Garden State cops have been given the green light to get stoned. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced this week that off-duty officers will be permitted to purchase and consume cannabis under the state’s new marijuana laws. Platkin’s detailed the policy in a memo sent to New Jersey police departments on Wednesday, about a... Read more
Colorado’s marijuana industry says it is seeing a “troubling trend” as retail sales decline for the second month in a row and medical cannabis sales dip to their lowest level on record. The Colorado Department of Revenue keeps a monthly analysis of medical, recreational and total marijuana sales dating... Read more
A renewed effort to legalize marijuana by separating proposed legislation takes its first step in the House – with two new bills released from committee. Legislation to legalize possession of one ounce or less of marijuana clears the House Health and Human Development Committee. The bill’s sponsor Ed Osienski... Read more
A group pushing to legalize marijuana in South Dakota at the ballot box still needs thousands of signatures as the deadline to file a petitions nears. South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws for months has been circulating petitions that would force the Secretary of State to place a question... Read more
Hemp advocates and civil rights activists pushed back Tuesday against a proposal by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to crack down on marijuana and popular edibles known as “Delta-8.” They say the proposal is an assault on farmers and businesses and harkens back to the decades-old “War on Drugs.” Youngkin — three months into... Read more
Has it been almost ten years? The sky hasn’t fallen, and Taco Bell hasn’t yet won the fast-food wars. November 2022 will mark a decade since Colorado voters officially legalized recreational pot sales, yet our state’s relationship with cannabis has grown in dog years, going from a Wild West... Read more
New Jersey is getting close to becoming the 19th state where recreational marijuana is sold. Seven medical marijuana dispensaries in the Garden State were given the green light to sell recreational pot at 13 locations in a vote by the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission on April 11, but the official licenses... Read more
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is facing significant obstacles in his legislative push to legalize marijuana, with resistance from Republicans and members of his own party threatening chances of passage in the upper chamber. Schumer has said that his aim is to bring a comprehensive marijuana reform bill forward later... Read more
Germany’s impending legalization of recreational marijuana offers attractive new opportunities for travel, trade and investment, according to a recent survey of American cannabis consumers. The survey from medical marijuana holding company Bloomwell Group found that eight out of 10 Americans believe that “cannabis companies are attractive investment options,” while... Read more
When Amy Desjardins started advocating for New York to legalize medical marijuana, the cannabis industry’s job creation potential was central to her support. As executive director of the nonprofit Workforce Development Institute, she felt the weed industry could become a huge driver of jobs that provide middle-class wages. And those careers... Read more
