In a high mountain valley near Taos, N.M., the 300-person Picuris Pueblo tribe can farm whatever they want — except for one lucrative crop that is legal to grow everywhere else in the state: marijuana. The Picuris are a poor tribe in the nation’s third-poorest state: The average household... Read more
A Colorado Senate committee has rejected a bill that would have increased supervision of commercial marijuana businesses. Senate Bill 149 would have created new reporting requirements for such marijuana business violations as sales to underage minors, contaminated product recalls and black market activity; it also called for increased dispensary inspections... Read more
While recreational marijuana is technically legal in Virginia, the path to purchasing it in stores is still a long way off. In February, Republicans in the House of Delegates killed legislation that would have allowed limited retail sales later this year. The state’s recreational market is scheduled to begin in 2024, but... Read more
Cannabis sales in New Mexico have been smoking hot, to say the least. Recreational cannabis sales have topped the $3 million mark, since legal sales began Friday. As of 12 pm Sunday, more than $4.5 million in total sales have been recorded statewide. $1.96 million was sold in recreational... Read more
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has called for a vote next Tuesday on emergency legislation that would allow the city to close down virtually any business that gives gifts of marijuana starting in mid-May, while at the same time eliminating the need for a doctor’s recommendation for anyone seeking marijuana from... Read more
In the 2022 South Dakota legislative session, lawmakers introduced 47 bills dealing with the legalization, regulation, and taxation of marijuana. On Wednesday cannabis groups released their report card on individual lawmakers and how they voted on marijuana issues. The report cards show that 10 house members and 4 senators... Read more
Last month, New York regulators made waves after sending cease and desist letters to more than 50 operators who were allegedly selling marijuana illegally. These “grey market” businesses have cited language in the new state cannabis law that allows “gifting” as a loophole to sell weed without a license. Under New... Read more
The Arizona Department of Health Services will hold a drawing next week for social equity marijuana establishment licenses. 1,500 people applied for 26 licenses. The social equity licenses are required by the same ballot measure that legalized marajuana in 2020. Jonathan Udell is with Arizona NORML, an organization that... Read more
Two tribal communities have been reassured they’ll be able to take part in New Mexico’s marijuana market opening in April without the threat of federal law enforcement interference on tribal land, according to agreements with state cannabis regulators signed on Friday. The agreements outline plans for cooperative oversight of... Read more
The House is poised to pass legislation this week that would legalize marijuana, just the latest example of the swiftly changing attitudes on drug laws that marks a near reversal from the Reagan-era “war on drugs” that also reverberated through the 1990s. The bill legalizing marijuana has near-uniform support... Read more
