults to possess and cultivate small quantities of marijuana without penalty. In 2018, the Court determined that the sections of the federal law criminalizing the private use and cultivation of cannabis by adults were unconstitutional. At that time, the majority opined, “The effects caused by marijuana […]
In a written statement issued today by US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, he called into question the US government’s authority to impose federal prohibitions on the state-licensed production and sale of cannabis. Justice Thomas, who is considered to be among the more conservative members of the Court, acknowledged, “The Federal Government’s current approach is […]
Governor Ned Lamont (D) signed legislation today, Senate Bill 1201, legalizing the adult use of marijuana and regulating its commercial production and sale. Under the law, which takes effect on July 1, adults ages 21 and older may legally possess up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis flowers or an equivalent amount of cannabis concentrates in […]
Members of the Rhode Island state Senate approved legislation to legalize marijuana for adults in the state and regulate its production and retail sale. “Rhode Island is an island of prohibition in a sea of legalization,” said NORML State Policies Manager Carly Wolf. “As one of the two remaining New England states that have yet […]
House members failed to hold a floor vote on Senate Bill 1118, which sought to legalize the marijuana market in Connecticut, prior to the close of the 2021 regular legislative session. Senate lawmakers had approved the measure on Monday, and Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont called the legislation a “national model for regulating the adult-use cannabis […]
The passage of statewide laws legalizing the adult use of cannabis is not associated with either changes in attitudes or behaviors specific to driving under the influence, according to data published in the journal BMC Research Notes. A team of researchers affiliated with The Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in […]
Members of the Connecticut state Senate have approved legislation, Senate Bill 1118, to legalize the adult use of marijuana and regulate its commercial retail sales. SB 1118 allows adults 21 and older to legally purchase and possess up to 1.5 ounces of marijuana in public and up to five ounces of marijuana in their private […]
