By Blake Nicholson BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers on Monday signed off on rules for the state’s developing medical marijuana program, a necessary move if the drug is to be available to patients later this year. The Legislature’s …
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Former Dispensary Owner Robs His Competition, Blames Heroin
Though cannabis has seen tremendous progress in terms of legislative reform and cultural acceptance in America over the last decade, the emerging industry still faces a number of roadblocks on the path to prohibition’s end. One Colorado man has seemingly …
Read More »Illinois, Politics, and Pot: Six Dems and Zero Republicans Support Legalization
Every Democratic candidate vying to be the next governor of Illinois believes the time to legalize recreational marijuana has come – as the GOP’s candidates continue to embrace prohibition. The Democratic candidates participating in the March 20 primary are State …
Read More »Sessions: US Prosecutors Won’t Take on Small-Time Cannabis Cases
By Sadie Gurman WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors won’t take on small-time marijuana cases, despite the Justice Department’s decision to lift an Obama-era policy that discouraged U.S. authorities from cracking down on the pot trade in states where the drug …
Read More »Racial Justice Drives Fight for, and Against, Legal Pot in New Jersey
During his campaign for governor of New Jersey, Philip D. Murphy, a Democrat, pledged to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, telling Democrats at a party conference last year in Atlantic City that creating a new tax revenue was not …
Read More »5 Facilities Pay Fees to Grow Medical Marijuana in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The five companies selected to grow medical marijuana in Arkansas have paid their fees to be licensed, and one reversed course on which county it would locate its facility. The Department of Finance and Administration …
Read More »Legislation to Fix Cannabis Industry Banking Issues Introduced in U.S. Senate – News
Senate Amendment 2107 on Wednesday as a part of a larger bill aimed at reducing financial industry regulations of 2010’s Dodd-Frank Act, originally passed in the wake of the Great Recession. The new amendment would restrict federal regulators from “prohibiting, …
Read More »Democrat Miles Turns Leaf, Supports Marijuana
By David Eggert LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former federal prosecutor who is running to be Michigan’s attorney general took what he said is a “stronger stance” on marijuana legalization Wednesday, backing a proposed 2018 ballot measure that would legalize …
Read More »To Encourage Minority Ownership, Maryland House Votes to Expand Grow Licenses
By Brian Witte ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House of Delegates has voted to expand the number of licenses allowed to grow medical marijuana to increase minority business ownership. The House voted 121-16 for the measure on Thursday. The …
Read More »Alaska Senate Refuses to Hear Measure on Marijuana Policy
By Becky Bohrer JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate was supposed to consider a measure Wednesday saying the federal government’s new enforcement policy on marijuana is an affront to Alaska voters, who voted to legalize recreational use. Instead, a …
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