Recently, there have been some examples of football players commenting on marijuana in different forms. But there’s one through-line: they can’t smoke it. It’s something to remind ourselves of, considering most of the country at least has options for medicinal purchases. And also, despite some loosening of the rules recently, that the NFL still has […]
In a new study published by Psychology Today, it was found that long-term cannabis use is linked with cognitive decline and impact on the brain’s hippocampus. The largest key point within the study is that long term cannabis use can decline cognition at the age of 45. Many headlines are focusing around this but there […]
Delaware took a major step toward ending cannabis prohibition today when House members passed legislation (HB 2: a/k/a the Delaware Marijuana Control Act) to legalize an adult-use market. The bill passed 27 – 13 -1, a two-thirds supermajority with bipartisan support. Longtime advocates applauded lawmakers for tenaciously working to advance the measure and for voting […]
Welp, so much for that. In a ballot initiative across the entire state of Oklahoma, voters decisively voted against recreational marijuana. With 95% of the vote in, 61.7% voted no, and 38.3% voted yes. This is surprising for a state that has really embraced its medicinal marijuana market, with over 400 dispensaries dispersed across the state. […]
A majority of voters decided Tuesday against a citizens’ initiated measure (State Question 820) that sought to legalize the adult-use marijuana market and provide legal relief to those with cannabis-related convictions. The vote took place in a special election, an unusual circumstance that may have impacted its chances of success. In July, advocates for SQ […]
Marijuana reform legislation continues to advance in several states. This week’s update highlights legislative developments in Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Washington. LEGALIZATION Delaware Update: HB1 passed the House 28 to 13. It has now been […]
I’m writing this to tell you this news directly. I will soon be departing my role as NORML’s Executive Director. It has been an amazing journey we have taken together, but the time now feels appropriate for me to begin a new chapter. Just over six years ago, after an eight-year tenure serving as the […]
“I think that it’s fair to expect what I said at my confirmation hearing with respect to marijuana and policy, that it will be very close to what was done in the Cole Memorandum,” says US Attorney General Merrick Garland. The Cole Memorandum was an Obama-era policy that directed prosecutors to steer away from state […]
The following blog post was authored by Delaware NORML Board Member Lizzie Golob. The First State is lagging behind on an important policy. Cannabis legalization is long overdue in Delaware. Last year we were as close to changing Delaware’s cannabis laws as the Eagles were to winning the Super Bowl. The legislature passed a bill […]
One of the more surprising turns in this decade has been the steady warming of Republicans views on marijuana. Initially, we saw legalization bills pop up in states like Pennsylvania from Republican lawmakers, then a national bill from Representative Nancy Mace just last year. An issue that Democrats had in the bag is slowly changing […]
