by InfluencER | Nov 8, 2021 | Politics and Law
On Nov. 8, 2016, Massachusetts voters legalized marijuana, closing a door on more than a century of prohibition and opening one to an uncertain new era. In doing so, they brushed past gloomy prophecies from opponents — a spike in youth consumption, a rash of stoned...
by InfluencER | Nov 5, 2021 | Politics and Law
The governor of Michigan on Thursday signed a bill that makes it so people with a marijuana-related felony or misdemeanor convictions on their record are no longer disqualified from obtaining a medical cannabis business license. There’s an exception for those who were...
by InfluencER | Nov 5, 2021 | Politics and Law
Support for marijuana legalization continues to enjoy broad support from Americans, according to a new Gallup poll released on Thursday. Sixty-eight percent of U.S. adults said they back legalizing cannabis in this latest survey. That’s the same percentage that the...
by InfluencER | Nov 5, 2021 | Politics and Law
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves appears to have backed off a pledge to hold a special legislative session this fall to enact medical cannabis legalization. Earlier this week, Gov. Reeves reiterated his opposition to lawmakers’ plans to legalize patients’ access...
by InfluencER | Nov 4, 2021 | Politics and Law
Another group of Arkansas activists is joining the fight to put marijuana legalization on the state’s 2022 ballot, filing a new reform initiative on Thursday. Arkansans for Marijuana Reform submitted the proposed constitutional amendment to the secretary of state’s...
by InfluencER | Nov 4, 2021 | Politics and Law
Voters in more than a dozen Ohio cities had the chance to weigh in on marijuana reform on their ballots on Tuesday, and seven of those jurisdictions ultimately approved local measures to decriminalize cannabis. Going into Election Day, 22 jurisdictions across the...
