If the South Dakota Supreme Court declines to overturn a February ruling that nullified a voter-approved marijuana legalization initiative, activists are going to go all-in on the ballot initiative process again to ensure that the reform is enacted in 2022. Late last week, they filed four separate legalization measures withContinue Reading
The governor of Connecticut on Monday announced the launch of a new website to provide residents with up-to-date information on the state’s new marijuana legalization law that took effect last week. While certain provisions of the law were immediately effective such as allowing adults 21 and older to possess upContinue Reading
An influential House committee says it supports federal law enforcement efforts to deploy drones in California to find illicit marijuana grow sites on public lands. However, it said that support is contingent on resolving issues related to cybersecurity and domestic production. The note about the use of drones to findContinue Reading
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President Joe Biden suggested on Saturday that rules banning Olympic athletes from competition for marijuana could potentially change. “The rules are the rules and everybody knows what the rules were going in,” he said when asked about the suspension of U.S. runner Sha’Carri Richardson from at least some events atContinue Reading
U.S. track and field phenom Sha’Carri Richardson may not be able to represent her country at the Olympic Games in Tokyo later this month after failing a drug test for THC metabolites. The positive test result was announced on Friday by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which added that Richardson has accepted a one-month suspension for the rule violation.Continue Reading
Sha’Carri Richardson is the latest athlete punished for cannabis use. Her Olympic run should not be at stake. The post Sha’Carri Richardson doesn’t need to apologize for smoking weed appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Sha’Carri Richardson doesn’t need to apologize for smoking weedContinue Reading
The White House on Friday declined to condemn a U.S. Olympics panel for suspending a famed sprinter over a positive test for marijuana, adding another level of frustration for advocates who have sharply criticized the administration for firing its own staffers over cannabis use. Sha’Carri Richardson, known as the fastestContinue Reading
The Rhode Island legislature on Thursday sent a bill to the governor’s desk that would establish a safe consumption site pilot program where people could test and use currently illicit drugs in a medically supervised environment. If signed into law, the state would be the first in the country toContinue Reading
Three U.S. senators are imploring the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to reopen a case for a military veteran who was deported over a marijuana conviction. In a letter sent to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, the senators said that the deportation by Immigration and Customs EnforcementContinue Reading
