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Oklahoma’s next big election will ask voters to legalize recreational marijuana

November 28, 2022
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Oklahoma
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As the decades-long push to legalize marijuana state-by-state nears the halfway point, Oklahoma could provide an interesting case study when voters decide whether to legalize adult cannabis use in March. Twenty-one states have now legalized recreational marijuana use, including Missouri…

Marijuana Pardons Affect Just a Sliver of Those Swept Up in the War on Drugs

November 28, 2022
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Valerie Schultz’s conviction for possession of a small amount of marijuana in 2010 was anything but simple. Ms. Schultz was arrested on federal land, the Mount Olympus Trail in Utah, which means she was charged under federal law. The authorities…

Cannabis banking supporters scramble to reach lame-duck deal

November 25, 2022
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The Senate is trying to get a package of cannabis-related legislation over the finish line in this Congress. Urgency is building in the Senate to get cannabis legislation passed before the year is over. The specter of a Republican-led House…

Marijuana businesses to offer free cannabis to Michigan military veterans

November 23, 2022
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Michigan
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Since Anton Harb Jr. returned from Middle East battlegrounds where he fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005, he’s fought a different sort of battle: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It’s not a war he fights alone. Up to 20% of…

Operator’s Guide to Maryland and Missouri Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization

By Peter S. Murphy, Attorney at Saul Ewing On November 8, 2022, Maryland and Missouri residents voted to legalize adult-use cannabis. Similar ballot measures failed in North Dakota, South Dakota and Arkansas, leaving some to wonder whether the overall result is…

Marijuana Majority

November 23, 2022
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Americans support marijuana legalization, but many of their political leaders do not. A decade ago, no American lived in a state where marijuana was legal to smoke, vape or eat recreationally. Today, nearly half of Americans do or will soon:…

Oregon’s governor pardons thousands for cannabis convictions

November 22, 2022
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Oregon
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday she is pardoning an estimated 45,000 people convicted of simple possession of cannabis, a month after President Joe Biden did the same under federal law. “No one deserves to be forever saddled with the impacts of…

Kentucky (Kind of) Decriminalizes Medical Cannabis

November 22, 2022
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Kentucky
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By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken On November 15, 2022, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued an executive order intended to decriminalizes medical cannabis. This is one of the most interesting executive orders we’ve seen in a bit – and that’s saying…

These 36 Finalists Are Likely to Be New York’s First Marijuana Retailers

November 21, 2022
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New York
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New York took a significant step on Sunday toward launching a legal market for recreational cannabis by announcing the 36 businesses and nonprofits under consideration for licenses for the first retail dispensaries in the state. The Office of Cannabis Management…

New York Cannabis Farms Have $750 Million of Weed — and Nowhere to Sell It

Growers in upstate New York are figuring out how to keep a glut of weed fresh as the state stalls on retail licenses. By almost all metrics, New York’s cannabis market rollout should be in the final innings. The state began…

Congress sends first weed bill to Biden

Passage of the legislation signaled a new era in federal cannabis policy: It’s the first standalone marijuana-related bill approved by both chambers of Congress. The Senate passed a bill designed to expand medical marijuana research on Wednesday by unanimous consent.…

California Cannabis: Welcoming a Shift Away from Local Control

November 17, 2022
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California
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By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken It’s no secret that, among California’s many cannabis industry issues, local control continues to stymie the success of the Golden State’s industry. In this, California is not alone– most cannabis is all local.…

Most Americans favor legal weed, Gallup poll says, but level of support varies based on age, religion, party

More than two-thirds of Americans support cannabis for recreational use, a measure of support unchanged since 2020. In the Gallup Poll released Tuesday, 68% agreed that marijuana should be legal. When Gallup first asked the question in 1969, only 12% supported legal…

Kentuckians can soon bring legal weed back home but not from Ohio

November 16, 2022
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Kentucky, Ohio
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Kentuckians can soon possess and use medical marijuana legally purchased in other states but they won't be able to buy it in Ohio. An executive order signed Tuesday and in effect Jan. 1 will allow Kentuckians with certain medical conditions to…

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signs order to partly legalize medical marijuana

November 16, 2022
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Kentucky
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order Tuesday to legalize the possession and use of medical marijuana by certain eligible individuals in the state, so long as it was purchased legally outside Kentucky and amounts to less than eight ounces. Kentucky…

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