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Legalizing weed is a major midterms issue. It’s about time.

This Election Day marks 10 years since voters in Colorado and Washington state legalized weed. More states soon followed, and today, 19 have legalized the still federally illegal drug, while another 20 or so allow medical use. Legal weed is here…

Did marijuana legalization lead to increased use in Colorado? A new study has a novel answer.

September 15, 2022
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In the decade since Colorado voters passed Amendment 64 legalizing adult use of marijuana in state law, a slew of studies have tried to estimate the impact. They’ve looked broadly and more narrowly, and have concluded — depending on how you might read…

Gov. Parson shuts door on marijuana special session in Missouri

September 6, 2022
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JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri lawmakers will not take up legalization of recreational marijuana when they convene at the Capitol next week: A spokeswoman for Gov. Mike Parson said Tuesday that the governor will not expand the scope of his upcoming…

Time for change: Federal ban on marijuana use causes more harm than good

August 4, 2022
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A decade ago, Americans were nearly evenly split on whether to legalize marijuana. While half the country favored revising U.S. drug laws to make room for legal pot, the other half said to keep cannabis prohibition in place. Public opinion has…

Democratic gubernatorial candidate supports constitutional amendment that would legalize recreational marijuana use in Arkansas

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Jones said Tuesday that he supports the Responsible Growth Arkansas committee's proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize recreational marijuana. Jones, of Little Rock, said ballot initiatives elevate the voices of Arkansans, who have made very important…

Federal bill to legalize marijuana would help, not hurt, the illicit market

During the next year, California officials said last week, the state expects to seize “more than $1 billion worth of illegal cannabis products.” That announcement came a few weeks after the U.S. Justice Department bragged about guilty pleas by 11…

Schumer’s legal weed bill is finally here

Senate leaders are introducing sweeping legislation Thursday meant to lift federal prohibitions on marijuana more than 50 years after Congress made the drug illegal. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act would decriminalize weed on the federal level…

Indonesian court rejects call to legalise medicinal marijuana

Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a judicial review of the country's narcotics law that would have paved the way for legalising marijuana for medicinal use. Three mothers of children with cerebral palsy backed by civil society organisations filed a…

Booker, other Senate Democrats ask Biden to end federal ban on cannabis

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker joined five of his Democratic colleagues Wednesday in asking President Joe Biden to end the federal ban on cannabis, allowing states to decide whether to legalize the drug. In a letter to Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland,…

Canna-cocktails and gummies: Missouri’s marijuana industry preps for legalization

Missourians won’t vote on fully legalizing marijuana until later this year. But the industry is confident. Over and over at its latest convention on Friday, leaders of one of the state’s newest business sectors spoke of the change as inevitable,…

German Government Should Focus On ‘Detail Not Speed’ As It Pressures Ministers To Accelerate Recreational Cannabis Roll Out

FEARS that German health ministers may be dragging their feet on rolling out cannabis legislation were definitively quashed earlier this month, as the Government resorted to unconventional tactics to speed the process along. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, who bears responsibility…

Sununu signals pivot for New England’s last ‘dry’ state on marijuana

Famously libertarian New Hampshire now stands alone in prohibiting pot New Hampshire has long sold itself as a place where one can “live free,” a mantra that among other policies has translated into ultra-low taxes and minimal restrictions on personal…

Marijuana Legalization Has Reshaped Cannabis Marketing On Instagram, Study Finds

According to a recent study, marijuana legalization has drastically changed cannabis marketing on Instagram. In the study entitled "From dealing to influencing: Online marketing of cannabis on Instagram" and published in the international journal Crime, Media, Culture last month, researchers…

Delaware governor vetoes marijuana legalization bill, setting up historic showdown with legislature

Gov. John Carney announced on Tuesday that he will veto a bill that would legalize the possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana, setting up a historic showdown with the General Assembly. For years, Carney has not wavered in…

Legalised cannabis in Canada and US hasn’t killed illegal market

Some cannabis users continue to buy the drug from illegal sources for years after it is possible to purchase it from regulated, legal shops, because the illegal sources can be cheaper or easier to access, a survey in Canada and the US…