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"California NORML is proud to have taken a leadership role sponsoring this bill. Cannabis is already heavily over-taxed relative to comparable products like beer, wine, and tobacco in California."

The post California: Governor Signs Legislation Halting Tax Hike on Commercially Available Cannabis Products appeared first on NORML.

"More than half of the US population now resides in jurisdictions where marijuana sales are legal and regulated."

The post Minnesota: Retailers Begin Adult-Use Cannabis Sales appeared first on NORML.

It's been approximately one month since President Trump announced that the administration is "looking into" federally reclassifying cannabis and that it would "make a determination over the next few weeks."

The post The Clock Is Ticking on Cannabis Rescheduling appeared first on NORML.

The ordinance, which took immediate effect, amends county code so that the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana is reduced to a civil violation punishable by no more than a $150 fine.

The post Georgia: Clayton County Commissioners Enact Marijuana Decriminalization Ordinance appeared first on NORML.

"Our results indicate that older adults who reported using cannabis in the prior six months did not differ on neuropsychological testing results when compared to older adults who reported no recent use of cannabis."

The post Analysis: No Differences in Cognitive Performance in Older Adults Who Consume Cannabis appeared first on NORML.

"The lesson is clear: Placing marijuana products behind the counter keeps cannabis out of the hands of young people and it reduces the public’s appetite for these unregulated novel intoxicants."

The post Analysis: Consumers Are Twice as Likely To Use Unregulated Delta-8 THC Products in Jurisdictions Without Adult-Use Cannabis Markets appeared first on NORML.

The passage of the new rules mark the latest effort by regulators to undermine the state’s 2024 voter-approved medical cannabis access law, which Nebraskans supported by a margin of more than 2 to 1.

The post Nebraska: State-Appointed Commission Approves New Rules Undermining Medical Cannabis Access appeared first on NORML.

"The electorate is clearly ready for cannabis to be legalized for adult use."

The post Emerson College Poll: Two-Thirds of Voters Say Legalizing Marijuana Nationally Is a “Good Idea” appeared first on NORML.

"This legislation embodies the wishes of more than two thirds of the American public, and will create a federal cannabis framework that respects states' rights and is focused on science, pragmatism, and justice."

The post Federal: House Lawmakers Reintroduce Legislation Removing Cannabis From the Controlled Substances Act appeared first on NORML.

"Allowing access to the nation’s regulated banking system is crucial to public safety and to ensuring that lawful businesses in our states have access to regulated banking services."

The post 30+ Attorneys General Call on Congress To Implement Cannabis Banking Reforms appeared first on NORML.

This ruling is "a huge win for freedom. No medical cannabis patient should have to choose between their rights to their medicine or their right to bear arms."

The post Federal Appeals Court: Medical Cannabis Consumers Shouldn’t Lose Their 2nd Amendment Rights appeared first on NORML.

Absent cannabis descheduling, those who produce, dispense, possess, or use marijuana in compliance with state laws could still face federal prosecution for violating federal drug laws.

The post Cannabis Rescheduling: Myths Versus Reality appeared first on NORML.

President Trump said that his administration is considering changing marijuana's federal classification

The post Will Trump Reschedule Marijuana? appeared first on NORML.

Meta was able to restore access to NORML's Facebook page.

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"Delaware's first weekend of adult-use cannabis sales has shown that our state is ready -- and eager -- for a well-regulated, responsible market," Democratic Gov. Matt Meyer said.

The post Delaware: Cannabis Sales Total Nearly $1 Million in Weekend Rollout appeared first on NORML.

If you have HBO, I highly recommend watching the latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 9, Episode 5). It may be available on other platforms.

In this episode, Oliver takes on the misguided drug war approaches that have led to the massive number of overdoses due to fentanyl and advocates some serious harm reduction approaches.

Update: here is it on Youtube:

A protection racket is an organized crime in which racketeers threaten and scare people to force them to pay a monetary tribute to the racketeers to avoid future harm. A racketeer can be a criminal, politician, corrupt government, or any one of their organized accomplices.

Few differences exist between protection racketeers and prohibitionists. Prohibitionists promise American taxpayers reliable public safety from illegal drugs at a bargain-basement price. Then they direct massive and expensive drug arrests by law enforcement that ruin millions of lives with fines and other criminal sanctions. Protection rackets don’t always protect.

Part of a prohibitionist’s tribute is called forfeiture, otherwise known as confiscation of the type that emerged as one of the triggers of the American Revolution against the British. Forfeiture might involve the confiscation of a person’s automobile once drugs are found or planted in the vehicle. Exclusion from voting rights, public office, and employment by the FBIare part of a wide portfolio of authoritarian sanctions. No detail is left untouched. Harm prevention is scorned. Fines are still levied in some states for possessing marijuana while not purchasing a state marijuana tax stamp to accompany it. Homes can be raided with no-knock warrants using conventional law enforcement or SWAT teams armed with military hardware, all for some trivial amount of drug cash believed stored in someone’s hallway closet. Evidence tends to come from some informant under legal duress who says it’s there. A drug cash raid for a non-recovered $8000 resulted in the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Police officers have been injured or killed in similar military-style confrontations.

Funding for drug war racketeers will continue as long as prohibitionists can manufacture consent by making civilians believe that fire and brimstone await those who smoke marijuana or take forbidden drugs. Decades of relentless public training in the popular detestation of illegal drugs and their consumers has been a steady windfall for various bureaucrats, politicians, and the dominionist religious groups whose members dominate the ranks of drug enforcement. Giving up a drug war is like beating an addiction. Drug war addicts may well need interventional drug treatment to educate them about their destructive habit.

Updates to WordPress weren’t working properly with the theme that I was using for DrugWarrant, and we were losing some functionality (along with images, etc.). So I have switched to another theme. It will take a bit of getting used to, and I’m sure there will be glitches that need to be addressed. Please let me know of any problems you see. Thanks for your patience.

A poll conducted by C. S. Mott’s Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health—”Parent perspectives on CBD use in children”, reveals that some parents hesitate giving CBD to their kids because they lack information about its effects. Some think it’s no different from psychoactives like THC or the full spectrum cannabis flower:

Most parents say they either don’t know much about CBD use in children (46%) or they never heard of it prior to this poll (34%); 17% report knowing some, and only 3% say they know a lot about CBD use in children. Most parents (71%) have never used a CBD product themselves, while 24% have tried CBD and 5% use a CBD product regularly.

Parents say the factors that would be very important in deciding whether to give their child a CBD product are side effects (83%), if it was tested for safety in children (78%), how well it works in children (72%), recommendation of their child’s doctor (63%), approval of the US Food and Drug Administration (58%), and product reviews (41%).

Three-quarters of parents (73%) think CBD may be a good option for children when other medications don’t work. Most parents (83%) think CBD products should be regulated by the FDA, and three-quarters (74%) say CBD for children should require a doctor’s prescription. One-third of parents (35%) think taking CBD is basically the same as using marijuana.

Over 90% of parents have never given or considered giving their child a CBD product. Only 2% have given their child a CBD product, while 4% have considered CBD for their child; 1% say their child has used CBD without their permission.

Among parents who have given or considered giving CBD for their child, only 29% say they talked with their child’s healthcare provider about CBD use. Parents’ most common reasons for giving or considering CBD for their child include anxiety (51%), sleep problems (40%), ADHD (33%), muscle pain (20%), autism (19%), and to make their child feel better in general (13%). […]

Parents also demonstrated some inconsistencies in their attitudes about CBD products for children, including the regulation of these products. For example, 83% indicated CBD products should be regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), yet only 58% rated FDA approval as very important to their decision about using CBD for their child. Currently, only one CBD product has received FDA approval for use in children, as a treatment for a rare form of epilepsy. It’s unclear if parents recognize that none of the CBD products they see in stores are regulated by the FDA. […]

One-third of parents in this Mott Poll believe that taking CBD is basically the same as using marijuana, which is consistent with parents’ overall limited knowledge about CBD products. […]

Ignorance about medicines can affect a child’s health. CBD continues to prove itself a side-effect-free treatment for a wide variety of unusually different health problems. Given Congress’s traditional rejection of science that doesn’t suit its own political or moralizing intent, federally funded research establishing the benefits of cannabinoids will continue to receive little or no initiative or enthusiasm.

A decades long government quest to prove that mental, physical, or social harm emerges directly from cannabis consumption has consistently failed. Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result provides governments with a convenient excuse for perpetual war of the sort described by George Orwell in his book 1984, in which he illustrates how socially devastating wars get equated with peace.

Federally funded research proposals still trend toward proving something or anything wrong with cannabinoids. Providing the NIDA with a useful Congressional directive to fund scientific research to expose the benefits of CBD and marijuana’s other amazing constituents is necessary to make it happen at the federal level. The move would represent a gigantic step toward eliminating a dimwitted Middle Ages mindset that promotes ignorance and hysteria over the medicinal effects of simple herbs. Medical necessity could emerge and create a critical historical benchmark. Children might finally have the complete right of access to all available medicines and medical interventions they need and deserve.