Andrew Yang says that, if elected mayor of New York City, he will push to legalize certain psychedelics for therapeutic use by military veterans and promote an equitable marijuana licensing structure to right the wrongs of prohibition. In a blueprint on his agenda for veterans that was released on Thursday,Continue Reading
Rhode Island lawmakers introduced a new bill to legalize marijuana on Friday, with just weeks left to go in the 2021 legislative session. Two sources familiar with the situation told Marijuana Moment that because time is running out, lawmakers are likely to reconvene in September to tackle the legislation, inContinue Reading
A bill to federally legalize marijuana and promote social equity in the industry was reintroduced in the House on Friday. The legislation, sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), was filed with a number of changes compared to the version that was approved by the chamber last year. TheContinue Reading
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The Nevada Assembly on Thursday approved a bill to legalize marijuana consumption lounges. And a California bill that would allow local jurisdictions to permit licensed cannabis lounges to sell non-marijuana foods and drinks also cleared that state’s Assembly. Both pieces of legislation now head to the Senate in their respectiveContinue Reading
The Louisiana Senate on Thursday approved a bill to give patients in the state’s medical marijuana program the ability to legally smoke cannabis flower. The move, which comes a week after an effort to more broadly legalize marijuana in the state stalled in the House of Representatives, would mark aContinue Reading
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An Illinois House committee on Thursday approved a blistering resolution condemning the war on drugs and its discriminatory impact on communities of color. The House Human Services Committee adopted the measure, which has the short title of “Shameful History-War on Drugs.” It’s now been placed on the calendar for floorContinue Reading
A new federal report is again challenging the prohibitionist narrative that state-level marijuana legalization leads to increased youth use. This time, the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) analyzed youth surveys of high school students from 2009 to 2019, concluding that there’s been “no measurable difference”Continue Reading
Religious people are significantly less likely to support legalizing marijuana compared to those who identify as atheists and other religiously unaffiliated groups, a new polling analysis from the Pew Research Center found. While most surveys on the issue look at key demographics like political party affiliation, age and race, thisContinue Reading
