NORML

06/21/2026

🚫 Fentanyl-laced ma*****na is a popular clickbait headline, but researchers say it isn't a reality.

For years, warnings about fentanyl-contaminated w**d have circulated in news reports, public service announcements, and statements from law enforcement. But according to a new analysis, there is no evidence that those claims reflect what's actually happening in the real world.

Researchers examined cannabis samples obtained from unregulated sources and found no evidence of fentanyl contamination, adding to a growing body of evidence challenging one of the most persistent ma*****na myths.

🔗 Read more: https://norml.org/news/2026/06/11/analysis-no-evidence-of-fentanyl-contamination-in-unregulated-cannabis/

06/21/2026

🌿 This legislation is long overdue. No patient should have to choose between their medicine or their job.

Patients who take traditional medications, including opioids and benzodiazepines, do not face punishment in the workplace unless their on-the-job performance is impaired. Patients who consume medical cannabis during their off-hours should be treated equally.

🔗 Read more: https://norml.org/blog/2026/06/12/maine-state-enacts-law-protecting-medical-cannabis-patients-from-workplace-discrimination/

06/20/2026

🚨 The DEA is moving forward with a hearing on the legal status of ma*****na, but the people most affected by federal cannabis policy won't be in the room.

The federal government cannot claim to be conducting a balanced review while intentionally excluding the voices of those most directly impacted by these policies.

🔗 Read more: https://norml.org/blog/2026/06/19/dea-limits-participants-in-upcoming-ma*****na-hearing-to-those-opposed-to-rescheduling/

06/19/2026

🙄 Massachusetts voters approved ma*****na legalization nearly a decade ago. Now out-of-state prohibitionists are bankrolling an effort to repeal it.

Justices on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected a lawsuit seeking to disqualify the initiative, meaning voters will now have to defeat it at the ballot box this November.

Out-of-state special interest group is behind the effort

06/19/2026

🌿 This legislation is long overdue. No patient should have to choose between their medicine or their job.

Patients who take traditional medications – including opioids, benzodiazepines, and other therapeutics – do not face punishment in the workplace unless their on-the-job performance is impaired. Patients who consume medical cannabis during their off-hours should be treated equally.

Provides "legitimate medical explanation" if they test positive

06/19/2026

🟢 BREAKING: The US Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional rights of cannabis consumers to legally possess fi****ms.

For years, NORML has argued that responsible consumers should not be treated as second-class citizens under the law. Today's ruling is a major victory for cannabis freedom and a powerful affirmation that constitutional rights do not disappear because someone uses ma*****na.

🔗 Read more: https://norml.org/blog/2026/06/18/supreme-court-affirms-second-amendment-rights-for-cannabis-consumers/

06/18/2026

🟢 BREAKING: The US Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional rights of cannabis consumers to legally possess fi****ms.

For years, NORML has argued that responsible consumers should not be treated as second-class citizens under the law. Today's ruling is a major victory for cannabis freedom and a powerful affirmation that constitutional rights do not disappear because someone uses ma*****na.

Ends federal gun ban for ma*****na consumers

06/18/2026

🚫 Fentanyl-laced ma*****na is a popular clickbait headline, but researchers say it isn't a reality.

For years, warnings about fentanyl-contaminated w**d have circulated in news reports, public service announcements, and statements from law enforcement. But according to a new analysis, there is no evidence that those claims reflect what's actually happening in the real world.

Researchers examined cannabis samples obtained from unregulated sources and found no evidence of fentanyl contamination, adding to a growing body of evidence challenging one of the most persistent ma*****na myths.

Trace amounts of other substances found were from inadvertent contamination

06/18/2026

🚨 Higher taxes. Higher prices. More consumers pushed back to the unregulated market.⁠
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DC City Council members warned Mayor Bowser that treating medical cannabis patients like ATMs instead of tax-paying constituents would have serious consequences beyond the budget.⁠

🔗 Read more: https://norml.org/news/2026/06/11/district-of-columbia-budget-proposal-calls-for-significant-increase-in-ma*****na-sales-tax-rate/

06/17/2026

🚨 Higher taxes. Higher prices. More consumers pushed back to the unregulated market.

DC City Council members warned Mayor Bowser that treating medical cannabis patients like ATMs instead of tax-paying constituents would have serious consequences beyond the budget.

Proposed increasing patients' sales tax rate from 6% to 10.25%