Nearly half of adults in Wyoming now support legalizing marijuana for recreational use – up from 37 percent just four years ago, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by the Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center at the University of Wyoming, found 49 percent of Wyoming residents support allowing adults to legally possess marijuana […]
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Report Spells Out Pros and Cons of Medical Marijuana in Wyoming
CHEYENNE — A new report raises concerns that a medical marijuana program in Wyoming may not be able to pay for itself, though it also states that hurdle can be overcome. It also says state lawmakers should work to create “placeholder bills” in case voters legalize some form of marijuana. Those suggestions and more information […]
Marijuana Edibles Bill Dies in Wyoming Legislature
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A bill seeking to clarify Wyoming penalties for possession of marijuana brownies and other foods and beverages containing the drug failed Monday when it missed a legislative action deadline. The Wyoming Senate last week passed a bill that called for making it a felony to possess more than three ounces of food […]
Signatures For Marijuana Ballot Initiative Hard to Come by in Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Supporters of an initiative to legalize medical marijuana have collected about 20 percent of the signatures needed on the 2016 general election ballot. The Wyoming chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws has until Feb. 8 to gather nearly 25,700 signatures. The group had set a goal earlier […]
Wyoming Lawmakers Look to Close Marijuana Loophole Concerning Edibles
GILLETTE, Wyo. — Recent decisions by state judges have revealed a legal loophole in Wyoming’s marijuana law that lawmakers are trying to close. First District Court Judge Steven Sharpe recently dismissed the case of a man accused of possessing enough edible marijuana in his car to be charged with a felony because Sharpe said the […]
Pro-Marijuana Group in Wyoming Gets OK to Start Collecting Ballot Signatures
A pro-marijuana group in Wyoming received the green light Thursday to begin collecting signatures to put a medical marijuana legalization initiative on the 2016 general ballot. The Wyoming National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws may begin circulating petitions around the state to obtain the signatures of more than 25,000 registered voters, according to […]
Can Wyoming Get a Medical Marijuana Initiative on the 2016 Ballot?
CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s anti-pot governor has a warning for a task force he’s named to study the effects of legal marijuana: It CAN happen here. Wyoming can’t afford to ignore the problems other states’ legal marijuana has caused, nor the ills yet to manifest should legalization happen in the Cowboy State, Gov. Matt Mead told […]
Wyoming Activists Pushing to get Medical Marijuana Initiative on 2016 Ballot
CHEYENNE – Voters could decide next year whether medical marijuana will be legal in Wyoming. Activists have filed paperwork with the state which, if approved, would let them begin a signature-gathering campaign to get an initiative on the 2016 general election ballot to legalize medical marijuana. The Wyoming chapter of the National Organization for the […]
Marijuana in Wonderland: Making Sense of a Judge’s Anti-Cannabis Ruling
By Barry Gainsburg “When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ” — Lewis Carroll, from Through the Looking Glass Last week, the U.S. District Court in Northern California declined to declare the federal classification of marijuana […]
Wyoming House votes down bill to reduce penalties for passion of small amounts of marijuana
The Wyoming House of Representatives on Wednesday defeated a bill to reduce the penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana. The House voted 38-22 against a bill sponsored by Rep. James Byrd, D-Cheyenne. His bill specified civil fines rather than possible jail time for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana. Byrd emphasized […]
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Wyoming state legislator includes marijuana legalization platform in re-election campaign
CHEYENNE, Wyoming — A Wyoming state legislator whose bid to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana failed this session isn’t giving up on the idea, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported. In a story Monday (https://tinyurl.com/o4qy4hm), James Byrd tells the paper that marijuana legislation, jobs and education would be among his priorities if he is […]
