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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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 »A Cannabis Gift Economy Grows in Maine as Recreational Sales Face Further Delays – News
Last year, lawmakers enacted a moratorium on retail sales in order to have time to create a system to tax, license, and regulate the retail pot market. The delays in establishing a proper retail market leaves Maine in a legal …
Read More »Maine Gov. Paul LePage Delays Stricter Medical Cannabis Regulations – News
Maine Employers Can No Longer Drug Test for Marijuana, But Legal Sales Still Stalled – News
New York City Won’t Stop Using the Guise of Weed Arrests to Discriminate Against People of Color
Earlier this month, in the aftermath of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ promise that he would continue his crusade against state-legalized cannabis, one unlikely detractor emerged from the shadows to chastise the leader of our nation’s Department of Justice. Jeff Sessions’ …
Read More »Vermont becomes ninth U.S. state to legalize marijuana
(Reuters) – Vermont became the ninth U.S. state and third in the Northeast to legalize recreational marijuana use on Monday when Republican Governor Phil Scott signed a bill passed by the legislature earlier this month. The law legalizes possession of …
Read More »Maine Lawmakers Present Compromise to Finally Jump-Start Legal Cannabis Sales – News
Over 14 months after Maine residents voted to legalize the possession, use, and sale of recreational cannabis, legislators and advocates in the Pine Tree State say they have arrived at a bipartisan agreement that could see adult-use pot shops open …
Read More »New Hampshire House Voted to Legalize Marijuana
The New Hampshire House of Representatives embraced adult-use marijuana legalization Tuesday and passed HB 656 with a 207-139 vote. After officially legalizing medical marijuana in 2013 and decriminalizing the personal possession of small amounts in September 2017, today’s vote to …
Read More »Sessions Voids Cole Memo, the Sky Isn’t Falling
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has long loathed the intention and effect of “the Cole memo.” An Obama-era policy established in 2013, the Cole memo has afforded critical protection from federal prosecution for the state-sanctioned consumption, cultivation, and sale of cannabis …
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