CaNORML Blog

Cal NORML has compiled votings records of California legislators on cannabis bills in the 2023/24 session. Based on these, other past records, and responses to our candidate questionnaires, we have...

Cal NORML has compiled the voting records of California’s legislators on key cannabis bills in 2023 and 2024, assigning grades based on weighted scores for their votes. Lawmakers with the...

In our 2023 Membership Survey, 47% of respondents said their vote is “Always” strongly influenced by a candidate’s position on marijuana, and another 34% said it “Usually” is. Also, 63%...

UPDATE 10/8/24: There’s been much enthusiasm on social media, etc. about the new law, which will take effect on January 1, 2025. It’s a good time for supporters to get...

UPDATE September 30, 2024 – Governor Newsom has signed the California NORML-sponsored “cannabis café” bill to allow California cannabis lounges to sell food and event tickets.  Cal NORML supporters sent...

In a letter to the California Office of Administrative Law and Department of Public Health, Cal NORML has asked that Gov. Newsom’s proposed emergency regulations banning the sale of hemp products be...

Cal NORML supporters have sent over 2500 letters in support of (or opposed to) cannabis bills in California this year, and our annual Lobby Day in May brought citizen lobbyists...

GOVERNOR SIGNS CANNABIS COMPASSION BILL Governor Newsom has signed AB 2555, the cannabis compassion bill, as part of a package of bills supporting veterans in California. The high cost of...

Please support NORML’s work by donating to our 60th Anniversary – Keith Stroup Celebration fund OAKLAND – The Emerald Cup will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Oakland by conferring its...

UPDATED August 4, 2024 – By all measures, the first-ever cannabis consumption space at the CA State Fair was a huge success, and augurs well for seeing more of such...

On June 19, the SB 1264 (Grove), a bill to exclude law enforcement from employment rights protections for off-the-job cannabis use, failed to pass the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee,...

Also see: DCC’s AB 1894 and new requirements for packaging, labeling, advertising, and marketing. Beginning on July 1, 2024, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 26152.1 will take effect, requiring: •...

Join Cal NORML with a $42 “420 Club” membership on or before 4/30/24 and get a free thank-you gift: our popular burlap sack printed with a “California Red Hair Sinsemilla”...

The California NORML/Americans for Safe Access Citizen Lobby Day on Monday, May 6, 2024 in Sacramento brought dozens of supporters from across the state to meet with their state representatives...

San Francisco Mayor London Breed stopped off before attending the Giants home opener today to welcome participants in the first SF Weed Week, to be held throughout the city on...

As the California cannabis industry, already overburdened by overtaxation, faces a raise in the state excise tax from 15% to as much as 19% in order to fund programs that...

  Read about all federal and state races, candidates’ voting records, and more at NORML’s Smoke the Vote Guide Every registered voter in California will receive a vote-by-mail ballot for...

Read more about Lobby Day BECOME A SPONSOR TODAY! California NORML and ASA (Americans for Safe Access) are pleased to announce Citizen Lobby Day, taking place May 6, 2024 in...

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UPDATE: CDTFA will host a Microsoft Teams meeting on 8/29/24 at 10 AM on Emergency Regulation 3802, whereby the excessive state excise tax of 15% is applied to non-cannabis items...