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  Massachusetts: State Regulators Grant Initial Approval To Social Use Spaces

  by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  

  Members of the state’s Cannabis Control Commission have decided to advance plans to regulate social marijuana use facilities.

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  NORML Submits Comments to FDA Ahead of CBD Hearing

  by NORML
  

  NORML has submitted written comments to the US Food and Drug Administration ahead of the agency's scheduled hearing on the regulation CBD-infused products. The agency will be taking in person public testimony on Friday, May 31, with regard to the "manufacturing, product quality, marketing, labeling, and sale" of CBD-infused retail products.

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  New York City: Municipal Legislation Enacted Prohibiting Drug Testing for Cannabis as a Condition of Employment, Probation

  by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  

  City lawmakers have successfully passed a pair of municipal bills limiting situations where those seeking employment or on probation may be drug tested for past cannabis exposure.

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  Washington: Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Bill Into Law

  by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  

  Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee has signed legislation, Senate Bill 5605, facilitating the expungement of past low-level marijuana convictions.

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  Arkansas: Licensed Medical Cannabis Sales Begin

  by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  

  Qualified patients now have limited access to medical cannabis products, after the state’s first licensed dispensaries began making sales this week.

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  Weekly Legislative Roundup 5/10/19

  by Carly Wolf, NORML State Policies Coordinator
  

  Welcome to the latest edition of NORML's Weekly Legislative Roundup!

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  Sen. Schumer And Rep. Jeffries To Introduce Comprehensive Marijuana Reform Legislation

  by NORML
  

  Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries announced their intentions to introduce legislation known as the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), thus ending the nearly century-long federal policy of criminalization and prohibition.

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  North Dakota: Governor Signs Law Reducing Marijuana Possession Penalties

  by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  

  Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed legislation into law reducing marijuana possession penalties.