Cal NORML 2023 Accomplishments and Plans for 2024

PLEASE SUPPORT CAL NORML IN 2024 Now is the time to build on the progress we made in 2023! Please support Cal NORML with a membership donation. Click Here to Donate or see our Cal NORML store and purchase merchandise. Giving Tuesday / End of Year Special: Get a Free Gift with Your Cal NORML membership through 12/31/23. LEGISLATIVE GAINS …

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Membership Special: Join Cal NORML and Get a Thank You Gift

Join Cal NORML with a $42 “420 Club” membership on or before 12/31/2023 and get a free thank-you gift: our popular burlap sack printed with a “California Red Hair Sinsemilla” design (shown). Usually available only at Cal NORML information tables at events, this 22″ x 36″ bags parodies agricultural storage sacks. They look great as …

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Cal NORML Legal Seminar 2024

Learn About New Cannabis Laws Taking Effect in California in 2024, Pending Federal Legislation, and More.  January 20, 2024 Jack London Square Oakland, CA (and online via Zoom) 5.5 MCLE Credits Pending Cal NORML 2024 Legal Seminar Ticket – Early Bird Pricing $215.00 Buy now Sponsored by: Sponsor the Seminar Cal NORML legal committee and …

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Blowing Smoke About Cannabis Lounges: Onsite Consumption No Danger to Public Health

DOWNLOAD A FLYER ABOUT CANNABIS CONSUMPTION LOUNGES IN CALIFORNIA. See a List of Cannabis Consumption Lounges in California.  Also see: Cannabis Consumption Lounges: Mitigating Risks Information about opening and operating a consumption lounge from Cal NORML board member and attorney Lauren Mendelsohn. CANNABIS CONSUMPTION SPACES ARE NEEDED IN CALIFORNIA  While it’s legal for adults and medical …

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Clearing of Past Marijuana Crimes Moves Forward Across California

UPDATES 10/4/2023: A new report from the Last Prisoner Project gives A grades to only two states, California and Minnesota, judging from their legalization laws and resentencing policies on past marijuana crimes. The LPP report notes that CA has failed to meet its expungement/resentencing deadline of July 1, 2023. Indeed, according to the latest DOJ …

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Onsite Cannabis Consumption Lounges in California

Cal NORML has compiled the following  list of current onsite consumption lounges in California to share with our members and supporters. Email us to be added to this list. See the complete listings of California NORML business members in the Cannabis Dispensaries and Delivery directory. Support the businesses that support reform! INTRODUCTION: Under California state …

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Cal NORML Safety Warning: THC-O Acetate and Psychoactive Hemp Products 

UPDATE 2/15/23: DEA Classifies Novel Cannabinoids Delta-8 And -9 THCO As Controlled Substances, Even When Synthesized From Legal Hemp  NORML has always warned that delta-9-THCO is illegal under the Synthetic Analogues Act.  This DEA decision also applies to delta-8-THCO, which shouldn’t be confused with the more popular delta-8 THC. A new study by Benowitz et …

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CA DPH Misrepresents Cannabis Smoke & Vape Hazards Using Anti-Tobacco Funds

UPDATE 5/23 – States That Legalize Marijuana See Reduced Tobacco Use, Study Finds The California Department of Public Health has undertaken a busboard campaign claiming that marijuana and vapes produce similar second-hand smoking dangers as tobacco. The ads reference a TobaccoFreeCA webpage  warning that secondhand marijuana smoke is cancer-causing and harmful to the brain, lungs, …

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Cal NORML’s 2022 Accomplishments and Plans for 2023

PLEASE SUPPORT CAL NORML IN 2023 Now is the time to build on the progress we made in 2022! Please support Cal NORML with a membership donation. Click Here to Donate or see our Cal NORML store and purchase merchandise. It was a banner year for cannabis reform measures in 2022, in no small part due to the efforts of …

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How to Vote for Marijuana in CA’s May 12 Special Elections

Two special elections are being held on Tuesday, May 12, in Congressional District 25 (parts of LA and Ventura counties) and in State Senate District 28 (in Riverside county). Vying for the open Congressional seat left vacant by Rep. Katie Hill are Democrat Christy Smith and Republican Mike Garcia. Smith, a California Assemblywoman, has a …

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