Mississippi Senate Votes To Legalize Medical Marijuana, Defying Governor’s Veto Threat
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Advocates scored a significant number of marijuana reform victories in state legislatures in 2021, but they’re hopeful they can get even more accomplished in the new year. In states across the country, activists are already in the process of qualifying cannabis legalization and other drug policy reform measures for... Read more
Ohio Marijuana Activists Turn In More Signatures For Legalization Initiative After Temporary Setback
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News January 14, 2022 0
Advocates scored a significant number of marijuana reform victories in state legislatures in 2021, but they’re hopeful they can get even more accomplished in the new year. In states across the country, activists are already in the process of qualifying cannabis legalization and other drug policy reform measures for... Read more
Delaware Lawmakers File New Marijuana Legalization Bill With Key Equity Revisions
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News January 14, 2022 0
Advocates scored a significant number of marijuana reform victories in state legislatures in 2021, but they’re hopeful they can get even more accomplished in the new year. In states across the country, activists are already in the process of qualifying cannabis legalization and other drug policy reform measures for... Read more
California was supposed to clear cannabis convictions. Tens of thousands are still languishing
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana January 14, 2022 0
Nearly two decades ago, on a high desert road in San Bernardino County, Sara Rodriguez was pulled over and arrested with 10 small packets of cannabis in her car. She was convicted of a felony, possession of the drug for sale, and eventually spent more than two years in... Read more
Mississippi Senate passes medical marijuana bill. House to take up issue
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaMississippi January 14, 2022 0
The Mississippi Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a bill creating a medical marijuana program which would allow people with certain conditions to use cannabis if a doctor prescribes it. Five of the 52 senators voted against the bill after three hours of debate and six proposed amendments failed. The bill heads... Read more
Ohio recreational marijuana campaign submits extra signatures to state for legalization effort
Marijuana Industry NewsOhioRecreational Marijuana January 14, 2022 0
A coalition of Ohio medical marijuana businesses behind an effort to legalize the drug for recreational adult use submitted extra signatures Thursday, hoping to make up a shortfall in the number of registered voters needed to get the proposal on the ballot in November. The 29,918 new signatures were... Read more
Democratic lawmakers call for recreational marijuana legalization
FloridaMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana January 14, 2022 0
Democratic lawmakers want to legalize marijuana, and they’re urging Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature to do it now. Thus far, Democrats have proposed at least 10 marijuana-related bills in the 2022 Legislative Session. At least one measure would outright legalize marijuana (HB 467), while another would decriminalize the drug and other... Read more
Ayr Wellness Opens 44th Florida Dispensary in Pinellas Park
Marijuana Industry News January 14, 2022
LAS VEGAS (Jan. 12, 2022) – Cannabis Conference, the cannabis industry’s leading conference for cultivators, retailers, and extraction professionals, will return to the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino from Aug. 23-25, 2022. Presented by award-winning media brands Cannabis Business Times and Hemp Grower, Cannabis Conference will bring together 3,000-plus current and... Read more
Gov. Newson Calls For Cannabis Tax Reform, More Retail in Budget Proposal
Marijuana Industry News January 14, 2022
California has been dubbed the largest adult-use cannabis market in the world, but those playing by the rules continue to forge ahead while remaining handcuffed by the state’s tax structure and retail shortage. Despite being on pace to record its highest yearly sales mark—with adult-use cannabis retail tallying... Read more
The Flip to Adult Use: Jushi Eyes Political Climate, Retail Trends When Expanding in Newly Legal Cannabis Markets
Marijuana Industry News January 14, 2022
California has been dubbed the largest adult-use cannabis market in the world, but those playing by the rules continue to forge ahead while remaining handcuffed by the state’s tax structure and retail shortage. Despite being on pace to record its highest yearly sales mark—with adult-use cannabis retail tallying... Read more
