Tag: marijuana legalization

Lawmakers agreed to further decriminalize cannabis in New York and automatically expunge low-level marijuana offenses across the state.

Politicians and activists across the country get their just due for recent marijuana reform, but Killer Mike argues rappers have been overlooked.

Former Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher wants the American population to know that marijuana legalization at the national level is coming by the year 2022.

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo confessed this week that he doesn’t have the votes in the State Senate to push legalization forward.

Legislation from Illinois marks the first time a state has legalized commercial marijuana sales through the legislature instead of voter initiative.

In a stunning turn of events, the Texas Senate unanimously approved the expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program to include more qualifying conditions and make the process easier for patients.

The presidential nominee announced this week that he supports marijuana decriminalization, but he wouldn’t go so far as to support legalization at a federal level.

So far, all of the “sure things” that were slated to be pushed through at the state level have struggled to even get out of the gate.

During a CNN town hall for presidential candidates, Elizabeth Warren doubled down on her support for marijuana legalization, citing racial disparities in existing cannabis laws as a major impetus for her support.

According to this new research, states that legalized medical cannabis saw a drop in workplace fatalities among young adult employees.