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  Missouri’s Largest County Stops Prosecuting Marijuana Possession

  by Dan Viets, Executive Director, Missouri NORML
  

  Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker recently announced that her office will stop prosecuting most marijuana possession cases. Earlier this year St. Louis City Prosecuting Attorney, Kim Gardner, took similar action on simple possession cases of up to 100 grams.

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  US Senate: Leading Marijuana Prohibitionist Out As Senate Judiciary Chair

  by NORML
  

  One of the US Senate’s leading marijuana prohibitionists, Iowa Republican Charles Grassley, will no longer be heading the Senate Judiciary Committee in the 116th Congress. As Chair, Grassley had refused to hold any hearings or votes on marijuana-related legislation.

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  Weekly Legislative Roundup 11/16/18

  by Carly Wolf, NORML Political Associate
  

  Welcome to the latest edition of NORML's Weekly Legislative Roundup!

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  Indiana NORML: Midterm Elections Shakeup State Legislature

  by Justin See, Board Member, Indiana NORML
  

  While Indiana did not have the opportunity to vote directly on cannabis propositions as in other states, there were numerous candidates on the ballot supportive of reforming our cannabis laws. Here's a quick rundown of some notable outcomes from election night!

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  NORML Chapters Participate in Las Vegas’ First Business-to-Consumer Cannabis Conference

  by Madisen Saglibene, Executive Director of Las Vegas NORML
  

  Members from various NORML chapters led efforts to collect 600 letters to Congress in support of marijuana reform from attendees of Las Vegas’ first Business-to-Consumer Cannabis conference, The Herban Expo.

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  New Legislation Aimed To Reduce Veterans Medical Marijuana Confusion

  by Justin Strekal, NORML Political Director
  

  Post-traumatic stress, chronic pain, and other medical issues can be a matter of life or death. Moreover, failure of VA policy to allow physicians to openly talk about cannabis or recommend it has a deleterious effect on the doctor-patient relationship and on the well-being of our veterans.

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  Congress: New House Rules Chairman Pledges To Allow Floor Votes On Marijuana-Related Amendments

  by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  

  Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern says that he will permit federal lawmakers to debate and vote on marijuana-related amendments when he assumes control of the House Rules Committee in 2019. “Unlike my predecessor, I’m not going to block amendments for marijuana,” he said.

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  Texas NORML: Midterm Elections and the 86th Texas Legislature

  by NORML
  

  Members of Texas NORML are energized and hopeful for meaningful marijuana law reforms after the 2018 midterm elections where twelve incumbents were replaced with Freshman in the House and two in the Senate. State lawmakers have begun introducing legislation for consideration during the upcoming 2019 Texas legislative session.