Cannabis Legalization News

Several Black lawmakers in New York say they will not support any legalization bill that does not provide explicit, specific provisions for reinvestment in minority communities.

An American law firm is suing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to get documents released showing whether or not the agency has the authority to hand out lifetime bans, as it has been doing for Canadian cannabis workers since last year.

A compromise bill between Senate Republicans and House Democrats has been approved in the New Mexico House of Representatives.

A bill introduced in 2017 that failed to receive a hearing has been re-introduced to the Senate in the new session.

The legalization bill now advances to the Senate but Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has already promised to veto the legislation if it were to reach his desk.

Statistics Canada released consumer data showing that men and younger demographics seem to be the majority of consumers at this stage.

Researchers investigated over 800,000 high school students in 45 states and discovered that medical cannabis legalization appears to lead to a decline in teenage and adolescent cannabis consumption.

The United Bodegas of America and other bodega owners are lobbying New York lawmakers for the ability to sell cannabis alongside their current offerings of tobacco and alcohol.

A months-long disagreement between prominent state Democrats over cannabis legalization details has come to an end, reports indicate, and cannabis legalization legislation may move forward in New Jersey.

Kentucky’s Republican Governor said he would support properly-worded medical cannabis legislation in the state, referencing personal experiences with a family member who had died from cancer.

A bill legalizing adult-use cannabis in New Mexico has passed the first of two committees in the New Mexico House of Representatives.

The bill proposes using 50 percent of the revenue generated to reduce student loan debt in the state.

The New Jersey Senator, who has already introduced significant cannabis legalization legislation to the federal Congress, announced his campaign on the Tom Joyner Morning Show.

Despite significant support for cannabis legalization in New York, lawmakers are having a difficult time negotiating funds for establishing the program.

Thanks to a small group of bipartisan lawmakers, there is now a bill for full adult-use legalization in Minnesota being considered in the Legislature.

While cannabis consumption is up across the nation and cannabis dependency is down, liberal states are showing a greater gap between the two — lower dependency despite even higher consumption.

The governor of the Virgin Islands has signed into law the Virgin Islands Medical Cannabis Patient Care Act.

Previous legislation has failed in the state, however a new Governor and a higher number of Democratic party legislators makes this bill more likely to pass.

The governor’s inclusion of legalization revenues for his 2021 budget suggests that sales could launch in New York by 2020.

A group of well-connected activists is organizing to get adult-use cannabis legalized in Minnesota sooner rather than later.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker will work with the Illinois legislature to make good on campaign promises to legalize.

Rhode Island’s governor is calling on lawmakers to legalize but has proposed the country’s strictest adult-use regulations, so far.

H.R. 420 would decriminalize cannabis and allow states to establish legalization, placing federal regulations under the ATF.

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are eyeing 2019 as the year to legalize medical cannabis. Some advocates, however, worry the proposal might not go far enough for patients.