Day: November 7, 2018

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U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, one of the cannabis industry’s most outspoken allies on Capitol Hill, has lost his congressional seat. The California Republican from Orange County lost his bid for re-election to Democrat Harley Rouda after a lengthy vote-counting process that stretched into Wednesday. The final tally: Rouda 50.7%, Rohrabacher 49.3%. Rohrabacher,Continue Reading

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The United States government just got a little more pot-friendly than it has been for the past couple of years. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the “good people don’t smoke marijuana” law enforcement hammer of the Trump administration, has officially removed his clown shoes and stepped down from his post. Reports indicateContinue Reading

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After recovering from various victories across the nation in places not named North Dakota, cannabis advocates welcomed news on Wednesday afternoon that the longtime drug warrior U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions had resigned. Entering President Donald Trump’s first term, Sessions’ policy belief that jail cells should be used to solveContinue Reading

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The Buckeye state is not messing around when it comes to its disdain for minor pot-related offenses getting otherwise law-abiding people jammed up in the criminal justice system. While several other states were focused on the legalization of marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes in the midterm election, voters inContinue Reading

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U.S Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who less than a year ago stunned the marijuana industry by ripping up Obama-era protections for state-legal MJ businesses, has been forced out by President Trump. Trump ousts cannabis threat Jeff Sessions as attorney general is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal &Continue Reading

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North Dakota was marijuana-policy reform’s unexpected and very welcome surprise two years ago. So it was perhaps no huge surprise when the state, among the country’s most conservative, reverted back to form on Election Night on Tuesday. According to preliminary results available Wednesday morning, voters rejected what was arguably oneContinue Reading

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As they say: Utah voters have spoken. Now, the only question — and the only obstacle in between sick people and legal access to medical marijuana — is whether Utah lawmakers and the powerful Church of Latter Day Saints, for practical purposes the day-to-day shot-caller in the state, will listen.Continue Reading

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The passage of Prop 1 makes Michigan the 10th state in the nation and the first in the Midwest to legalize cannabis for “recreational” use, joining California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and Washington, D.C. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol declared victory late Tuesday night, as ProposalContinue Reading

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Cannabis advocates in Missouri have been fighting like caged animals for the past several years to usher in some level of pot reform. But the typical politically gobbledygook and other snags courtesy of a system hell-bent on preventing legal weed from taking hold in their neck of the wood hasContinue Reading