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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.

Florida governor, Republican Ron DeSantis gestures defensively while speaking into a microphone against a background of marijuana leaves

Florida: Supreme Court Sides With DeSantis Administration in Legalization Ballot Measure Fight

The Court declined to hear petitioners’ arguments that the DeSantis administration improperly dismissed tens of thousands of signatures.

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Georgia: Lawmakers Advance Legislation Expanding Medical Cannabis Access To Qualified Patients

Senate Bill 220 removes the “low THC” restriction, adds vaporization and qualifying conditions.

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A physician writes notes next to two containers of medical cannabis

Mississippi: Bill Providing Doctors With Greater Discretion To Recommend Medical Cannabis Advanced to Governor’s Desk

The Right to Try Medical Cannabis Act takes effect on July 1, 2026.

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A car key rests atop a cannabis leaf

Study: Consumers Show No Impairment in Their Next-Day Driving Performance Despite Residual THC Blood Levels

“Neither blood nor oral fluid THC, CBD, or metabolites was significantly correlated with any measure of driving [performance],” investigators concluded.

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a close-up of a person handing over three one hundred dollar bills to pay for their legal cannabis purchase

Federal Appeals Court: Workers’ Compensation Plans Can’t Reimburse Patients for Medical Cannabis Costs Because It’s Schedule I

“Marijuana’s classification as a Schedule I substance unequivocally provides, for purposes of federal law, that it has no accepted medical use,” the Court determined.

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A young woman in a red sweater wrinkles her nose and holds up her hand to say no to a marijuana bud

New Hampshire: Senate Republicans Kill House-Backed Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Bill

Fifteen of sixteen Senate Republicans voted against the bill.

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A smiling woman rests in a hospital bed. In the background, her doctors review her chart. Pictured next to her is a stethoscope and medical cannabis container.

Oregon: Legislation Permitting Patients To Consume Medical Cannabis in Healthcare Facilities Advances to Governor’s Desk

If enacted, the law will take effect on January 1, 2027.

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Clinical Trial: Cannabis Extracts Significantly Reduce Myofascial Pain

During cannabis treatment, patients experienced a nearly 4-point reduction in their TMD-related pain (on a zero to 10 numerical scale).

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