State legislators are at a stalemate regarding popular efforts to legalize marijuana in New Mexico with less than a week remaining to send a bill to the governor. A state Senate panel pulled cannabis discussions off its agenda minutes before a Sunday hearing. Legislators are searching for common ground... Read more
On February 1, Senators Cory Booker and Ron Wyden, alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a joint statement announcing that marijuana reform bills would be merged as Congress moves toward some form of federal cannabis legalization. In the wake of this announcement, the cannabis market soared. Hopes are... Read more
March 14, 2021 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Marijuana legalization in Wyoming passed its first hurdle in the Legislature on Friday, after a 6-3 vote in support of a bill in the House Judiciary Committee. House Bill 209, sponsored by committee chairman Rep. Jared Olsen, R-Cheyenne, will now head... Read more
Mexico is on the verge of creating the world’s largest legal marijuana market, a move that could pressure President Joe Biden to embrace weed, too. Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies passed landmark legislation Thursday morning, ahead of an April 30 deadline set by the country’s Supreme Court to legalize recreational... Read more
After decades of prohibition, legal marijuana has come to yet another state — and this time, it’s just across the Delaware River. “New Jersey’s broken and indefensible marijuana laws are no more,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in February after signing three bills that legalized and decriminalized the drug. “We... Read more
An increasingly vocal group of Virginia lawmakers and advocates is urging Gov. Ralph Northam to send down a legislative amendment that would make marijuana legal this year. The General Assembly recently passed a bill to legalize the drug beginning in 2024 — a three-year delay that was met with disappointment by... Read more
A year after recreational pot sales kicked off in Illinois, legalization has been a boon for the few multimillion-dollar companies granted permission to grow and sell weed and a windfall for local and state governments strapped for cash. But it’s also been a jackpot for a host of former... Read more
Rhode Island could become the next state to legalize cannabis. A year after Senate leadership declared a different legalization proposal dead on arrival, Senate President Dominick Ruggerio and Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey are co-sponsoring a bill that would legalize, tax, and regulate the recreational use of marijuana in the... Read more
Two special committees of Mexico’s Lower House of Congress late on Monday approved a draft bill to decriminalize marijuana and sent it on to the full chamber, bringing it a step closer to creating one of the world’s largest markets for the drug. The bill, backed by the administration... Read more
Although the prospects for major legislation legalizing recreational cannabis in the state of Maryland may be fleeting in the current General Assembly session, support for the idea continues to grow among state voters. According to a poll released Tuesday morning by Goucher College, fully two-thirds of Maryland adults now... Read more
