Meanwhile, Maine’s state lawmakers are seeking to amend and repeal various provisions of The Marijuana Legalization Act. They recently voted 16 to 1 in favor of overhauling the legalization law, which has yet to be fully implemented thanks to Maine’s …
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In California, Learning How Marijuana Is an Unlikely Divider
COMPTON, Calif. — My reporting beat at The Times is Northern California, so when I drove into Compton, outside of Los Angeles, it was unfamiliar territory. Jim Wilson, the San Francisco bureau photographer, and I had flown down to report …
Read More »Swiss Parliament Votes for Coffee Shop Trials, Pilot Projects
The Swiss Council of States has unanimously adopted a bill allowing studies and pilot projects with cannabis. The Council of States is calling for an experimental article in the Narcotics Act that allows for scientific research projects such as Coffeeshop …
Read More »New Jersey Poll Shows People Support Recreational Marijuana
“Decriminalization alone will not put the corner dealer out of business, it will not help us protect our kids, and it will not end the racial disparities we see. If these are our goals, as they must be, then the …
Read More »Connecticut Considers Legalization: Bills, Buds, and Big Bucks
Connecticut lawmakers are facing an intriguing dilemma – they must either reform their marijuana law and legalize recreational use, or sit back and watch as neighboring states that passed adult-use laws reap the fiscal benefits. Massachusetts voters legalized marijuana in …
Read More »Massachusetts Regulators to Begin Taking Applications for Cannabis Businesses in April
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts marijuana regulators plan to begin accepting applications for commercial pot businesses next month. The Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday approved a schedule that the panel says will allow for the “safe, equitable and effective implementation,” of …
Read More »Judge: California Medical Rec Provides Immunity in Arizona as Visitor
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona Court of Appeals ruling says a man’s medical marijuana recommendation letter obtained from a physician under California’s medical marijuana law provides the same legal immunity as registry cards issued by Arizona authorities. The three-judge panel’s …
Read More »PA, Medical Marijuana, and Lamb’s Victory: Nov. Looks Grim for GOP
If past is prologue, prohibitionists within the GOP are terminally screwed come November. At least that appears to be the take away after Democrat Conor Lamb – a pro-medical marijuana candidate – defeated the GOP’s Rick Siccone on Tuesday. …
Read More »Blunt products more popular in states where marijuana is legal
A study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health finds that cigars commonly used to roll blunts—hollowed out cigars that are filled with marijuana and smoked—dominate the cigar marketplace in states where recreational marijuana is legal compared …
Read More »Maryland May Put a Cannabis Legalization Measure on This Year’s Ballot – News
The proposed ballot question would allow voters to legalize the possession of up to one ounce of weed by any adult, and would also establish a regulated, taxed retail sales market. This week, the state House Judiciary Committee is holding …
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