“Our polling shows bipartisan support for meaningful legislative marijuana reform that would legalize marijuana.”
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Author: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
Arizona: Adult-Use Legalization Initiative Qualifies for 2020 Ballot
The Act permits those age 21 or older to possess up to one ounce of cannabis and directs revenue from retail cannabis sales to fund various public education and safety programs.
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Illinois: Retail Cannabis Sales Surge Over 20 Percent Month-Over-Month
Sales of adult-use cannabis products in Illinois rose over 20 percent in July to reach a record high.
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Louisiana: Medical Cannabis Expansion Laws Take Effect
The most significant new measure, House Bill 819, expands the discretion of physicians so that they can recommend cannabis therapy for “any condition” that they consider “debilitating to an individual patient.”
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State-Legal Marijuana Industry to Employ Nearly 300,000 Workers by Year’s End
The analysis projects as many as 295,000 marijuana-related jobs by the close of 2020 – a total that is slightly higher than the total number of computer programmers working in the United States.
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New Jersey: Supermajority Back Legalization Measure Ahead of November Vote
Majorities of Democrats (78 percent), Independents (63 percent), and Republicans (57 percent) back the 2020 ballot measure.
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States Experience Record Surge in Retail Marijuana Sales
“One unanticipated effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the growth acceleration of legal cannabis markets (and erosion of the illicit markets) in those states which have activated both medical and adult-use sales.”
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Arizona: Voter Support Grows for Adult-Use Legalization Ahead of Likely Initiative Vote
Sixty-two percent of likely general election voters “believe that marijuana should be legalized for adult use in the state of Arizona.”
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Montana: Legalization Initiative Proponents Announce That They Have Qualified for 2020 Ballot
In a July 20 e-mail update, proponents New Approach Montana posted: “The campaign to legalize marijuana … has cleared the signature hurdles to see its two initiatives on the ballot in Montana’s general election.”
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Cannabis Use Rising Among Chronic Pain Patients
“Over the course of our study, … we identified a significant and progressive increase in the number of patients using cannabis. In patients with chronic pain, cannabis use more than doubled during this period.”
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