Nebraska Bills Aim to Help Implement Voter-Approved Medical Cannabis Program
Fri / Jan 24th
Nebraska state lawmakers are beginning to plan for the medical cannabis program approved by voters last November.
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Fri / Jan 24th
Nebraska state lawmakers are beginning to plan for the medical cannabis program approved by voters last November.
Wed / Jan 22nd
Some Kentucky Democrats have introduced bills to put an adult-use cannabis legalization question to voters during the next general election in 2026. The constitutional amendment would legalize cannabis home grows and establish a taxed-and-regulated marketplace.
Fri / Jan 17th
A group of GOP lawmakers in Indiana have proposed a bill to legalize cannabis and regulate its production and sale throughout the state. If approved, Indiana would be the first state to jump from prohibition straight to an adult-use program.
Fri / Jan 17th
Despite falling short of the 60% voter support required to adopt a Constitutional Amendment in Florida, advocates are gearing up for a new cannabis legalization campaign in the Sunshine State, aiming to appear on voter ballots in 2026.
Wed / Jan 8th
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) wants to change state law to allow citizen-led ballot initiatives, arguing that if the GOP-controlled Legislature won’t pass legislation or ask voters to weigh in on popular issues like reforming cannabis laws, then citizens should be allowed to take action in their place.
Thu / Jan 2nd
The Kentucky medical cannabis program officially launched on January 1, 2025, after months of licensing lotteries and cannabis patient registrations. Patients must be approved for the program by their physician.
Mon / Dec 30th
Texas State Rep. Jessica González (D) has introduced a broad adult-use cannabis legalization bill that would create a licensing system for cannabis businesses and impose a 10% excise tax on sales.
Fri / Dec 27th
Ohio regulators are reviewing a proposal to allow pre-rolled cannabis sales, signaling potential growth and diversification in the state’s cannabis market.
Thu / Dec 26th
Nearly 60% of German citizens support the broad legalization of adult-use cannabis, according to a recent poll. Cannabis is currently legal for adults to possess and consume but the country stopped short of establishing a regulated marketplace.
Wed / Dec 18th
The annual Monitoring the Future Survey found that the use of cannabis by American teenagers continued to decline in 2024 even as more and more states enacted adult-use legalization reforms.
Mon / Dec 16th
Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein says she will introduce legislation to legalize medical cannabis next session after the Democrats gained four seats in the chamber, ending a Republican supermajority.
Wed / Dec 11th
Canadian officials last month missed the legislated deadline to implement a program for the mass pardoning of citizen cannabis possession records.
Wed / Dec 11th
One of the plaintiffs in the recently dismissed lawsuit that aimed to invalidate the petitions behind Nebraska’s successful medical cannabis legalization effort has filed another suit seeking to block the reforms.
Wed / Dec 11th
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says cannabis legalization should be a top priority for the state next year, although the idea is unpopular in the state’s GOP-controlled Legislature.
Wed / Dec 4th
Pennsylvania lawmakers are planning to introduce adult-use cannabis legalization legislation again in the upcoming legislative session after a bipartisan proposal failed during the last session.
Fri / Nov 29th
A Lancaster County, Nebraska District Court judge on Tuesday dismissed legal challenges against the state’s two medical cannabis petitions, the… Read More
Fri / Nov 29th
A supermajority – 70% – of Indiana voters support broad cannabis legalization in the state, according to a Causeway Solutions… Read More
Wed / Nov 6th
South Dakota voters on Tuesday rejected the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization initiative.
Wed / Nov 6th
Voters in North Dakota rejected adult-use cannabis reforms in the state for the third time in six years, with 53% opposed and 47% in favor.
Wed / Nov 6th
Nebraska’s two medical cannabis initiatives — one seeking to legalize medical cannabis and another to establish a regulated medical cannabis marketplace — were approved on Tuesday with 71% and 67% voter support, respectively. There remains a legal challenge to the initiatives, however, that could stymie the results.
Tue / Nov 5th
Florida’s Amendment 3, which sought to legalize adult-use cannabis by writing the reforms into the State Constitution, on Tuesday failed to garner the 60% supermajority support required of such amendments.
Mon / Nov 4th
Licensed adult-use cannabis retailers in Ohio have sold nearly $132 million worth of cannabis products, according to recent data from the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Cannabis Control.
Mon / Nov 4th
Nebraska officials will count votes for and against the state’s medical cannabis legalization bid this week and will publish the results despite an ongoing legal challenge disputing the campaign’s petition signature-gathering process.
Thu / Oct 31st
The trial over Nebraska’s two medical cannabis ballot initiatives began Tuesday after state officials challenged the proposals’ signature-gathering process. The initiatives, which together seek to legalize medical cannabis, will remain on state ballots but, depending on the trial, could be invalidated even if approved by voters.
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