Cannabis Legalization News

Lawmakers in Ohio have introduced a bill to legalize cannabis for adult use in the state, with plans to use the revenue to fund education, infrastructure, and cannabis research.

Maryland voters will likely get a chance to pass cannabis legalization via a voter referendum in 2022, according to Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D).

Charles Koch plans to use $25 million of his $45 billion fortune to influence cannabis legalization reforms by the end of the year.

Ohio cannabis advocates have submitted summary language for a cannabis legalization ballot initiative to the state attorney general’s office.

Advocates in Arkansas are gathering signatures to put an adult-use legalization question to voters during the 2022 midterm elections.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) appointed five individuals to the state’s Cannabis Control Authority.

States that enacted cannabis legalization saw a six-month decline in opioid-related ER visits, according to a recent study.

Home prices in states with adult-use cannabis laws grew an average of $17,113 more over four years than in states where cannabis remained prohibited.

The Cannabis Control Division of the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department on Monday increased the plant cap on licensed producers from 4,500 plants to 10,000.

Democratic senators unveiled the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act today, which seeks to federally legalize cannabis and contains social justice elements aimed at undoing the harms of prohibition.

A Tennessee proposal seeks to add three non-binding questions related to cannabis reforms on the 2022 state ballot.

The group behind South Dakota’s initiative to legalize cannabis is gearing up for another adult-use proposal while waiting for the Supreme Court to decide whether the state’s successful 2020 bid was constitutional.

The FBI has updated its hiring policy to not exclude potential candidates for using cannabis outside of a year and candidates will not be disqualified for using cannabis prior to their 18th birthday.

Connecticut launched a website on Monday to provide information on the adult-use cannabis laws that are currently in effect and the state’s medical cannabis program.

A medical cannabis bill cleared a North Carolina committee in the first sign of progress after 12 years of attempting to pass the reforms.

Starting today, it is legal for adults 21 and older in Virginia and Connecticut to possess up to 1 ounce and 1.5 ounces of cannabis, respectively.

President Andres Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said he would “respect” the decision of the Supreme Court, which decriminalized cannabis earlier this week, and suggested he would be open to a public referendum on cannabis legalization.

The New York St. Regis Mohawk Tribe is the first in the state to authorize adult cannabis use.

Cannabis is legal for adults 21-and-older starting today in New Mexico, and the state will begin to issue licenses in January 2022.

The Rhode Island Senate on Tuesday voted to legalize cannabis in the state, advancing the legislation to the state House of Representatives.

The New York City borough of Queens’ District Attorney has requested the dismissal and sealing of 3,200 low-level cannabis cases.

Connecticut is officially the latest state to shed cannabis prohibition this year after Gov. Ned Lamont signed the state’s cannabis legalization bill into law.

The companies are under investigation for violating the Consumer Fraud Act on the grounds that the cannabis gifts, with the purchase of snacks and other products, are central to sales transactions.

Edward Forchion, aka NJ Weedman, is running a write-in campaign for New Jersey governor after announcing his petition withdrawal and leaving a court hearing “in a cloud of smoke.”