Germany Ministry of Health Unveils Cannabis Legalization Draft Bill
Mon / Jul 10th
The draft bill for Germany’s upcoming adult-use cannabis legalization bill was revealed last week by the Ministry of Health.
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Mon / Jul 10th
The draft bill for Germany’s upcoming adult-use cannabis legalization bill was revealed last week by the Ministry of Health.
Mon / Jul 10th
Under a bipartisan cannabis legalization proposal unveiled in Pennsylvania last week, adults 21+ would be allowed to possess and purchase cannabis products. The proposal also contains expungement provisions for nonviolent cannabis criminal convictions.
Thu / Jul 6th
Ohio cannabis advocates with the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol say they have collected enough signatures to put a legalization question before voters.
Tue / Jul 4th
Adult-use cannabis sales took effect in Maryland over the weekend on July 1, about eight months after voters passed the state’s cannabis legalization initiative.
Fri / Jun 30th
Luxembourg this week became the second European Union member nation to legalize adult-use cannabis. Under the new law, adults can home-grow up to four cannabis plants and publicly possess up to three grams of cannabis flower.
Thu / Jun 29th
Florida’s attorney general asked the state Supreme Court to disqualify a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize adult-use cannabis in the state, arguing the ballot summary is “misleading to voters.”
Wed / Jun 28th
Adults aged 21 and older in Connecticut can grow their own cannabis plants for personal use starting Saturday, July 1. Under state law, individuals will be allowed to grow up to three mature and three immature plants with a maximum of 12 plants per household.
Tue / Jun 27th
A 64% majority of adult Californians remain supportive of the state’s cannabis legalization policy, according to a recent Public Policy Institute of California survey.
Tue / Jun 27th
Anti-cannabis advocates including the Cannabis Impact Prevention Coalition, the Cannabis Industry Victims Seeking Justice, and eight individuals associated with the groups this week filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court seeking to overturn the state’s cannabis legalization law.
Thu / Jun 22nd
Colombian lawmakers voted 47-43 in favor of federally allowing adult-use cannabis sales but, per Colombia’s constitution, the proposal requires more than a simple majority, and it ultimately failed to pass the chamber.
Mon / Jun 12th
Antigua and Barbuda has authorized Rastafari to grow and consume cannabis as their faith considers the plant sacred. PM Gaston Browne said the reforms would prevent further religious discrimination.
Wed / Jun 7th
A Pennsylvania proposal would urge the federal government to remove cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act, noting that medical cannabis reforms have been enacted in 38 U.S. states and four territories while 21 states, two territories, and Washington D.C. have passed adult-use laws.
Mon / Jun 5th
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives clarified after Minnesota’s recent legalization of adult-use cannabis that cannabis consumers are considered “unlawful users” of a controlled substance, and are therefore banned from owning or possessing firearms.
Fri / Jun 2nd
The campaign to legalize adult-use cannabis in Florida via a voter initiative has secured enough signatures to put the issue on the state ballot.
Thu / Jun 1st
The Florida Supreme Court signaled it will review the legal challenge brought against the state’s upcoming adult-use cannabis ballot proposal by state Attorney General Ashley Moody.
Thu / Jun 1st
New Hampshire lawmakers have dropped their efforts to legalize cannabis via a state-control model that was backed by Gov. Chris Sununu, who generally opposes legalization.
Thu / Jun 1st
With multiple EU members looking to legalize cannabis at the national level, the influence of Europe’s cannabis social clubs as the region’s earliest legal retailers is more important than ever.
Tue / May 30th
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed the state’s adult-use legalization bill into law today, making cannabis possession and home cultivation legal starting on August 1 with retail licenses expected sometime next summer.
Mon / May 29th
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a bill last week to implement medical psilocybin legalization and decriminalize the personal use and cultivation of other natural psychedelics; the proposal marks lawmakers’ response to last year’s successful psychedelics legalization voter initiative.
Fri / May 26th
A pair of Ohio state representatives have introduced a bipartisan proposal to legalize the cultivation, purchasing, and possession of cannabis by Ohioans aged 21+. The bill also contains language for the expungement of prior cultivation and possession offenses.
Tue / May 23rd
For the first time since states started to pass cannabis legalization reforms, tax revenue from adult-use sales declined slightly in the U.S. from 2021 to 2022 (from $3.867 billion to $3.775 billion).
Mon / May 22nd
Minnesota is set to become the next U.S. state to legalize adult-use cannabis after the state Senate passed a House-approved legalization proposal on Saturday, sending the bill to the governor who intends to sign it into law.
Mon / May 22nd
Cannabis advocates in Nebraska have filed the paperwork for a petition drive seeking to put a medical cannabis legalization question on the state’s 2024 ballot.
Fri / May 19th
The Minnesota House voted 73-57 this week to legalize adult-use cannabis; the proposal is a compromise between two respective legalization bills already passed by the House and Senate.
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