WV Norml

06/20/2025

What: Americans for Safe Access, Veterans Initiative 22, and American Legion Post 426 are hosting an Emergency Town Hall to discuss recent federal activity that jeopardizes patient protections and how to get involved in the movement to fight back

When: June 20th, 2025, 1-2 pm ET

Where: MorganTown Public Library - 373 Spruce St, Morgantown, WV 26505

Who: Everyone who cares about the future of medical cannabis and federal protections for patients

Background: For the last decade, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have been barred from using federal funds to enforce federal cannabis laws in states with medical cannabis laws through an amendment to their budget (CJS Amendment). For the past few years, this amendment has been part of the original bill text. This amendment is not included in this year's appropriation bill, and advocates will have to fight to ensure these protections are expanded for another year to prolong the "cease-fire" until we secure legislation to create a national medical cannabis program. *****naismedicine

08/01/2024

Why do Republicans hate cannabis and it's users so much? It's specifically written in the West Virginia Republican platform to not legalize cannabis. WV medical patients are not allowed to grow their own medicine even if they are farmers! How is that "conservative"? Sure doesn't help the farmer conserve his or her cash.

Republicans are making a last push against the finalization of the Biden administration’s move to reschedule ma*****na, despite advocates saying the fight isn’t worth the effort. The White House in…

06/19/2024

WV legislature needs to give wvians the right to grow their own .

Bipartisan Pennsylvania lawmakers have announced their intent to file a new bill to legalize recreational ma*****na, soliciting support from colleagues amid a revived push for reform in the legislature as neighboring states move forward to open legal cannabis markets. In a cosponsorship memo that wa...

05/14/2024

At 5pm tomorrow, May 15th, the WV Medical Cannabis Advisory Board Policy Workgroup will meet to discuss the issue of reciprocity.

If you would like to participate in the conversation, you can request access to the Zoom meeting by emailing the Office of Medical Cannabis at [email protected] with ‘MCAB Workgroup’ in the subject line.

11/08/2023

From the National NORML

🥳💨 A majority of Ohio voters have approved a citizens’ initiated measure (Issue 2) legalizing the possession, home cultivation, and retail sale of cannabis for those age 21 or older.

🌿 Details at https://norml.org/blog/2023/11/07/ohio-becomes-24th-state-to-legalize-ma*****na-for-adult-use/

11/08/2023

Congratulations Ohio. Pennsylvania is next

Ohio just became the 24th state to legalize recreational use of ma*****na.

11/08/2023

Congratulations Ohio! Ohio citizens exercised their rights today and Legalized cannabis.

11/02/2023

Ohio voters get to decide. This bill includes home grow.

More than a decade after Washington and Colorado legalized recreational ma*****na, Ohio could soon join 23 states and Washington D.C., if voters approve Issue 2 on next week’s statewide ballot.

08/18/2023

All the seed bearing plants and herbs

A new federally funded study has found that ma*****na is “significantly” associated with reduced opioid cravings for people using them without a prescription, suggesting that expanding access to legal cannabis could provide more people with a safer substitute. Researchers at the British Columbia...

08/18/2023

Big concern for those in WV also.

The Court ruled, "In short, our history and tradition may support some limits on an intoxicated person’s right to carry a weapon, but it does not justify disarming a sober citizen based exclusively on his past drug usage."

08/16/2023

The MCAB Policy & Procedures work group will meet via Zoom at 5:30 tomorrow, August 17th.

The purpose of the meeting is to put together a plan to find and invite speakers to facilitate a broader discussion on the topic of ‘impairment’.

For those interested in participating in the public comment portion of the meeting, you can request access to the Zoom link by emailing the Office of Medical Cannabis at [email protected] with ‘MCAB work group’ in the subject line.

08/08/2023

https://www.ma*****namoment.net/study-shows-ma*****na-is-significantly-associated-with-reduced-use-of-unregulated-opioids/

A new federally funded study has found that ma*****na is “significantly” associated with reduced opioid cravings for people using them without a prescription, suggesting that expanding access to legal cannabis could provide more people with a safer substitute. Researchers at the British Columbia...