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March 2024 Primary Election Guide to Cannabis Candidates and Measures
Read about all federal and state races, candidates’ voting records, and more at NORML’s Smoke the Vote Guide Every registered voter in California will receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the March 5...
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CA Cannabis Tax Fund Monies Diverted from Prop. 64 Mandates
As the California cannabis industry, already overburdened by overtaxation, faces a raise in the state excise tax from 15% to as much as 19% in order to fund programs that benefit from cannabis taxes, a...
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Mayor Breed Kicks Off SF Weed Week
San Francisco Mayor London Breed stopped off before attending the Giants home opener today to welcome participants in the first SF Weed Week, to be held throughout the city on April 13 – 20th. The...
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May 6 Lobby Day in Sacramento a Success
Some of the 2024 Lobby Day participants on the way to their legislators’ offices. The California NORML/Americans for Safe Access Citizen Lobby Day on Monday, May 6, 2024 in Sacramento brought dozens...
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New Requirements for Vaporizer/Cartridge Labeling and Advertising
Also see: DCC’s AB 1894 and new requirements for packaging, labeling, advertising, and marketing. Beginning on July 1, 2024, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 26152.1 will take effect, requiring: •...
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Bill Excluding Law Enforcement Officers from Employment Protections for...
On June 19, the SB 1264 (Grove), a bill to exclude law enforcement from employment rights protections for off-the-job cannabis use, failed to pass the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee, in a...
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California State Fair Allows Sales and Consumption of Cannabis For the First...
UPDATED August 4, 2024 – By all measures, the first-ever cannabis consumption space at the CA State Fair was a huge success, and augurs well for seeing more of such events and spaces in California....
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Emerald Cup Honors NORML Founder Keith Stroup with Lifetime Achievement Award...
Please support NORML’s work by donating to our 60th Anniversary – Keith Stroup Celebration fund OAKLAND – The Emerald Cup will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Oakland by conferring its Lifetime...
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Cal NORML Asks For Change in CDPH Hemp Regulations to Allow Non-Intoxicating...
Gov. Newsom speaks at a press conference announcing emergency regulations on hemp products in California. In a letter to the California Office of Administrative Law and Department of Public Health, Cal...
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Join Cal NORML’s Fight for Fair Taxation of Cannabis in California
UPDATE: CDTFA will host a Microsoft Teams meeting on 8/29/24 at 10 AM on Emergency Regulation 3802, whereby the excessive state excise tax of 15% is applied to non-cannabis items like vape batteries,...
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