Colorado Activists File Competing Psychedelics Legalization Ballot Initiative For 2022
About a week after Colorado activists filed revised versions of 2022 ballot initiatives to legalize psilocybin and create “healing centers” in the state, a second campaign has submitted their own competing proposal to legalize psychedelics. Activists with Decriminalize Nature Boulder County filed the new, one-page initiative on Friday. It wouldContinue Reading
Can the Smell of Cannabis Get You Arrested?
The distinctive odor of cannabis has long been a give-away exploited by law enforcement to justify a search of one’s vehicle, home or person. Many lives have been destroyed by this self-revealing nature of the plant. The matter has been brought before the courts many times, with some rulings favorable andContinue Reading
Schumer Gives Update On Federal Marijuana Legalization And Banking In Meeting With Equity Advocates
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) held a meeting with a variety of marijuana reform and other advocacy groups last week to discuss social equity issues as he prepares to introduce a much-anticipated cannabis legalization bill this year. While activists involved in the Tuesday meeting told Marijuana Moment that SchumerContinue Reading
Cannabis suppositories: Would you try kush for your tush?
After three years of legalization, cannabis suppositories have finally hit the retail market. But are Canadians ready? The post Cannabis suppositories: Would you try kush for your tush? appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Cannabis suppositories: Would you try kush for your tush?Continue Reading
Cannabis banking amendment gets another shot (Newsletter: January 31, 2022)
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Congressman Files New Marijuana Banking Reform Amendment To Large-Scale House Bill
The House sponsor of a bill to protect banks that work with state-legal marijuana businesses announced on Friday that he is seeking to attach an amendment containing the reform to a broader bill dealing with research and innovation in the tech and manufacturing sectors. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), sponsor ofContinue Reading
Ohio Lawmakers Will Be Forced To Consider Marijuana Legalization As State Validates Activist Signatures
Ohio activists have collected enough signatures to force the legislature to take up the issue of marijuana legalization, the secretary of state’s office confirmed on Friday. This comes about two weeks after the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CTRMLA) submitted a final round of signatures for the measure. TheContinue Reading
Top Federal Drug Official Says Marijuana Use ‘Stable’ Among Youth At Prohibitionist-Hosted Panel Sponsored By D.A.R.E.
A top federal drug official participated in a panel hosted by a prohibitionist group and sponsored by D.A.R.E.—and she again reiterated that data shows youth marijuana use has remained stable “despite the legalization in many states.” While National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director Nora Volkow expressed concerns about certainContinue Reading
COVID-19 Supply Chain Crunch Impacts Cannabis Industry
One of the great struggles of today’s legal, publicly traded cannabis industry is to wedge a perishable agricultural product into the shelf-stable, uniformly sized box of a consumer packaged good. This means that the modern cannabis industry is susceptible to the same COVID-19 supply chain crunch plaguing every other commercialContinue Reading
OCS: 5 unique cannabis products new in Ontario
Five new and unique products from the OCS’s latest drop that you should know about. The post OCS: 5 unique cannabis products new in Ontario appeared first on Leafly. Read More: OCS: 5 unique cannabis products new in OntarioContinue Reading