Politics

Maine Governor Janet Mills (Twitter/@GovJanetMills) NORML | July 3, 2019 AUGUSTA, ME — Maine Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, has signed legislation into law finalizing regulations to oversee the licensed production and retail sale of cannabis to adults. Commercial licenses will …

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) Paul Armentano | July 2, 2019 TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey‘s Democratic Governor, Phil Murphy, signed legislation into law today significantly amending and expanding the state’s medical cannabis access program. The new law takes immediate …

New Jersey expanded its medical marijuana program, including increasing the number of illnesses eligible for cannabis use, under a broad new law signed by the governor Tuesday. Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis …

SANTA FE, NM – New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday announced the establishment of the Cannabis Legalization Working Group, a convening of stakeholders and policy experts who will, through the summer and fall, study proposals to legalize the …

Jenn Michelle Pedini | July 1, 2019 Three new laws intended to expand patient access to and the therapeutic value of Virginia’s medical cannabis program take effect July 1, 2019. “Patient access is critical to the success of Virginia’s medical …

Maine Governor Janet Mills (Twitter/@GovJanetMills) Paul Armentano | June 28, 2019 Maine’s Democratic Governor, Janet Mills, on Thursday signed legislation finalizing regulations governing the licensed production and retail sale of cannabis to adults. With the passage of the new rules, it is estimated that …

An employee puts down an eighth of marijuana after letting a customer smell it outside the Magnolia cannabis lounge in Oakland, California, U.S. April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois on Tuesday became the 11th U.S. state to …

NORML | June 25, 2019 CHICAGO, IL — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation legalizing the adult use of marijuana and regulating its commercial production and retail sale. Illinois is now the eleventh state to legalize adult-use marijuana, and it is …

Surrounded by a bipartisan group of lawmakers and criminal justice reform advocates, Governor JB Pritzker signed the most equity-centric law in the nation to legalize adult-use cannabis in Illinois, beginning Jan. 1, 2020. (Twitter/@govpritzker) Marijuana Policy Project | June 25, …

Surrounded by a bipartisan group of lawmakers and criminal justice reform advocates, Governor JB Pritzker signed the most equity-centric law in the nation to legalize adult-use cannabis in Illinois, beginning Jan. 1, 2020. (Twitter/@govpritzker) Press Release | June 25, 2019 …