Ohio Activists Launch Adult-Use Petition Campaign
Tue / Mar 3rd
Cannabis activists in Ohio have submitted summary language to officials for a petition that would legalize adult-use language in the state.
Learn about various cannabis ballot initiatives and proposals that are working their way through the legislature. Below are the latest news updates related to these ballot initiatives:
Tue / Mar 3rd
Cannabis activists in Ohio have submitted summary language to officials for a petition that would legalize adult-use language in the state.
Thu / Feb 6th
Two separate campaigns in Arkansas have started collecting signatures to put competing legalization questions on the November ballot.
Thu / Feb 6th
Activists in Missouri have started collecting signatures to put an adult-use legalization initiative on the November ballot; the effort is backed by the same group from the state’s successful 2018 medical cannabis push.
Mon / Jan 27th
A ballot initiative to legalize medical cannabis in Mississippi has been approved for the state’s November ballot.
Tue / Jan 14th
A Florida group collecting signatures for an adult-use legalization ballot initiative has called off its 2020 push; meanwhile, however, an adult-use legalization bill was filed in the legislature.
Thu / Jan 9th
South Dakota’s Secretary of State’s office has validated a ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis for the 2020 November election season.
Fri / Dec 27th
Fearing that legalization would disrupt the existing resources that medical cannabis patients rely on, activists have withdrawn their petition for adult-use cannabis in Oklahoma.
Fri / Dec 20th
Activists in South Dakota have successfully gathered enough signatures to put a medical cannabis legalization initiative on the 2020 ballot.
Thu / Dec 19th
Sensible Florida, one of Florida’s two campaigns pushing to put the cannabis legalization question on the 2020 ballot, has announced the suspension of their campaign.
Tue / Dec 17th
New Jersey lawmakers have officially approved legislation that will allow voters to decide whether or not to legalize cannabis for adult use during the 2020 General Election.
Fri / Dec 13th
Pasadena, California has won a lawsuit against its own city clerk after they approved a successful but unconstitutional ballot initiative that would have grandfathered in dispensaries who were operating before the city’s strict licensing rules took effect.
Fri / Dec 6th
Cannabis activists in North Dakota have submitted language for a legalization ballot initiative to the secretary of state; if approved, the group will need to collect 13,452 signatures by July 6 to put the issue on the 2020 ballot.
Mon / Aug 26th
Two separate Florida groups have filed petitions for putting a people’s initiative legalizing adult-use cannabis on the 2020 ballot; the latest group to file a petition is backed by MedMen.
Tue / Jul 2nd
Following a rejection by voters in 2018, legalization advocates in North Dakota are maneuvering for another ballot initiative in 2020; advocates say the 2018 initiative was “too vague” for voters.
Mon / Jul 1st
Idaho advocates are gearing up to push a medical cannabis ballot initiative to voters during next year’s general election.
Wed / May 29th
Expecting another 2020 ballot initiative legalization bid, lawmakers in North Dakota plan to study the implications of adult-use cannabis regulations in the event voters there decide to embrace reform.
Thu / May 16th
With lawmakers having failed to establish adult-use cannabis legislation this session, Senate President Steve Sweeney says he’s planning to put the question to voters via a ballot initiative in the 2020 general election.
Thu / May 16th
Nebraska state senators have tabled medical cannabis legislation, effectively killing it, after hours of debate on the Senate floor and even after the bill’s sponsor agreed to suggested amendments limiting the program’s available products and delivery methods.
Thu / May 9th
Denver voters have passed a city initiative decriminalizing the adult possession and use of psilocybin (a.k.a. psychedelic) mushrooms. It is the first successful initiative of its kind in the U.S.
Thu / Jan 3rd
Some resistance is expected but cannabis advocates believe that, given the option, voters will choose to legalize.
Tue / Jan 1st
Five years after the birth of Colorado’s legal cannabis marketplace, the first statewide legalization “experiment” is a proven success and the dire warnings from prohibitionists have still failed to come to fruition.
Wed / Nov 28th
The Oregon Attorney General has approved the wording of a medical psilocybin ballot initiative, which is the final step before… Read More
Wed / Nov 7th
During yesterday’s midterm elections, voters delivered a resounding message across the country in support of reforming cannabis laws. Michigan voters… Read More
Wed / Nov 7th
Michigan voters have resoundingly approved Proposition 1 to legalize adult-use cannabis and establish a statewide taxed-and-regulated cannabis marketplace. Proposition 1… Read More
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