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New Hampshire Predicts $58 Million In Tax Revenue From Legalization

A New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration report indicates that, with a 15% tax, the state could expect $58 million… Read More

Colorado to Consider Removing Hemp Constitutional Amendments

In November, Colorado voters will be asked if they want to remove industrial hemp laws from Colorado’s state Constitution, placing… Read More

Seattle Is Removing Prior Cannabis Misdemeanors

The judges overseeing the Seattle Municipal Court have signed an order setting out a process to vacate and remove cannabis… Read More

Florida Rep. Lambasts DEA’s Cannabis Imports Decision

U.S. Rep Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), who has worked to spearhead legislation in his home state, has lambasted the DEA decision… Read More

U.S. Territory First to Legalize Cannabis By Legislature

On Friday, Gov. Ralph Torres of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a U.S. territory, signed a cannabis… Read More

New York Listening Sessions Show Support for Cannabis Legalization

Public listening sessions scheduled by the office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to take input on upcoming legalization legislation are… Read More

New Jersey Legalization Bill Includes Delivery, Smoking Lounges

The nearly-finished New Jersey cannabis legalization bill reportedly contains measures allowing for delivery services and public smoking lounges, according to… Read More

Mormon Church Says Lawmakers, Not Voters, Should Legalize MMJ

Mormon Church leaders have continued to campaign against Proposition 2, Utah’s medical cannabis ballot measure, but have issued statements indicating… Read More

MMJ Research Expansion Bill Passes House Committee

A bill requiring the expansion of medical cannabis research by the U.S. federal government has passed committee and moved to… Read More

Bipartisan Group Aims to Clear Cannabis Convictions

A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives that call themselves “strange bedfellows” is working together to clear federal cannabis-related convictions off… Read More

Congress to Consider MMJ Research Expansions

The Medical Cannabis Research Act, a bipartisan bill to expand medical cannabis research, is scheduled to receive a vote by… Read More

Poll: Michigan Voters Strongly Favor Adult-Use Legalization

A new poll of expected general election voters in Michigan shows that 56.2 percent support Michigan’s upcoming ballot measure to… Read More

Legislators Expect Federal Legalization in 2019

Reps. David Joyce (R-Ohio) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) said at the Cannabis Law Institute in Washington, D.C. that public support… Read More

Industrial Hemp Looks Secure in 2018 Farm Bill

Language in the 2018 Farm Bill that would establish a national, comprehensive industrial hemp marketplace appears to be safe and untouched… Read More

AG Sessions Still Blocking Cannabis Research

U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Kamala Harris (D-California), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have sent a letter to… Read More

Texas Rep. Pete Sessions Waffles on Cannabis, Considers Supporting MMJ Group

The office of Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) has announced the congressman is in talks with a group advocating for legal… Read More

Majority of Utah Voters Continue to Support MMJ Despite Mormon Opposition

64 percent of Utah voters support Proposition 2, the state’s upcoming medical cannabis ballot initiative, according to the first poll on… Read More

California Police Rally Against Statewide Cannabis Deliveries Proposal

Police chiefs across California last week rallied against a proposed state rule that would allow licensed cannabis companies to perform… Read More

Bipartisan Lawmakers Ask VA Secretary to Research MMJ as Opioid Alternative

A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers sent a letter last week asking the Department of Veterans Affairs to investigate medical… Read More

Delaware Cannabis Expungement Bill Becomes Law

Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) signed a bill last week that will expunge or clear the records of citizens convicted… Read More

New York Gov. Announces Cannabis Legalization Listening Sessions

On Thursday, the office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced a series of 15 listening sessions on regulated… Read More

New Jersey Rolls Back Decriminalization

On Wednesday, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced that last month’s pause on the prosecution of cannabis cases has… Read More

Secret Trump Committee Plans to Undermine Legal Cannabis

The Trump Administration has secretly established a committee of federal agencies to investigate the most effective anti-cannabis messaging and to… Read More

Michigan Regulators Consider MMJ Delivery

Medical cannabis patients in Michigan could soon have access to home delivery services, according to an Associated Press report. The change was… Read More