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Oregon: Support Legislation to End Workplace Discrimination Against Adult Marijuana Consumers
Legislation is pending before the Senate, SB 301, to prohibit employers from discriminating against adults who legally consume marijuana during non-work hours. Senate Bill 301 states, “It is an unlawful employment practice for any employer to require, as a condition of employment, that any employee or prospective employee refrain from using a substance that is … Continue reading
Washington: Support Legislation to End Workplace Discrimination Against Medical Marijuana Consumers
Legislation is pending before the House, HB 1094, to prohibit employers from discriminating against patients who legally consume marijuana during non-work hours. The bill amends existing law so that: “An employer may not refuse to hire a qualifying patient, discharge or bar a qualifying patient from employment, or discriminate against a qualifying patient in compensation … Continue reading
Tennessee: Support Measure To Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties
Legislation is pending in the House and Senate — SB 265 and HB 297 — to reduce penalties associated with the possession of one-eighth of marijuana (3.544 grams) to a fine-only offense. Under present law, the possession of any amount of marijuana is punishable by up to one year in jail and a $ 250 … Continue reading
Kansas: Support Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Reform
Legislation is pending before lawmakers, The Kansas Safe Access Act, to establish regulations governing a comprehensive medical marijuana program. The measure would permit qualified patients to grow their own medical marijuana or to obtain it from a licensed dispensary, while also educating physicians who seek to recommend cannabis therapy. Kansas is one of fewer than … Continue reading
Wisconsin: GOP Lawmakers Consider Support for Marijuana Law Reform Legislation
GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin have a track record of opposing efforts to reform marijuana laws in the Badger State, but a recent comment from Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has some marijuana advocates hopeful for progress during the 2017 legislative session. “If you get a prescription to use an opiate or you get a prescription to … Continue reading
President-Elect Trump: Will You Support State Marijuana Laws?
Over the last several weeks, we have received dozens of calls from journalists with the same question: “What does NORML think that President-Elect Trump and his Attorney General nominee Jefferson Sessions will do in regards to marijuana once in office?” However, the best public indicators we have to go on give mixed messages. Additionally, in … Continue reading
President-Elect Trump: Will You Support State Marijuana Laws?
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws – Advocacy Campaigns
Federal: Support the Veterans Equal Access Act
A bipartisan coalition of nine House lawmakers has introduced legislation, House Resolution 667: The Veterans Equal Access Act, to permit Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers “to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in state marijuana programs.” Passage of this act would allow VA doctors to recommend cannabis therapy to veterans in states … Continue reading
Washington: Legislation to Permit Home Cultivation Fails To Garner Support
Lawmakers have failed to consider legislation that would allow adults to legally cultivate personal use amounts of marijuana this legislative session. House Bill 2629, the Adult Home Grow & Criminal Reduction Bill sought to permit adults to grow a limited number of marijuana plants for personal use. Members of the House Committee on Commerce and … Continue reading
Federal: Support HR 1774: The Compassionate Access Act
Legislation is pending in the US House of Representatives to allow states greater freedom to authorize medical marijuana to qualified patients. HR 1774, The Compassionate Access Act, reschedules marijuana under federal law to a classification other than Schedule I. The measure also excludes cannabidiol from the definition of marijuana and prohibits federal officials from interfering … Continue reading
