by InfluencER | May 17, 2022 | Politics and Law
According to a recent report by Reason Foundation, the high taxes levied on state-approved marijuana products as well as the “marijuana deserts,” or localities and municipalities that have banned cannabis sales, have helped the black market to thrive within the state....
by InfluencER | May 17, 2022 | Politics and Law
Jordan Brown, age 29, was shot and killed on March 19, 2022, during an armed robbery while he worked his shift as a budtender in Tacoma, Washington. He was an employee at a company called World of Weed. Joshua Chase, the proprietor of Oakland-based Oakanna, took a...
by InfluencER | May 16, 2022 | Politics and Law
Marijuana legalization is more popular in Texas than among the state’s top elected officials and President Joe Biden, according to a new poll. The survey from the University of Texas at Tyler found that an overwhelmingly, bipartisan majority of Texans (83 percent)...
by InfluencER | May 16, 2022 | Politics and Law
State officials and cannabis legalization advocates reached a deal on Friday, agreeing to allow the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol to retain the signatures they’ve already collected while delaying their campaign until 2023. The...
by InfluencER | May 16, 2022 | Politics and Law
U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-NV, announced last week that she led a bipartisan group of more than 20 of her colleagues to urge congressional leadership to act on banking reform for the cannabis industry. A group of 24 senators wrote a letter to Senate and House leaders...
by InfluencER | May 16, 2022 | Politics and Law
In recent years, the Iowa Legislature has opened the door to medical marijuana but kept it closed in an attempt to ease restrictions on the possession and use of cannabis. In the current legislative session, a Democratic proposal, Senate Joint Resolution 2003, means...
