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. …
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Need to Know: DACA’s Future, Sessions vs. the Sanctuary State, and Why It’s High Time to Abolish ICE – News
In September 2017, Trump unilaterally announced he would end DACA in March, and by January, Democratic legislators were threatening to force a government shutdown if the decision wasn’t reversed with Dreamer protections reinstated. Now, with Trump’s original DACA deadline having …
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 …
Read More »New Jersey Gov. Murphy Proposes Legalizing Marijuana, Tax Reform Measures
By Michael Catalini TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday proposed raising the state sales tax, hiking income taxes on the wealthy and legalizing recreational marijuana under a budget plan he said represents a sharp break from the …
Read More »Another Lawsuit against the State of Florida Over Unfair MMJ Practices
Having said that… “There really isn’t a lot of opportunity,” according to Aaron Nevins, president of South Florida’s Patients and Producers Alliance (PAPA). “You have a couple of people that own a majority of the licenses. A lot of them …
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 …
Read More »Michigan Poll Shows 61 Percent Want Marijuana Legalization
Michigan’s residents will likely vote to legalize recreational marijuana, provided a new poll conducted by EPIC-MRA is correct. Commissioned by the Michigan chapter of NORML, the February poll indicates 61 percent of surveyed voters support reforming their marijuana law in …
Read More »Kentucky House Committee Reviews Medical Marijuana Bill
Kentucky’s House Standing Committee on Judiciary will meet at 2 p.m. Monday to consider a bill that seeks to legalize, regulate, and tax, medical marijuana. House Bill 166, scheduled for today’s daily legislative calendar, would create new sections under the …
Read More »Kentucky House Committee Postpones Vote on Medical Marijuana Bill
Update: The House Judiciary Committee heard statements from advocates of HB 166 to allow the state to establish a medical marijuana program and has deferred to a vote tomorrow on the House floor. Democratic Rep. John Sims Jr. (70th …
Read More »NJ Leaders Discuss Proposals For Legalizing Marijuana
By Michael Catalini ALONG THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR (AP) — Marijuana, specifically legalizing it for recreational use, was a hot topic Thursday aboard New Jersey’s annual cocktail party on rails. For more than eight decades New Jersey’s business leaders, lobbyists and …
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