Ohio Gubernatorial Hopeful’s Platform Includes Cannabis Law Reforms
Mon / Oct 30th
Ohio Supreme Court Justice William O’Neill has entered the state gubernatorial race and is including a cannabis tax-and-regulate plan in… Read More
Cannabis Legalization News
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.
Gallup Poll: 64% of Americans Support Legalizing Cannabis, Including GOP Majority
Thu / Oct 26th
Support for cannabis legalization in the U.S. has reached record levels, as a recent Gallup poll found 64 percent of… Read More
Maine Lawmakers Pass Adult-Use Implementation Bill, Gov. Veto Expected
Tue / Oct 24th
Maine lawmakers have passed a measure to implement the state’s voter-approved adult-use cannabis regime; however, the legislation failed to garner… Read More
Belize House Passes Decriminalization, Hemp Production Bill
Mon / Oct 23rd
Belize’s House of Representatives has approved a measure to decriminalize cannabis possession up to 10 grams and legalize industrial hemp… Read More
Peru Legalizes Medical Cannabis
Fri / Oct 20th
Peru’s Congress has legalized cannabis for medical use in a 67-5 vote with three abstaining, according to a report from… Read More
New Zealand PM Considering Referendum to Legalize Cannabis
Fri / Oct 20th
New Zealand’s newly elected Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she is considering putting the cannabis legalization question to voters, suggesting… Read More
Kentucky Gov. Will Not Allow Cannabis Legalization While in Office
Thu / Oct 12th
In a Wednesday interview, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin told WHAS radio host Terry Meiners that he would veto any adult-use… Read More
Arkansas AG Denies Adult-Use Ballot Initiative Over Language ‘Ambiguities’
Tue / Oct 10th
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has rejected a proposed cannabis legalization ballot initiative over “ambiguities” in the measure which she… Read More
Oregon School Fund Nets 40% of Cannabis Sales Tax Revenues
Mon / Oct 9th
Oregon public schools will reap 40 percent of the state’s cannabis-derived tax revenues collected from January 2016 to August 2017,… Read More
Kentucky State Senator Proposes Adult-Use Legalization to Bridge Pension Budget Gap
Fri / Oct 6th
A Republican state Senator in Kentucky is proposing adult-use cannabis legislation in an effort to fund the state’s faltering pension… Read More
San Diego, California On Track for Jan. 1 Adult-Use Cannabis Sales
Thu / Oct 5th
San Diego, California is on track to begin adult-use cannabis sales by Jan. 1 after the City Council approved cultivation,… Read More
Trudeau Supports 10% Tax on Legal Cannabis Sales
Thu / Oct 5th
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has proposed levying a C$1 tax (80 cents USD) on adult use cannabis sold for… Read More
California Legislature Joins the Fight to Deschedule Cannabis
Wed / Sep 20th
For decades, medical cannabis patients and activists have called for the Federal Government to remove cannabis from the Schedule 1… Read More
Poll: New Jersey Adults Support Cannabis Legalization
Mon / Sep 18th
According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 59 percent of New Jersians support allowing adults to legally possess “small amounts” of… Read More
Nevada Governor: Recent Opinion Allowing Social-Use Venues ‘Circumvented’ Legislative Process
Thu / Sep 14th
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval insists that a recent decision by the state Legislative Counsel Bureau indicating that the state’s adult-use… Read More
Two State Reps. Named to Vermont Marijuana Commission
Wed / Sep 13th
Vermont House Speaker Mitzi Johnson, a Democrat, has appointed Rep. Ann Pugh and Rep. Maxine Grad to the governor’s Marijuana… Read More
National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Adolescent Cannabis Use at Lowest Point Since 1994
Fri / Sep 8th
Monthly cannabis use among American adolescents aged 12-to-17-years-old is at its lowest point since 1994, according to a federal National… Read More
Washington State Think Tank Finds Legalization Has Not Increased Teen Cannabis Use
Tue / Sep 5th
The Washington State Institute for Public Policy has released their second round of reports required under the state’s cannabis legalization… Read More
Advocacy Groups Head to D.C. Pushing for Cannabis Protections, Reforms
Wed / Aug 30th
In less than two weeks advocates will bear down on the nation’s capital in an effort to lobby federal lawmakers… Read More
Massachusetts Gov. Appoints Cannabis Legalization Opponent to Control Commission
Thu / Aug 24th
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has appointed state Sen. Jen Flanagan to the state’s Cannabis Control Commission, the Boston Globe reports,… Read More
Pennsylvania Law Firms Creating Cannabis Divisions
Tue / Aug 22nd
Despite the threat of arrest, imprisonment, and disbarment, attorneys in Pennsylvania are setting up cannabis-centric practices to serve the state’s… Read More
Competing Cannabis Legalization Ballot Measure Unveiled in Michigan
Fri / Aug 18th
Michigan’s Board of Canvassers has approved a second potential 2018 ballot measure to legalize cannabis use in the state, which… Read More
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators Call for Cannabis Reforms
Fri / Aug 11th
Calling prohibition “unconstitutional,” the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators has penned a resolution demanding the federal decriminalization of cannabis… Read More
Separate Polls Find Growing Support for Cannabis Reforms
Wed / Aug 9th
Two new polls have found the majority of Americans support cannabis legalization and criminal reforms related to cannabis possession. In… Read More