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Archives: News Releases

Since 1992, every Thursday and when breaking news warrants, NORML/NORML Foundation have been issuing weekly press releases for marijuana law supporters and the media. Subscribe to NORML News.

NORML’s News Releases archives goes back to 1996 and serves as a valuable tool to alert citizens about marijuana-related news and legislation as well as a research tool for reviewing a chronology-of-sorts of marijuana law reform.

Doctors and Marijuana

Survey: Most Patients Lack Confidence About Their Physicians’ Understanding of Cannabis

Investigators concluded, “Our study highlights the need for better integration between medical cannabis and mainstream healthcare [providers].”

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Marijuana and Fibromyalgia

Study: Cannabis Mitigates Symptoms in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Fibromyalgia

The study’s author determined, “Cannabinoids may be considered for FMS treatment.”

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New Jersey Marijuana Laws

New Jersey: Governor Signs Enabling Legislation into Law Ceasing Marijuana Possession Arrests, Licensing Retail Sales

“Now, going forward, tens of thousands of otherwise law-abiding New Jerseyans will no longer be subject to arrest and a criminal record for their personal use of marijuana.”

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Marijuana Revenue

Study: Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Laws Associated with Declines in Workers’ Compensation Claims

“Our findings suggest potentially important benefits to older workers and society at large” following the legalization of marijuana.

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Marijuana and Liver Disease

Study: Cannabis Use Associated with Reduced Fatty Liver Index Scores  in Patients Co-Infected with HIV/HCV

Researchers concluded, “Cannabis use is associated with a reduced risk of elevated fatty liver index in HIV-HCV co-infected patients.”

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Cannabis Ruling

Michigan: Court of Appeals Strikes Down Restrictions on Use of Medical Cannabis While on Probation

In a published opinion, justices determined that the state’s voter-initiated medical cannabis access law supersedes the authority of judges to limit probationers’ use of the substance.

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Driving Performance

Study: Combined Ingestion of Cannabis and Alcohol Possesses Additive Effects on Driving Performance

Investigators determined that performance following the ingestion of both alcohol and cannabis together “was significantly greater than the effect of each drug by itself.”

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botanical cannabis

Virginia: Legislature Passes Measure Permitting Dispensing of Herbal Medical Cannabis

Virginia legislature sends bills to Governor Northam to approve dispensing of herbal medical cannabis

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VIRGINIA: new law takes effect today, March 1, 2021: “no law-enforcement officer may lawfully search or seize any person, place, or thing solely on the basis of the odor of marijuana and no evidence discovered or obtained pursuant to a violation of this subsection, including evidence discovered or obtained with the person’s consent, shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding.”

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