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Download a Fact Sheet with this information. A law that took effect on January 1, 2023 (AB 1954 – BPC 2228.5) prohibits physicians and health plans to have policies denying medical treatment to qualified patients with a recommendation to use medical marijuana. The only exception is if a clinical determination is made on a case-by-case …
DOWNLOAD A FLYER ABOUT CANNABIS CONSUMPTION LOUNGES IN CALIFORNIA. See a List of Cannabis Consumption Lounges in California. Also see: Cannabis Consumption Lounges: Mitigating Risks Information about opening and operating a consumption lounge from Cal NORML board member and attorney Lauren Mendelsohn. CANNABIS CONSUMPTION SPACES ARE NEEDED IN CALIFORNIA While it’s legal for adults and medical …
UPDATES 2/11/2024: We would like to hear from people who have benefited—e.g. gotten a job or qualified for education or housing—because their marijuana criminal records have been expunged. A journalist has contacted us who is trying to measure the impact expungement has had. Anonymity guaranteed if requested. Reply here. 10/4/2023: A new report from the …
Please support Cal NORML with a personal or business membership to help us advance cannabis consumers rights in California! UPDATE 10/8/2023 – Gov. Newsom has signed into law: • SB 700 (Bradford) Employment discrimination: cannabis use. The bill by Senator Steven Bradford will bar (most) employers from asking job applicants about their past marijuana use. …
Attorney General Rob Bonta traveled to Fresno to announce the DOJ’s new Cannabis Administrative Prosecutor Program (CAPP) today. The program provides California cities and counties who partner with DOJ legal support to address illegal cannabis activity through administrative enforcement and nuisance abatement. Unlicensed operations will be given the opportunity to voluntarily shut down before more …
Read more about the Legal Seminar Sponsoring the sixth annual Cal NORML Legal Seminar on January 20, 2024 is a great way to raise visibility for your company among the top cannabis attorneys, businesspeople, and consumers in California. Sponsorship will position and brand your business as one that is helping to move cannabis issues …
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Continuing Medical Education credits for California physicians up to 6.75 hours have been approved for the first-ever joint medical conference from the Society of Cannabis Clinicians and The ReLeaf Institute, to be held at UCLA’s Neuroscience Research Building (NRB), 635 Charles E. Young Drive South in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 2. The conference curriculum is …
Cannabis Laws Don’t Change Themselves… …but with your help, we can and will enact the policy reforms needed for the cannabis industry to flourish and for its consumers to be treated fairly and with dignity under the law. The National Cannabis Industry Association, the voice of Main Street Cannabis, and California NORML, the voice of …
Download and read Cal NORML’s new White Paper and literature. At least one city has moved to comply with SB 1186 to allow for medical cannabis delivery businesses to operate. Read more about state, national and local cannabis news and coming events.