January 9, 2018 – Rep. Rob Bonta (Oakland), the California Assembly’s Assistant Majority Leader, announced at a press conference in Sacramento today that he has introduced AB 1793, to create a simpler and expedited pathway for Californians to have certain criminal convictions for cannabis-related offenses removed or reduced from their records. Proposition 64 – which …
TAKE ACTION: Jeff Sessions Is Targeting The Cannabis Community – It’s Time For Congress To Step In UPDATED 1/8/18 January 4, 2018 – Reaction has been swift from public officials in California following the announcement that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has issued a memo to federal prosecutors which “directs all U.S. Attorneys to enforce the …
Download this information as a .pdf file December 29, 2017 – With adult-use cannabis stores opening in California on January 1, Cal NORML reminds our members, tourists coming in to California, and others of the following: Using marijuana can impair your ability to drive safely. Signs of marijuana impairment can include: • Loss of concentration …
December 5, 2017 – Cal NORML has sent comments to state regulators regarding their emergency licensing regulations for cannabis cultivation. “We are concerned that the CDFA’s proposed emergency regulations on cannabis cultivation licensing fail to limit the total amount of acreage that any one applicant may accumulate. This opens the doors to large-scale, industrial mega-grows …
PLEASE JOIN CAL NORML OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO HELP US CONTINUE OUR WORK IN 2018. Over 60 cannabis bills, most of them regulatory, were introduced in Sacramento this year, a three-fold increase from last year. Cal NORML tracked bills with a focus on consumer rights and kept our members informed of pending changes and …
This article is from Ca NORML’s November newsletter, sent to our members. To join, support Cal NORML and receive all the news, click here. Berkeley Patients Group is one medical marijuana dispenary that plans to open their doors to recreational users on January 1. November 2017 – New Year’s 2018 is ushering in a new …
UPDATE 11/13 – CNN: Opioid commission’s anti-marijuana argument stirs anger November 2 – The US Opioid Commission has jettisoned the voluminous research showing that cannabis serves as an exit drug to opioid use, in favor of a study looking at 12-year-old data. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wrote in a letter from the Commission to …
Marijuana Legalization and the Opioid Crisis California NORML November 1, 2017 The evidence is mounting that allowing access to marijuana, used medicinally or recreationally, could be an answer to the opioid crisis. On almost a weekly basis, a new study emerges confirming the pain-killing properties of cannabis, or finding that states with medical cannabis laws …
October 30, 2017 – The evidence is mounting that allowing access to marijuana, used medicinally or recreationally, could be an answer to the opioid crisis. On almost a weekly basis, a new study emerges confirming the pain-killing properties of cannabis, or finding that states with medical cannabis laws have lower rates of opiate use and …
Updated 10/9/17 – The Governor vetoed bills banning smoking on the beach, regulating edibles (AB350) and the sale of butane (AB1120). He signed AB-1159 clarifying that legal services on marijuana issues is protected under existing laws. SACRAMENTO September 18 – The California legislature has approved SJR-5 (Stone), a joint resolution calling for Congress “to pass …