by InfluencER | Mar 2, 2022 | Politics and Law
A pair of Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday filed resolutions urging President Joe Biden to end marijuana criminalization, provide executive relief to those caught up in the drug war and condemn what some view as racial disparities in how athletic organizations apply...
by InfluencER | Mar 2, 2022 | Politics and Law
Rhode Island lawmakers from both chambers on Tuesday unveiled a much-anticipated bill to legalize marijuana in the Ocean State—a move that comes about a month after Gov. Dan McKee (D) included a proposal to end cannabis prohibition as part of his annual budget plan....
by InfluencER | Mar 2, 2022 | Politics and Law
A coalition of South Dakota House lawmakers on Tuesday agreed to revive a bill to legalize marijuana one day after a committee soundly defeated it, using a legislative maneuver known as a “smoke out” to bring the legislation to the floor. The Senate passed SB 3 last...
by InfluencER | Mar 2, 2022 | Politics and Law
A coalition of marijuana and civil rights reform groups sent a letter to House leadership on Tuesday, urging them to schedule a floor vote on a bill to federally legalize marijuana and promote social equity this month. The Marijuana Justice Coalition (MJC)—comprised...
by InfluencER | Mar 2, 2022 | Politics and Law
If other states already made mistakes, then Pennsylvania does not have to repeat them. That was the tone among state lawmakers during a Senate Law & Justice Committee hearing Feb. 28 to discuss implementing an adult-use cannabis program in Pennsylvania. The...
