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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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Massachusetts: Supreme Court Clears Path for Marijuana Repeal Initiative To Appear on November’s Ballot

Statewide polling reports that 63 percent of Massachusetts’ voters, including majorities of Democrats and Independents, oppose the ballot question.

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Study: Patients With Hypermobility Disorders Experience Less Pain, Consume Fewer Opioids Following Medical Cannabis Treatment

“The sustained efficacy of cannabis-based medicinal products positions them as a favorable analgesic option compared with opioids.”

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Analysis: No Evidence of Fentanyl Contamination in Unregulated Cannabis 

“While previous studies have suggested fentanyl co-occurrence in other illicit drugs such as heroin, this study finds no evidence of widespread fentanyl contamination in illicit cannabis.”

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District of Columbia: Council Rejects Budget Proposal that Called for Significant Increase in Marijuana Sales Tax Rate

The proposed 2027 fiscal year budget seeks to increase the sales tax rate on medical cannabis products from six percent to 10.25 percent.

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Iowa: Governor Signs Bill Expanding Patients’ Access to State-Authorized CBD and THC Products

Nearly 20,000 Iowans are registered to access cannabis extract products.

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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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