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Category: Legislative Update

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  • Legislative Update

Virginia Lawmakers Approve Adult-Use Retail Sales Bills

  • by JM Pedini, NORML Development Director
  • Posted on February 28, 2024August 15, 2025

The measures now head to Republican Gov. Youngkin’s desk.

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Florida marijuana laws
  • Legislative Update

Florida: Push for THC Potency Caps Stalls

  • by NORML
  • Posted on February 27, 2024February 27, 2024

Republican-backed legislative efforts to impose arbitrary THC potency caps on certain cannabis products are likely dead for the session.

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  • Legislative Update

South Carolina: Senate Advances Medical Cannabis Access Legislation

  • by NORML
  • Posted on February 15, 2024February 15, 2024

South Carolina is one of only a dozen states that has yet to implement a comprehensive medical cannabis access program.

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  • Legislative Update

Virginia: House and Senate Chambers Approve Competing Retail Sales Bills

  • by JM Pedini, NORML Development Director
  • Posted on February 13, 2024February 29, 2024

Just ahead of the crossover deadline, both chambers of the Virginia legislature approved measures to legalize and regulate the retail sale of cannabis to adults 21 and older.

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  • Activism

Major Changes to Cannabis Law Take Effect Around the U.S.

  • by JM Pedini, NORML Development Director
  • Posted on July 7, 2023July 7, 2023

Thanks to your advocacy, activism, and support, dozens of new marijuana laws took effect around the country this month.

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  • Legislative Update

Virginia: Changes to Medical Cannabis Laws Take Effect

  • by JM Pedini, NORML Development Director
  • Posted on July 5, 2023July 5, 2023

Multiple improvements to the state’s medical program became law July 1, 2023.

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Texas Marijuana Laws
  • LEGISLATION

Texas: House Advances Marijuana Penalty Reduction Legislation

  • by Jax James, Former NORML State Policy Manager
  • Posted on April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

“Texas leads the nation in marijuana-related arrests. Passage of this legislation will end this dubious distinction.”

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  • Legalization

Virginia: House Republicans Reject Retail Cannabis Sales Plan

  • by JM Pedini, NORML Development Director
  • Posted on February 1, 2023February 16, 2023

NORML Development Director JM Pedini, said that Tuesday’s vote represented “another stunning failure of leadership on cannabis policy.”

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