Friday, April 19, 2024

Marijuana Legislation

Denver’s Youth Drug Education Is Turning Teens Away From Marijuana Use

Of the students that have heard of High Costs, which teaches about the consequences of adolescent marijuana use, 75 percent say it has discouraged them from using cannabis.

New Jersey Makes Huge Stride In Legalizing Marijuana

If legislators miss the March 25 deadline or fall short in the votes, the next time New Jersey would discuss legalizing recreational cannabis wouldn’t be until after the November election.

Beto O’Rourke Was An Early Supporter Of Marijuana Reform

O’Rourke’s earlier support for pot reform goes back as far as 2009 when he called for “an honest, open national debate on ending the prohibition of narcotics” as a member of the El Paso City Council.

Scarce Retail Weed Shops Mean Most Canadians Still Use Black Market Pot

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.

John Boehner’s Becoming An Unlikely Spokesperson For Marijuana Industry

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.

Alaska First State To Legalize Social Marijuana Use

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.

New York Might Not Legalize Marijuana For Recreational Use In 2019

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.

Kentucky’s Medical Marijuana Would Be Tightly Regulated

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.

Is California’s Marijuana Market Headed for Extinction?

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.

Bipartisan Legislators Introduce Federal Marijuana Decriminalization Bill

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

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