Marijuana Legislation

Canada has fallen short in eradicating black markets through marijuana legalization. Here's what the country is losing as a result and how Canada could improve the shortcoming.

As he proved with a keynote speech beside Acreage CEO Kevin Murphy at the South by Southwest Conference last week, John Boehner is here to stay in the cannabis conversation.

Earlier this week Lieutenant Governor Kevin Myers put his signature on a bill that will allow licensed dispensaries to open up social consumption sites for those 21 and older.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has been pushing to make legal weed part of the state budget, says he is “no longer confident” that is going to transpire before the April 1 deadline.

Although the question of whether to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky has not been given much consideration over the past several years, the issue appears to be gaining some traction.

There were some high hopes that California’s cannabis market would provide the rest of the nation with a stellar blueprint for how to legalize marijuana on a grand scale.

It is a push that would allow cannabis products to become a part of American commerce in the same way as alcohol and tobacco.

The cannabis industry is in a bit of a panic right now over the news that Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is resigning from his post.

Although it could be some years before we start seeing major retail chains selling marijuana in the U.S., this concept will likely become part of the central vein of big business.

O’Rourke advocated for federal decriminalization of marijuana as well as expunging the records of those with criminal records for cannabis possession.