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Archives: News Releases

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

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

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Clinical Trial: Cannabis Oil Provides “Clinically Meaningful” Improvements in Fibromyalgia Symptoms

“Clinically meaningful pain relief – defined as a ≥ 30 percent reduction in [patients’] average daily pain scores – was achieved by 70 percent of the treatment group.”

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Republican-Led States File Lawsuit To Overturn Cannabis Rescheduling Decision

Plaintiffs must show that they will suffer particularized injury from rescheduling.

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Louisiana: Governor Signs Bill Into Law Significantly Increasing Marijuana Penalties

The Governor said that he pushed for the bill’s passage because he was “tired … of being inundated with the smell of marijuana” during college sport events.

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Illinois: Lawmakers Advance Bill Raising Adult-Use Marijuana Possession Limits, Expanding Expungement Opportunities

The measure increases the amount of cannabis an in-state resident may possess to 60 grams of flower, and 10 grams of concentrate while also raising possession limits for out-of-state visitors.

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CBD Dosing Mitigates Chemotherapy-Induced Cognitive Decline in Preclinical Model

Investigators determined that mice treated with CBD for one month “showed significant neurocognitive improvements in learning and memory, executive function, and memory consolidation tasks.”

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Study: ‘Recreational’ Cannabis Consumers Perform Similar to Abstainers on Cognitive Tests

Testing reveals no significant differences between recreational users and abstainers in executive function and working memory.

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Federal Judge Rejects Lawsuit from Prohibitionist Groups Seeking to Halt Dispensing of Hemp-Derived Products to Medicare Beneficiaries

None of the plaintiffs showed either sufficient “injury” or “concrete harm” from the implementation of the CMS pilot program.

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Democratic Lawmakers Call on Trump Administration To Commute Sentences of Those Federally Incarcerated for Marijuana Violations

The letter states, “We respectfully request that you use your pardon power to commute the sentences to all those in the federal prison system serving non-violent marijuana-related offenses.”

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