New York PTA Denounces Cannabis Legalization
Tue / Mar 16th
The New York Parent Teacher Association is pushing back against legalization in the state, saying it’s concerned about legal cannabis leading to increased youth access.
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Tue / Mar 16th
The New York Parent Teacher Association is pushing back against legalization in the state, saying it’s concerned about legal cannabis leading to increased youth access.
Mon / Mar 15th
New Mexico state senators have pulled the state’s cannabis legalization bill from their agenda just days before the session’s end, citing disagreements over taxation, licensing, and the bill’s criminal justice reform provisions.
Fri / Mar 12th
South Dakota’s medical cannabis legalization initiative will take effect as planned after state Senators stymied an attempt by House lawmakers to delay implementation for six months.
Fri / Mar 12th
New Mexico Senate Speaker Brian Egolf said legalization is a top priority for lawmakers this session and he is “cautiously optimistic” the reforms will pass this year.
Thu / Mar 11th
Mexican lawmakers have approved a bill legalizing the production and sale of cannabis for adults, setting Mexico up to become the world’s largest legal cannabis marketplace.
Thu / Mar 11th
A Rhode Island Senate legalization proposal would establish an adult-use cannabis marketplace with a 20 percent tax rate.
Thu / Mar 11th
According to a recent poll, two-thirds of Maryland residents support legalizing adult-use cannabis in the state.
Thu / Mar 4th
A recent poll found that 60 percent of Texans are ready to legalize cannabis “for any use.”
Thu / Mar 4th
The NAACP’s New Jersey chapter said the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission breaks the law because it does not meet its own social equity requirements.
Wed / Mar 3rd
Gov. Daniel McKee, Rhode Island’s new governor following the confirmation of Gina Raimondo as President Biden’s Commerce Secretary, reportedly said in January that it’s time to legalize cannabis.
Mon / Mar 1st
Virginia is set to become the first Southern state to legalize after lawmakers advanced legislation to undo cannabis prohibition starting in 2024.
Mon / Mar 1st
Lawmakers in New Mexico’s House of Representatives voted to legalize adult-use cannabis last week, setting the state up for another legalization showdown in the Senate after a similar attempt failed there in 2019.
Fri / Feb 26th
Lawmakers in Morocco are set to legalize the production and use of medical cannabis products as soon as next week.
Thu / Feb 25th
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal has instructed prosecutors to dismiss any pending cannabis-related charges that would no longer be illegal under the state’s new legalization law.
Thu / Feb 25th
Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee yesterday considered legislation that would legalize adult-use cannabis, establish sweeping social equity provisions for the industry, and release prisoners currently serving time for cannabis crimes.
Wed / Feb 24th
Lawmakers in the North Dakota House of Representatives yesterday advanced a bill that would legalize cannabis for adult use.
Mon / Feb 22nd
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, months after the state voted to legalize, has finally accepted and signed into law the legislature’s cannabis legalization language.
Mon / Feb 22nd
Montana state Rep. Bill Mercer (R) has proposed delaying the state’s voter-approved cannabis legalization initiative until 2023, saying the voters’ decision, “doesn’t make any sense.”
Fri / Feb 19th
For the first time ever, a proposal for legalizing adult-use cannabis has passed through a legislative committee in Minnesota.
Wed / Feb 17th
New Jersey police have issued over 6,000 arrests for simple cannabis possession since voters overwhelmingly approved legalization reforms last November.
Tue / Feb 16th
Kentucky state Rep. Rachel Roberts has filed a bill that would legalize cannabis use and cultivation and expunge low-level cannabis crimes.
Tue / Feb 16th
A recent poll found that 54% of North Carolina residents support legalizing cannabis for adult use and 73% support legalizing cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Fri / Feb 12th
Virginia’s House and Senate have each passed broad cannabis legalization bills that must be reconciled and combined into final legislation, which would have to then pass both chambers again.
Fri / Feb 12th
As Mississippi awaits a Supreme Court decision on its medical cannabis legalization amendment, state Sen. Kevin Blackwell (R) has proposed a separate bill to legalize the medicinal use of cannabis.
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