Legalization news for industry professionals. The cannabis legalization movement has gone mainstream: scroll down to find out which markets are currently working to legalize cannabis for medical and/or recreational use.
Sun / Apr 28th
Cannabis advocates in North Dakota have been cleared by the secretary of state’s office to start collecting voter signatures to put a legalization question on November ballots.
Mon / Apr 22nd
Minnesota House lawmakers last week passed social equity cannabis licensing provisions and other adjustments to the state’s upcoming adult-use cannabis program.
Wed / Apr 17th
Cannabis advocates in North Dakota submitted a petition to put an adult-use cannabis question before voters this November; the campaign needs to collect 16,000 valid signatures by July 8 to qualify.
Wed / Apr 17th
In a recent poll of more than 1,000 Florida adults, just 49% of respondents said they would vote “yes” on the state’s upcoming cannabis legalization amendment. The results suggest a tough road ahead for the legalization campaign as constitutional amendments in the state require 60% supermajority support.
Mon / Apr 15th
Lawmakers in the New Hampshire House of Representatives have voted for the third year in a row to legalize adult-use cannabis. The governor said he will not support the bill, however, unless changes are made in the Senate.
Mon / Apr 8th
Pennsylvania could generate more than $1 billion in new taxes over five years if the state were to legalize adult-use cannabis sales, according to an official report.
Wed / Apr 3rd
Hawaii lawmakers in the House Finance Committee rejected the state’s Senate-approved adult-use cannabis legalization proposal, killing the bill for the year.
Mon / Apr 1st
Florida voters will see cannabis legalization on the ballot this November after the state’s Supreme Court rejected the attorney general’s arguments against the amendment’s ballot summary language.
Sun / Mar 31st
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Fri / Mar 29th
Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed the state’s proposal to legalize adult-use cannabis sales, extending the illicit market’s monopoly on cannabis sales for at least another year.
Fri / Mar 29th
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Wed / Mar 27th
The latest Pew Research poll found that 88% of Americans support legalizing cannabis for either medical or adult use — 57% supported legalizing both forms of cannabis access and 32% supported only medical use.
Wed / Mar 27th
New Hampshire lawmakers are working on an adult-use cannabis legalization proposal that would satisfy the demands of Gov. Chris Sununu, who rejected the state’s previous two legalization bids and called for lawmakers to propose a state-run dispensary model.
Mon / Mar 25th
Adults in Germany will be allowed to possess and cultivate cannabis starting April 1 after lawmakers gave their final approval to the country’s cannabis legalization proposal last week.
Mon / Mar 25th
Arkansas cannabis advocates have filed a constitutional amendment that would legalize adult-use cannabis with the state attorney general’s office. If the ballot language is approved, the petition will require 90,704 valid voter signatures by July 5 to qualify for November’s ballot.
Fri / Mar 22nd
Tribal members of the Wisconsin-based Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association recently agreed to prioritize lobbying and campaigning efforts for the legalization of medical cannabis.
Fri / Mar 15th
Hawaii House lawmakers in two key committees this week voted to advance — with amendments — the cannabis legalization bill that was passed earlier this month by the state Senate.
Tue / Mar 12th
Ohio is considering a bill to fund the retirement and replacement of police K9s trained to detect cannabis following the state’s legalization reforms, aiming to use cannabis tax revenue to support the transition and ensure law enforcement adaptability.
Fri / Mar 8th
Hawaii’s House has advanced a bill to facilitate state-led expungement of certain criminal records, potentially affecting over 36,000 individuals with minor cannabis possession charges.
Thu / Mar 7th
A study indicates that beer sales in Canada dropped significantly following the legalization of adult-use cannabis, with a notable decline in canned and kegged beer but not in spirits or bottled beer, suggesting a possible consumer shift from beer to cannabis.
Wed / Mar 6th
Lawmakers in the Hawaii Senate voted decisively to legalize adult-use cannabis on Tuesday but the proposal faces an uncertain future in the House, which rejected a legalization proposal last year.
Mon / Mar 4th
A Pew Research Center analysis has revealed that 79% of Americans now live in counties that contain at least one legal cannabis dispensary.
Mon / Mar 4th
The Michigan Department of Treasury is allocating over $87 million from cannabis tax revenues to various local governments, demonstrating significant financial impact of the legal cannabis industry on municipal funding, education, and transportation within the state.
Thu / Feb 29th
Florida lawmakers’ attempt to impose THC limits on potential future adult-use cannabis sales has failed, leaving potency regulations unchanged as the state approaches a November ballot initiative on legalization.
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