The coronavirus was good for some industries and ruinous for others. For cannabis, 2020 was a breakout year. Legal sales across the U.S.—15 states allow adult use, 35 allow for medical sales—hit a record of $17.5 billion, a 46% increase from 2019, according to a new report. Most of the sales growth came from adult-use markets, especially mature markets like Colorado, […]
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Smoke signals: with the Minnesota House debating recreational marijuana, the Senate moves to expand the state’s medical cannabis program
The aggressive push to legalize recreational marijuana in Minnesota has lit a fire under the ongoing effort to update the state’s five-year-old medical cannabis program, including ending the state’s unique ban on smoking dried leaf and bud. Patients and practitioners have complained almost from the start of the program that Minnesota’s law was overly restrictive, […]
The 10 Best Marijuana Stocks in February
Following a more than one-year downtrend, there’s no longer any doubt about it: Marijuana stocks are back in a big way. Cannabis projects as one of the fastest-growing industries this decade, with a report from New Frontier Data suggesting that U.S. pot sales could potentially triple by 2025 to as high as $41.5 billion annually. […]
Gov. Justice Open to Recreational Marijuana Legalization in West Virginia
Governor Jim Justice’s opposition to legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes appears to be softening. Justice opened the door just a crack during a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday, where the Governor was again pitching his proposed elimination of the state income tax. A questioner—Dylan from Ripley—asked, “Do you support legalizing marijuana fully to bring in […]
Proposed bill would allow medical marijuana cooperatives in Maine
A bill that would let Maine’s small medical marijuana providers form cooperatives is running into resistance from opponents who say it could result in large operations that would be exempt from local regulations. Proponents, however, believe the bill would level the playing field for sellers of Maine’s most valuable cash crop and put the industry […]
No more urine tests: Proposed California law would end most workplace marijuana tests
California adults can smoke marijuana without fear of going to jail, but using it after hours can still have consequences at work. A new bill in the Legislature aims to end a still common employment practice five years after Californians voted to legalize recreational cannabis in which private companies require can workers to test for […]
NJ legalized weed but left out black market pot dealers. Now, they want in.
This isn’t legal. Recreational marijuana, as of last week, is legal in New Jersey, but what Ed Forchion is pulling off at his restaurant on East State Street — or, rather, down the alley and behind the restaurant — is something entirely different. On a recent day, a dozen or more people were crammed into a small hallway behind NJ Weedman’s […]
Virginia joins 15 other states in legalizing marijuana
The Virginia Legislature approved adult-use marijuana legalization Saturday in a historic vote marking the first state in the Old South to embrace full legalization. The House passed the measure in a 48-43 vote, and the Senate approved it in a 20-19 vote. Not a single Republican voted for the bill in either chamber. “This, to me, […]
Bipartisan bill to legalize marijuana introduced in Pennsylvania Legislature
Marijuana legalization will get another chance in the Pennsylvania Legislature thanks to a new bipartisan bill. State senators Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) and Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) this week introduced a bill that would allow those over the age of 21 to buy and use marijuana and expunge the convictions of those sentenced for non-violent marijuana-related offenses. […]
Medical Marijuana for Kansas Proposed with Tight Rules in Hopes of Winning Legalization
Kiley Klug, flanked by her 13-year-old son, Owen, in a wheelchair, stood before Kansas lawmakers Wednesday and pleaded to let her treat her son’s hundreds of daily seizures with legal medicinal marijuana. At one point, she paused to tend to one of the boy’s seizures before resuming her testimony. “He, as you can see, suffers […]
