On Wednesday, New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, unveiled basic details about his proposed marijuana legalization plan for 2021. During his briefing he stated these concerns, “I think too many people have been imprisoned and incarcerated and punished, too many people …
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Decades-long prison sentence for marijuana cut short by Michigan governor’s commutation
The governor of Michigan has granted clemency to four currently incarcerated people who are serving time for non-violent drug offenses, including one 69-year-old man whose lengthy sentence for marijuana has been widely criticized by advocates and the state’s attorney general. …
Read More »1 in 3 Americans Now Lives in a State Where Recreational Marijuana is Legal
As of December 2020, 1 in 3 Americans now lives in a state where recreational marijuana is legal A National Marijuana Movement Around 16 million Americans were added to the list of states that allow anyone over the age of …
Read More »New Jersey’s Vote to Legalize Weed Could Kickstart Legalization Across the Northeast
New Jersey’s Victory New Jersey’s recent vote on legal marijuana is more than likely about to trigger a movement for adult use around and about the East Coast. After years of legislative failures, New Jersey voters authorized the legal use …
Read More »New Jersey Delays Marijuana Vote
Today, the New Jersey state legislature delayed a key marijuana vote, possibly until November. Our colleagues over at NORML passed the details over to us… NORML Political Associate Tyler McFadden said, “Voters and lawmakers both agree that the practice of …
Read More »Mayors Baraka and Fulop Support Cannabis Legalization Bill in New Jersey
Jersey City Mayor Fulop in partnership with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka released the following statement this morning regarding New Jersey’s upcoming cannabis legislation, to be voted on next week. After assurance from state leaders that they will continue to seek full …
Read More »Former Chewing Gum Mogul Brings Branding Know-How to Florida Medical Marijuana Business
William Wrigley Jr. II, whose great-grandfather made chewing gum a cornerstone of American confectionery history, has made a major investment in a company to make medical marijuana someday as mainstream as his family’s famous Wrigley’s Spearmint gum. Wrigley, who retired …
Read More »Nearly one-fifth of Californians are still buying marijuana from black market, study finds
(Smell the Truth file photo) Some cannabis consumers are still buying their products on a criminal level, despite California’s newly regulated legal market. A report published by the Bay Area-based cannabis delivery company Eaze found that 18 percent of California’s …
Read More »Cynthia Nixon: Legalizing Marijuana is a Racial Justice Issue
By Chris Carola ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A week after telling two interviewers her support for legalizing recreational use of marijuana in New York was revenue-based, Democratic candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon said Wednesday, April 11, 2018, that it’s foremost …
Read More »New Jersey Set to Undertake Massive Expansion of Its Medical Marijuana Program
“We need to treat our residents with compassion,” Governor Murphy said in January when he ordered a review of the state’s MMJ program. “We cannot turn a deaf ear to our veterans, the families of children facing terminal illness, or …
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