Costa Rica just legalized medical marijuana. Here’s what the new law allows
The outgoing president allowed medical. His likely successor favors legalizing for all adults. The post Costa Rica just legalized medical marijuana. Here’s what the new law allows appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Costa Rica just legalized medical marijuana. Here’s what the new law allowsContinue Reading
Actor Malik Yoba has big plans for NYC’s legal weed scene
After a lifetime enjoying the plant, Bronx native Malik Yoba can’t wait to share in the prosperity legal weed will bring to New York City. The post Actor Malik Yoba has big plans for NYC’s legal weed scene appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Actor Malik Yoba hasContinue Reading
New Jersey Regulators Get Input On How To Spend Marijuana Revenue
“Funding for law enforcement under the guise of community reinvestment is not what we are looking for.” By Dana DiFillip, New Jersey Monitor Expungement clinics. School buses. Wheelchair ramps. Cannabis community centers. Training for rookie entrepreneurs. Grants and no-interest loans. The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission heard all sorts ofContinue Reading
GOP Missouri Lawmaker Files Psychedelics Therapy And Decriminalization Bill
A Missouri Republican lawmaker filed a bill on Tuesday that would legalize a wide range of psychedelics for therapeutic use at designated care facilities while further decriminalizing low-level possession in general. The bill from Rep. Tony Lovasco (R) is one of the latest examples of psychedelics reforms being proposed inContinue Reading
U.S. Senate Candidate Gary Chambers Visits Drive-Thru Marijuana Dispensary In Follow-Up To Blunt-Smoking Ad
A Democratic candidate running for a U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana continues to make cannabis a centerpiece of his campaign, emphasizing the drug war’s disproportionate harm on Black people and working to remove the stigma from marijuana use generally. In January, Gary Chambers went viral with a campaign ad featuringContinue Reading
Montana Retailers Sold $13 Million In Recreational Marijuana During February
Adult-use cannabis sales increased in the state’s second month of legal commerce. By Arren Kimbel-Sannit, Daily Montanan Montana’s recreational marijuana industry posted around $13 million in sales between January 31 and February 27, according to the state Department of Revenue (DOR), slightly outpacing business from the recreational market’s first monthContinue Reading
GOP cannabis bill to get congressional hearing, sponsor says (Newsletter: March 4, 2022)
SD House defeats legalization; MD Senate marijuana hearing; DC advances cannabis protections for workers; Republican lawmakers’ pro-reform op-ed Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. (function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wpContinue Reading
Maryland Senators Begin Considering Marijuana Legalization Bills, Days After House Approves Referendum
Maryland senators began formal consideration of two bills to legalize marijuana on Thursday, including one that would put the reform on November’s ballot as a referendum. The Senate Finance Committee hearing comes less than a week after the state’s House of Delegates passed its own legalization package that would referContinue Reading
D.C. Lawmakers Approve Ban On Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing For Most Workers
A Washington, D.C. Council committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bill to ban most workplaces from subjecting job applicants to pre-employment marijuana testing. The legislation, sponsored by Councilmember Trayon White (D), cleared the Labor & Workforce Development Committee. It would expand on previous legislation the D.C. Council approved to protectContinue Reading
South Dakota House Rejects Marijuana Legalization Bill That Was Temporarily Revived In ‘Smoke Out’ Vote
The South Dakota House on Thursday rejected a bill to legalize marijuana that had been temporarily revived after a committee defeat earlier this week. Now, activists are moving ahead with an effort to put legalization before voters again this November. Meanwhile, the House defeated separate legislation to gut existing protectionsContinue Reading